A man mourns the death of his relative at a graveyard in Kandahar on Saturday

The IS-K is now the biggest threat that threatens the Taliban government after they took over Afghanistan. In the meantime, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has purportedly said that their fighters will be deployed to man the security of mosques, especially of the Shia Muslim ones. Russian President Vladimir Putin had warned of IS fighters entering Afghanistan from Iraq and Syria.

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Taliban rejects Putin’s claim of IS presence

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that IS terror group was present in the north of the country, saying it was “baseless”, the media reported. Addressing a virtual summit of the Commonwealth Independent States on Friday, Putin said that Russian data has revealed that 2,000 IS fighters are in the north of Afghanistan, TOLO News reported. 

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