Commander of US Central Command General Frank Kent McKenzie said that theIslamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan branch (ISIS-K) re-constitutesitself and will be able to conduct attacks out of Afghanistan in 12 to 18months.

The US CENTCOM commander added, though the Taliban have been suppressingthe terror groups across Afghanistan but warned that ISIS-K will ramp upits attacks in the summer even in Kabul.

McKenzie in his final appearance before Senate Panel said the Taliban didnot help themselves by releasing one thousand ISIS-K affiliates fromAfghanistan’s jail following their takeover in August last year.

“While the security situation in parts of Afghanistan may have improvedsince the Taliban takeover in August, I’m not sure it’s a place you want tobe.” Said McKenzie.

The US General’s concern over ISIS-K in Afghanistan comes as the de factoauthorities in Kabul deny the terror group to be a threat to Afghanistan orother countries from Afghanistan.

Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in his recent speech in Antalya’sDiplomacy Forum said that the US along with NATO failed to defeat ISIS-K inAfghanistan but they (the Taliban) uprooted the militants from Afghanistan.

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