How America responded to ISIS-K in Afghanistan

29 August 20213 years ago babelfish

Italics by Giuseppe Gagliano

Those strange inconsistencies …

Despite the fact that the American troops are withdrawing from Kabul without real operational planning and despite the fact that the French – as written by Start Magazine – had already provided for the evacuation just two days after the terrorist attack made and claimed by Isis-K , the United States launched an air raid through a drone against one of those who allegedly planned the attack on the airport of Kabul, in which 13 American soldiers and about 175 Afghan civilians were killed.

The retaliation was strongly supported by President Biden, who said: “I also ordered commanders to develop operational plans to target the key assets, leadership and facilities of the Islamic State. We will respond with strength and precision at the time and place we choose ".

The coordination was done by Central Command, while the elimination order was given directly by the Secretary of Defense, Austin. It is superfluous to underline not only the efficiency – indeed we could say the ruthless efficiency – and the speed with which this retaliation was implemented. But it is precisely the speed and efficiency of this American response that is very perplexing, considering what has happened in recent weeks due to the hasty American withdrawal from Kabul.

Isis-K, born on January 26, 2015, is coordinated by Shahab al-Muhajir and the members of this terrorist organization come from the Pashtun ethnic group. Geographically, this organization is particularly branched in the provinces of Konar and Nangarhar. The term K next to Isis refers to the historical Afghan region known as Khorasan, located between eastern Iran and southern Turkmenistan.

It is evident that from the political point of view this organization aims to discredit the Taliban and to replace them in the political control of Afghanistan by severing – at least on the propaganda level – all ties both with the United States and with China.

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/raid-aereo-americano-isis-k-afghanistan/ on Sun, 29 Aug 2021 08:06:39 +0000.