Denying safe havens
Denying safe havens July 6, 2021 In the wake of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Afghan Taliban have increased their activities to gain control of Afghanistan’s rural districts and some provincial capitals. They are also preparing for a large-scale offensive in the northern districts where other ethnic groups reside. There is a fear that after the complete withdrawal of US forces other elements like Al-Qaeda, ISIS, the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISK), TTP and LeJ etc might join hands to achieve their larger objective of forming a Sunni Theocratic Fundamentalist Islamic State. In th...