The Taliban's statement comes a day after ISIS-K claimed responsibility for an attack at a mosque in Afghanistan Friday that killed 46 Shiite Muslims.
said Saturday that they will be able to address the Islamic State on their own, and won't work with U.S. officials to rein in the extremist organization, which has recently ramped up attacks in Afghanistan.told the Associated PressThe Taliban's statement comes a day after the Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, claimed responsibility for an attack at a mosque in Afghanistan Friday that killed 46 Shiite Muslims and wounded dozens more, according to the AP.
"This deadly incident has caused trauma among Shiites and other sectors of the society," Sayed Ahmad Shah Hashemi, a Shiite community leader in Afghanistan, toldFollowing the attack, which was carried out by a suicide bomber in the Afghan city of Kunduz, Shiite religious leaders criticized the Taliban and asked for greater protection for worshippers, the AP reported.and the deadliest by the organization since the incident at the Kabul airport in August.
The Taliban said Saturday that it will be able to address the Islamic State on their own and won't work with U.S. officials to rein in the extremist organization, which has recently ramped up attacks in Afghanistan. Above, a member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists, on March 1, 2017, in the village of Albu Sayf, on the southern outskirts of Mosul, Iraq.
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