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This ISIS-Taliban joint attack represents a nightmare scenario come true. The Taliban and ISIS are widely understood to be foes, not friends, because of the Taliban’s close alliance with Al Qaeda — a bitter rival of ISIS. And yet Islamist terror groups in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region are all cut from the same basic ideological cloth. – Michael Kugelman	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It was joint operation from ISIS and Taliban, the Taliban were led by Mullah Nader and [ISIS] was headed by Sher Mohammed Ghazanfar. – Sharif Aminyar	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We have to worry about the precedent it could set and the very troubling implications for Afghanistan’s rapidly deteriorating stability, we shouldn’t overstate the idea of Taliban-ISIS partnership. If the Sar-i -Pul assault was indeed staged by both groups, it could well have been a tactical decision to work together as opposed to a new long-term strategic plan. – Michael Kugelman	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Some Taliban commanders say their main purpose in attacking and capturing a town, city or district center is to seize weapons and vehicles and not to keep control of these places as it is not feasible and could prove costly for them. – Rahimullah Yusufzai	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The Taliban have been claiming in recent months that they had acquired new and sophisticated weapons, but there are no details given how and from where. – Rahimullah Yusufzai	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
There are often reports of Afghan soldiers selling arms to the Taliban. – Rahimullah Yusufzai	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
My friend asked me to leave [ Afghanistan ], i had The Taliban members tell me that they would report me to ISIS. The Taliban put a lot of us in danger. As time passed, the condition got worse. – Mohammad Yahya Aslamyar	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I had The Taliban members tell me that they would report me to ISIS. The Taliban put a lot of us in danger. As time passed, the condition got worse. – Mohammad Yahya Aslamyar	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Taliban fighters were shooting from one side of our house and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) from the other side, a rocket landed in my garden. My wife told me that if I didn't flee, she would leave the house alone with our two daughters. We fled. We left everything behind. I'm afraid it will be looted. – Rahman Gerdi	Found on CNN 7 years ago
[ Russia ] talk [ s ] to the Taliban, the U.S. also talks to the Taliban. Norway, Germany, and other countries also talk to them. Russia has the right to hold talks with the Taliban. – Hamid Karzai	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I've seen the influence of Russia of late, increased influence in terms of association and perhaps even supply to the Taliban. – Curtis Scaparrotti	Found on CNN 7 years ago
If the government does not support Helmand, we will call on our people to grab weapons and fight against the Taliban. – Karim Atal	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
They were detained by the Taliban. – Hameed Khan	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Taliban insurgents attacked our security outposts on Sunday but faced fierce resistance from Afghan forces and were pushed back. – Omar Zwak	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
These are the Taliban on the (Pakistan) side of the border who are fighting against Pakistan. Many of them have joined Islamic State. – John Nicholson	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The security situation in Afghanistan remains precarious, the Taliban remains a threat. They've gained ground in some places. – Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
They are the number one target for the Taliban and for ISIS (Islamic State). – John McCain	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Last year was a big signal that the Afghan army and police need some more time, they are resilient, they fought well and they took on leadership, but at the same time, they had some significant challenges and the Taliban proved much more resilient than we expected and less likely to come to the table for reconciliation. – Skip Davis	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There are always Taliban stopping cars and searching, sometimes they are thieves and only want your belongings. Such incidents happen more often from evening till dawn when there are no government security forces. – Mohammed Shir	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
By kidnapping passengers, The Taliban are trying to provoke people against the government, showing that it can't provide security. – Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Taliban ordered the passengers out and brutally shot them dead. – Jawid Salangi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In the current circumstances, where 50 percent of the mining revenue is going to the Taliban, and before that it was going to armed groups, by any reasonable definition lapis is a conflict mineral, and that means people should think very hard about buying it. – Stephen Carter	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The passengers, all our Hazara brothers, were traveling towards the city center when their van was stopped by the Taliban and taken away, we have launched an operation to free them but it didn't help, so now the elders are trying to free them. – Zabihullah Amani	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Taliban may have abducted the passengers to exchange them with their local commander. – Mohammad Noor Rahmani	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

This ISIS-Taliban joint attack represents a nightmare scenario come true. The Taliban and ISIS are widely understood to be foes, not friends, because of the Taliban’s close alliance with Al Qaeda — a bitter rival of ISIS. And yet Islamist terror groups in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region are all cut from the same basic ideological cloth.

– Michael Kugelman

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It was joint operation from ISIS and Taliban, the Taliban were led by Mullah Nader and [ISIS] was headed by Sher Mohammed Ghazanfar.

– Sharif Aminyar

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We have to worry about the precedent it could set and the very troubling implications for Afghanistan’s rapidly deteriorating stability, we shouldn’t overstate the idea of Taliban-ISIS partnership. If the Sar-i -Pul assault was indeed staged by both groups, it could well have been a tactical decision to work together as opposed to a new long-term strategic plan.

– Michael Kugelman

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Some Taliban commanders say their main purpose in attacking and capturing a town, city or district center is to seize weapons and vehicles and not to keep control of these places as it is not feasible and could prove costly for them.

– Rahimullah Yusufzai

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The Taliban have been claiming in recent months that they had acquired new and sophisticated weapons, but there are no details given how and from where.

– Rahimullah Yusufzai

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There are often reports of Afghan soldiers selling arms to the Taliban.

– Rahimullah Yusufzai

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

My friend asked me to leave [ Afghanistan ], i had The Taliban members tell me that they would report me to ISIS. The Taliban put a lot of us in danger. As time passed, the condition got worse.

– Mohammad Yahya Aslamyar

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I had The Taliban members tell me that they would report me to ISIS. The Taliban put a lot of us in danger. As time passed, the condition got worse.

– Mohammad Yahya Aslamyar

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Taliban fighters were shooting from one side of our house and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) from the other side, a rocket landed in my garden. My wife told me that if I didn't flee, she would leave the house alone with our two daughters. We fled. We left everything behind. I'm afraid it will be looted.

– Rahman Gerdi

Found on CNN
7 years ago

[ Russia ] talk [ s ] to the Taliban, the U.S. also talks to the Taliban. Norway, Germany, and other countries also talk to them. Russia has the right to hold talks with the Taliban.

– Hamid Karzai

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I've seen the influence of Russia of late, increased influence in terms of association and perhaps even supply to the Taliban.

– Curtis Scaparrotti

Found on CNN
7 years ago

If the government does not support Helmand, we will call on our people to grab weapons and fight against the Taliban.

– Karim Atal

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

They were detained by the Taliban.

– Hameed Khan

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Taliban insurgents attacked our security outposts on Sunday but faced fierce resistance from Afghan forces and were pushed back.

– Omar Zwak

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

These are the Taliban on the (Pakistan) side of the border who are fighting against Pakistan. Many of them have joined Islamic State.

– John Nicholson

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The security situation in Afghanistan remains precarious, the Taliban remains a threat. They've gained ground in some places.

– Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

They are the number one target for the Taliban and for ISIS (Islamic State).

– John McCain

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Last year was a big signal that the Afghan army and police need some more time, they are resilient, they fought well and they took on leadership, but at the same time, they had some significant challenges and the Taliban proved much more resilient than we expected and less likely to come to the table for reconciliation.

– Skip Davis

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There are always Taliban stopping cars and searching, sometimes they are thieves and only want your belongings. Such incidents happen more often from evening till dawn when there are no government security forces.

– Mohammed Shir

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

By kidnapping passengers, The Taliban are trying to provoke people against the government, showing that it can't provide security.

– Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Taliban ordered the passengers out and brutally shot them dead.

– Jawid Salangi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In the current circumstances, where 50 percent of the mining revenue is going to the Taliban, and before that it was going to armed groups, by any reasonable definition lapis is a conflict mineral, and that means people should think very hard about buying it.

– Stephen Carter

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The passengers, all our Hazara brothers, were traveling towards the city center when their van was stopped by the Taliban and taken away, we have launched an operation to free them but it didn't help, so now the elders are trying to free them.

– Zabihullah Amani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Taliban may have abducted the passengers to exchange them with their local commander.

– Mohammad Noor Rahmani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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