Explosão junto ao aeroporto de Cabul (1) infographic
A infografia mostra o perfil do Estado Islâmico Khorasan.
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Estado Islâmico ameaça a evacuação de Cabul

By Jordi Bou

August 26, 2021 - Responsáveis dos EUA dizem que ocorreu uma explosão perto do
aeroporto de Cabul, depois de os países ocidentais advertirem de um
possível ataque de um grupo ligado ao Estado Islâmico no Afeganistão.O Estado Islâmico Khorasan – um associado do grupo terrorista no Afeganistão e inimigo fidagal tanto dos talibãs como dos EUA – lançou um ataque suicida no aeroporto de Cabul

American military and intelligence analysts say threats from the Islamic State Khorasan group – also known as ISIS-K – include a bomb-laden truck, suicide bombers infiltrating the crowd outside Hamid Karzai International Airport and mortar strikes against the airfield.

ISIS-K was formed by disaffected fighters from Pakistani Taliban, following the creation in 2014 of a caliphate in Iraq and Syria by the so-called Islamic State group.

ISIS-K is said to have around 1,500-2,000 fighters in Nuristan, Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, with cells across Afghanistan, including Kabul.

The group is headed since Jun 2020 by Shahab al-Muhajir. The ISIS-K founding emir, Hafiz Saeed Khan, was killed in a U.S. airstrike in 2016.

ISIS-K criticises the Taliban’s version of Islamic rule as insufficiently hard line, and denounces their deal with the U.S. over troop withdrawals.

ISIS-K was responsible for 77 attacks in Afghanistan in the first four months of this year – up from 21 in the same period in 2020, according to the UN. The school bombing in Kabul in May 2021, killed 80 schoolgirls.

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PUBLISHED: 26/08/2021; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: IS propaganda image
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