Russian envoy for Afghanistan claims US 'secretly' sponsors ISIS-K in Afghanistan

United States "secretly sponsored"  Islamic State Khorasan Province [ISIS-K] terrorist organization in Afghanistan, Russian special presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov claimed, according to state-affiliated ncy Tass. In wide-ranging claims, Kabulov said that US military, during its deployment in Kabul, "established ties with opponents of  n Afghanistan government."

ISIS-K has conducted a series of life-threatening attacks across Afghanistan since Kabul fell to hardline Islamist regime of Taliban post-US Army withdrawal in August 2021. On Jan.19, IS regional affiliate in Khorasan Province carried out a bomb blast in rastern Badakhshan province that claimed life of one Afghan police officer. ISIS-K terrorists claimed that y had hatched a plan to neutralize  police chief via an explosive-laden car parked on  road which was supposed to be driven by him.

ISIS-K also took responsibility for a deadly bomb blast at Hamid Karzai International Airport last August during military drawdown that killed 13 US service members and at least 170 Afghans. In October, terror group carried out an attack on a Shiite mosque in Kunduz that killed more than 150 people. It also assumed responsibility for a coordinated attack on a Chinese-owned hotel in Afghan capital, Kabul that killed two guests and left three assailants dead. 

US will 'do everything so that peace is t established': Russian official 

In a televised interview with Russian state-affiliated ncy on Jan. 19, Kabulov accused Washington of discreetly lending support to terror operatives, asserting, "Yes, re is such data," hinting at evidence. "y [ US authorities] do it t for good, but for harm," he told Russian broadcaster, adding that y must have a hidden nda. "y [ US] really want to avenge ir shameful military-political defeat in Afghanistan," claimed a Russian official. 

"And, in retaliation, y [US] do everything so that peace is t established in this long-suffering land, but even worse is that, in addition to contacts with armed opposition in Afghanistan, Anglo-Saxons secretly sponsor Daesh," Kabulov said. 

Last month, it was also reported that thousands of US special forces trained former elite Afghan commandoes have been considering fighting as mercenaries in ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, and or conflict-ridden territories. Many narrated ir ordeal as y accused United States Armed Forces of abandoning m after Kabul fell to Taliban. According to  WhatsApp messs accessed by  RFE/RL's Radio Azadi, ex-elite Afghan commandoes are already planning to join Russian shadowy mercenaries group, PMC Wagner.