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Fight against ISIS topped Mansoor’s agenda during his visit to Iran |
2016-06-08 |
![]() ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan. According to the local media reports in Iran, Mansoor spent around 2 months in Iran and reached to an agreement on a number of issues of bilateral interest with the Iranian authorities. One of the agreements Mansoor reached with Iran was to help counter the issue of dissident Taliban groups joining ISIS ranks in Afghanistan. Mansoor had also agreed with the Iranian authorities to prevent the expansion of ISIS loyalists in northern bordering regions of the country and Afghanistan-Tajikistan border. The report also adds that Mansoor had reached to an agreement regarding the smuggling of opium and illicit drugs. According to the report, accurate information regarding the movement of Mullah Mansoor was provided to the US forces as he was targeted while he was on his way in Balochistan ![]() ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... province of Pakistain. Mullah Mansoor was killed in an The report by the Iranian local newspaper meanwhile adds that Pakistain’s Inter Service Intelligence could have disclosed information regarding Mansoor to US forces, noting his deteriorating relations with Pakistain. The growing threats posed by the loyalists of ISIS terror group in Afghanistan have not been a source of tension to the Afghan authorities but Afghanistan’s neighboring countries, including Iran and Central Asian countries are worried that the terror group further expand foothold in the region. Attempts by ISIS terrorist group to expand foothold in Afghanistan and in the region has also sparked concerns among the Taliban leadership as the two groups have entered into bloody festivities for several times in some parts of the country. The supporters of the two groups also declared Jihad against each other earlier last year. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 The report by the Iranian local newspaper meanwhile adds that Pakistain’s Inter Service Intelligence could have disclosed information regarding Mansoor to US forces, noting his deteriorating relations with Pakistain. Wotta surprise. |
Posted by: Pappy 2016-06-08 09:01 |