Clash between Islamist extremists: 'ISIL vs Taliban' in Afghanistan.

Clash between Islamist extremists: 'ISIL vs Taliban' in Afghanistan. (Khamaa).

After setting the historical shrines of Logar province of Afghanistan on fire on Saturday February 21st, 2015, the ISIL militants also killed one civilian and replaced the Taliban’s white flag with their own black flag in the Charkh district. 

On the same day, the ISIL men entered locals’ houses, broke their televisions and warn people not to watching television anymore (Tolonews).

The ISIL affiliated group claimed the responsibility and asked Talibans militants in the Province to declare their allegiance to Al-Baghdadi, the Caliph of Islamic States of Iraq and the Levant.

On Tuesday February 24th, 2015, another 30 men, all from Hazara ethnic minorities, were kidnapped in Zabul province by a group of masked men but no one yet claimed responsibility for it.

Although such incidents were normally claimed by the Taliban as they are the only powerful insurgent group in Logar and Zabul provinces; however, the recent burning of shrines were taken by ISIL group who receives commands directly from their own commander Sa’aad ul Emarati or Hafez Saeed Khan, nominated Governor of Khorosaan.

Since ISIL made significant contribution in international Jihad against the West, Al-Baghdadi claims that the ISIL have gained more achievements in 2014 and 2015 compared to the whole Taliban campaigns in the last fourteen years. Being attracted by even radical group, The Taliban are continuously losing their men to ISIL. In contrast, the ISIL is rapidly maximizing its man power, ammunitions and financial resources.

For example, since the announcement of the Khorosaan Province, covering modern day Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, and part of neighboring central Asian countries, in January 2015, the ISIL had not only convinced commanders of Pakistani Taliban to declare their allegiance to Al-Baghdadi, the Group had also nominated the Pakistani Taliban commander Hafez Saeed Khan as the emir of the Khorosaan.

Other well-known Taliban figures who had recently joint ISIL are Shahidullah Shahid, Sa’aad al Emarati, Sheikh Muhsin, Dolat Khan, Khalid Mansoor, Abdul Rauf Khadim and dozens/hundreds others.

The Allegiance of Hafez Saeed Khan and other Taliban commanders to Al-Baghdadi mean that the Pakistani Taliban is no longer under the command of Mullah Omar and Al-Baghdadi’s calling of Mullah Omar a “fool and illiterate warlord” was even disgraced Mullah Omar’s religious credibility and political weight.

The Afghan Security official claims that they are competent enough to control the situation. The Afghan National Directorate of Security considers the killing of ISIL’s commander Abdul Rauf Khadim and his eight men on February 10th in Helmand as a victory. However, the recent Logar incident which happened in 60km from Kabul reveals that the ISIL is capable of threatening Afghan people anywhere in the country.

Today, the Taliban is much fragmented in the rise of even more radical groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Pakistani Taliban, known as the Tahrik e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is no longer under the central command of Quetta Shura led by Mullah Mohammad Omar.

The ISIL, which is rapidly increasing its members, is now considered main rival to the Taliban and receives command from the Governor of Khorosaan or directly from Al-Baghdadi. Other insurgent groups such as the Haqqani group, Al-Qaida, Hezb e Islami Hekmatyar, Islamic Party of Uzbekistan and others insurgents groups are all receiving commands from their own leaders.

Amongst the various terrorists groups, the ISIL is not only much radical and well funded, the group had also proved capable of convincing loyal Taliban members such as TTP commander Hafeez Saeed Khan, TTP spokesperson Sheikh Maqbool (Shahidullah Shahid), founder of the radical Abtalul Islam Foundation Sheikh Abu Yazid Khorasani and dozens other Taliban and insurgent groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan to join them. Hmmm.......Good thing Taliban prisoners were released from Gitmo so they can join ISIL........'Leading from behind' while exercising 'strategic patience' .Read the full story here.

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— Dr Shahid (@DR_SHAHID) February 26, 2015

New Taliban Magazine Says: '[Obama] Wanted Dead Only' - Appeals For Help To Defeat Drone Technology

New Taliban Magazine Says: '[Obama] Wanted Dead Only' - Appeals For Help To Defeat Drone Technology.HT: Memri. By Tufail Ahmad.

New Taliban Magazine Appeals For Help To Defeat Drone Technology, Says: '[Obama] Wanted Dead Only'; 'We Are Fighting In Khurasan But Our Eyes Are On Palestine'; Secret Jihadi Group In Pakistan Air Force Identified; Encrypted Contact For Self-Radicalizing Muslim Youth Worldwide Included

A new jihadi magazine, launched by the Taliban in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area and comparable to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's Inspire magazine, earnestly appeals for help to defeat U.S. drone technology, announces the formation of a death squad to kill former Pakistani military ruler General Pervez Musharraf, seeks to recruit self-radicalizing jihadi youth, produces a full-page image of U.S. President Barack Obama under the words "Wanted Dead Only," and declares that the jihadi forces' ultimate aim is to liberate Palestine from Israel.

Produced in English-language for jihadi youth worldwide, the magazine is called "Azan" – or call to prayer – and has been released by the "Taliban in Khurasan," a geographical region encompassing Afghanistan and Pakistan. The first issue is dated March 2013. The names of editors and publisher are not given, but the expression "Taliban in Khurasan" seeks to remove any distinction between the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban. Contrary to the belief of many Western analysts, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which represents Pakistani jihadis, has always identified itself as part of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the lead body for Afghan Taliban led by Mullah Muhammad Omar, who is described by Azan as "commander of [all] the believers."

A PDF copy of Azan was released on the Jamia Hafsa Urdu Forum, a jihadi internet forum set up after the 2007 Pakistani army operation in Islamabad's Red Mosque and its adjoining Jamia Hafsa madrassa for women,[1] which was ordered by Pervez Musharraf. It produces an image of militant commander Adnan Rasheed surrounded by masked members of a death squad formed to kill Musharraf, who recently returned to Pakistan to contest elections but is under judicial custody pertaining to court cases against him, including one charging him with treason. Adnan Rasheed, a former Pakistan Air Force commando, is a militant commander who was freed from Pakistani jail by the Taliban.

An unsigned editorial, while stressing the magazine's jihadi mission, notes that it is also aimed at self-radicalizing Muslim youth, stating: "Azan is also a platform for the Muslim men and women abroad who seek to humiliate the tyrants in their own lands. We ask all Muslims holding such noble aspirations of discharging their sacred duty of jihad to contact us…." The editorial outlines a media war, stating: "It is also imperative that the ideological battle that the Crusader-Zionist enemy is waging be fully laid out in front of the Muslim masses and a proper reaction to this onslaught be formalized…."

Perhaps in a reference to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by 2014, the editorial observes: "The world today stands at the eve of the return to Khilafah as was destined to happen according to the Ahadith [sayings and deeds] of the Messenger of Allah [Prophet Muhammad]."
In this context, the description of Mullah Omar as "commander of [all] the believers" is relevant because contrary to depictions of Mullah Omar in the Western media as leader of the Afghan Taliban, he is indeed deemed by jihadis worldwide as Emir-ul-Momineen, leader of the faithful. Read the full story here.

Obama 'Buddy' Karzai: "Mullah Omar can run for president in Afghan elections."

Obama 'Buddy' Karzai: "Mullah Omar can run for president in Afghan elections'.(ET).KABUL: Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar can run for president in the elections next year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Tuesday.

In the interview at the Kabul presidential palace, Karzai said Mullah Omar could become a presidential candidate, giving the Afghans the opportunity to “vote for or against him.”

“The Afghan constitution is valid for all Afghans and the Taliban should also benefit from it,” Karzai said in the interview.

Mullah Muhammad Omar is an Afghan Taliban supreme commander. Reclusive Omar had a $10 million bounty on his head from the US and is a talismanic figure for insurgents in the 10-year war against foreign and Afghan troops.

Karzai had visited Qatar on Sunday to discuss the issue. The Afghan government recently allowed the Taliban to open an office in Qatar on the condition that the outfit breaks association with al Qaeda and abandoning terrorism.

The Afghan president further added that the real problem in the fight against terrorism lies in Pakistan and had not been addressed as yet.

Talking about the polls in Afghanistan, Karzai said that 2014 represents a turning point for Afghanistan — a year in which the West will pull its combat troops from Afghanistan.

The report added that when Karzai’s term comes to an end, he will not be able to compete in the elections, according to the constitution. It added that chances of a peace agreement with the Taliban over the withdrawal of the Western troops are now low.Hmmmmm......Obama: If We Work Hard, Afghanistan Could Be a Success...Like Iraq!yeah.......Right!First give them an office in Qatar next make them president?Read the full story here.