Taliban Official Denies IS Presence In Afghanistan’s Kunduz Province
Asia, Featured, Latest Headlines Wednesday, September 15th, 2021(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hajji Najibullah Haron, the Taliban intelligence chief in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province has rejected reports of the local presence of militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group as baseless and fabricated.
“Lasting peace has returned to Kunduz province and people are living in peace there and any report about the presence of Daesh IS militants in Kunduz was utterly baseless,’’ Haron said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan would not allow anyone to sabotage peace and security in Kunduz or any other parts of the country, the official noted.
After taking over the capital Kabul on Aug. 15, the Taliban announced the formation of a caretaker government on Sept. 7. (NAN)
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