COMEBACK KIDS This Aug. 15, 2021 file photo shows Taliban militants in Mehtarlam, capital of Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan. In their report to the UN Security Council, the experts said that with the onset of better weather, fighting might escalate as both IS and resistance forces undertook operations against Taliban forces. Nonetheless, the presence of these two groups, as well as "many other terrorist groups and fighters on Afghan soil" is raising concerns in neighboring countries and the wider international community. There are also concerns about the Taliban's inability to keep its promise not to allow terrorist groups to operate in Afghanistan. To counter IS, the report quoted an unidentified country as saying the Taliban had created three battalions of special forces called "red units."

Source: Manila Times June 05, 2022 04:56 UTC