Taliban Attempting to Outdo US in Fighting ISIS in Afghanistan

The Taliban have resumed their fight against ISIS in Afghanistan, showing that eliminating the local chapter of the terrorist group isn’t just a goal of the United States.

Members of an armed pro-government uprising group in an outpost just outside of Kaga, the center of the district of Khogyani in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, with Malek Gul Shirin, the commander of the group, manning a heavy machine gun, on Oct. 2, 2018. Franz J. Marty/Special to The Epoch Times

KHOGYANI, Afghanistan—The Taliban have resumed their fight against ISIS in Afghanistan, showing that eliminating the local chapter of the terrorist group isn’t just a goal of the United States.

Meanwhile, locals are concerned about both insurgent groups.