KABUL – The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday warned the leader of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, against waging a parallel insurgency in Afghanistan.
“The jihad in Afghanistan must be conducted under one flag and one leadership against the invading Americans and their servants,” the Taliban said in a statement on their website.
“Attempts to establish separate Jihadi rank or leadership other than the Islamic Emirate, the official name for the Taliban movement, will create division and dispute,” said the statement.
The statement was signed by the group’s deputy leader, Akhtar Mansoor.
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The Taliban “on the basis of religious brotherhood asks for your goodwill and we don’t want to see interference in our affairs.”
IS has seized vast areas in northern Syria and Iraq. Last week, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, warned the Sunni extremist group had global ambitions.
The group has branches in Libya, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa, Abbott said, and is trying to establish a presence in South Asia.
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