Just days after the United States authorized its troops in Afghanistan to pursue and fight Islamic State (ISIS) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani vowed to fight the group that, in his words, has come to the wrong country and wrong people.
In a BBC interview Ghani said that ISIS was a stranger in Afghanistan and his people were determined to fight them, saying that the group was "not an Afghan phenomenon".
Ghani said that the people of Afghanistan were out for revenge against this extremist group for their atrocities.
The Pentagon authorized its troops in Afghanistan to fight ISIS last week after it was designated as a terrorist organization by the State Dept. and a threat to the US.
The Afghan president said ISIS still poses a threat to Afghanistan, adding that he is on a mission to convince regional and international allies against the group.
Ghani said: "A lot of my diplomacy has been to create the regional consensus, and a region with the inheritance of previous animosities and short-sighted behaviour is something that is going to require effort and focus."
The Taliban movement has also declared its own war with ISIS and members of both groups have engaged in clashes in different parts of the country since ISIS formed there January last year.
Ghani therefore added in his interview that negotiations with the Taliban must continue as many see an ally in them against ISIS.
In a BBC interview Ghani said that ISIS was a stranger in Afghanistan and his people were determined to fight them, saying that the group was "not an Afghan phenomenon".
Ghani said that the people of Afghanistan were out for revenge against this extremist group for their atrocities.
The Pentagon authorized its troops in Afghanistan to fight ISIS last week after it was designated as a terrorist organization by the State Dept. and a threat to the US.
The Afghan president said ISIS still poses a threat to Afghanistan, adding that he is on a mission to convince regional and international allies against the group.
Ghani said: "A lot of my diplomacy has been to create the regional consensus, and a region with the inheritance of previous animosities and short-sighted behaviour is something that is going to require effort and focus."
The Taliban movement has also declared its own war with ISIS and members of both groups have engaged in clashes in different parts of the country since ISIS formed there January last year.
Ghani therefore added in his interview that negotiations with the Taliban must continue as many see an ally in them against ISIS.
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