which, of course, are not just isis. i mean, they're fighting the other enemies as well of the, the remnants of the old government as to the representatives of the minorities. so up in the present time, present circumstances are absolutely no. and the taliban will not be surprised with that. after all, there was a fully functioning security apparatus in the here in the country are which had received massive amounts of assistance. perhaps too much. and the taliban saw fit to topple that. i think everybody who previous to supported that they're still licking their wounds. i think most afghans also believe that what we see in cobble and the current through shape of the, our, the islamic camera, it is not the end of the story. they really are going to have to make some adjustments to our and to incorporate the rest of afghans society, which has never supported the taliban. so in the short run, no, but in the long run, of course these things are going to have to be addressed. because, you know, the, i says our and they say yo

there was no isis, there was no isis in iraq, no. isis in syria, no. isis in yemen. no. isis in africa and no isis in afghanistan. the whole war on terror by the united states, which is included the death of $250000.00 and afghans during the past 20 years. that has created that has created that has been the trigger or the catalyst for the further expansion of isis or isis like formations. so from out of space, the war on terror has been a complete and utter failure because rather than containing or stopping this kind of extremism or terrorism, it has accelerated and expanded it as a phenomena. and so while we can say, well the us last and thus these attacks are happening. these attacks were happening while the us was there and they were tech. the attacks were happening by isis. some of the attacks were happening by the old, the afghan army, and of course some of the attachment happening by taliban and other resistance fighters to the african government. so i don't think it would be correct to say because the u. s. this is now happening, but i do think that we can say

so a small arms or isis has came from there, but predominantly what makes the isis or make the taller one more, at least in the past, is the ability to manufacture or improvised explosive devices and the bombs that they, that they manufactured and place them in the cars or trucks and blow them in areas that would create instability for whoever is ruling. and the fact that all about are the fact that ice is at the moment is targeting the shia community in afghanistan, it goes back to the war in our assyria, where the fatima you in, is she a brigade that was created from there? she has a focus on afghanistan, india, and all over the world. and to some extent, that governments of the regions turned a blind eye to the uranium recruitment of the ship from afghanistan. so now the icing up dentist on that is basically going after avenge attacking those communities. and in that process, unfortunately, a lot of the innocent people don't. bystanders get killed. yeah. okay, i don't, but i'm sorry to interrupt you that let's bring in professor da london. can the taliban crush it's it's adversarie

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it's our assessment e talleyrand has the capacity to defeat isis k in the country? >> i think it's our assessment the taliban and isis k are mortal enemies so having motivated to go after isis k, their ability to do so is to deplete to be determined. >> you share that, general mingus? >> i do, ma'am. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator wicker, please. first of all, i have a statement. under secretary and prepared remarks on page three talking about the work that the department is far from over, starting from the past reckoning with uncomfortable truths despite decades and billions of dollars of u.s. investment, the afghan military evaporated in the face of the taliban assault. let me remind everyone that for the past seven years before the debacle kabul, the afghan military almost all of the casualties and fatalities and fought bravely on behalf of of their country and general mingus, i appreciate the fact is been deployed a number of times and served dangerous situations but on the final page of your written statement, you talk about a and ds f, defense security

afghanistan's affiliate of isis known as isis-k. we went on a ride-along with some taliban fighters whose job it is to secure the street. patrols like this have been stepped up across kabul. but the taliban insists that isis-k is not a threat. commander rahimi leads this group of fighters. can you promise the afghan people you can keep them safe? he says, "yes. 100%. we can completely guarantee security for the afghan people." but attacks like this tell a different story. just last week over 50 people were killed in a suicide bombing at this mosque belonging to the shia minority in the southern city of kandahar. it sent chills through afghanistan's shia community, including worshippers at the al zahra mosque in kabul. they have every right to be afraid. four years ago isis-k fighters carried out a deadly suicide bomb attack here. mohammed jawad is the imam. your mosque has already been targeted by isis. we've now had these major attacks in other parts of afghanistan in recent weeks. are you afraid you're next? he says, "yes. we are

, but is that isis rights is kay. this is complicated. these different terrorist terrorist groups. terrorist factions don't have identity cards that they can show. i'm al qaeda isis. kate, i'm this, people drift back and forth. i think the, the main threat right now of regrouping terrorist in afghanistan is al qaeda. i think ok is never really left. i think they've been embedded with taliban in their exile across the border in pakistan for the last 20 years. and i think al qaeda will take advantage of renewed taliban control to recreate the sanctuary is the rear base area that they used afghanistan before isis is a new phenomenon. but look in iraq and syria. it was an offshoot of al qaeda and isis k, which is the acronym for the isis affiliate claims to control the tip. roughly the territory of afghanistan is just another manifestation, the, the tragedy at the mosque. you mentioned a similar bombing occurred a few weeks ago. i c k 2 credit for both for shi masks. isis k, obviously fanatic. sunni terrorist group, but t

rivalry between isis k and taliban. but i, i could say rivalry today i could see a coalition between them tomorrow this, this is a changing environment in afghanistan. obviously, just a couple months ago, they were an exile across the border. now they're in control. and congo. i expect to see their further developments, but i think it's hard to predict. but what i would say is that this potential for congregating terrorist from an arctic areas around the world toward a more hospitable government in afghanistan, i think it's something we should all be we're, i mean, obviously say they're sworn enemies with isis k. and you seem to say that they'll kind are embedded within it. we've had the taliban on this program. there are a defacto negotiations going on between nato governments and the taliban. you mean they're kind of negotiating with al qaeda more or less? well, i think there's a danger that there's, if there's a big question, whether there's a new moderate taliban leadership or whether it's the same old crew that gov

or isis-k in afghanistan. and i don't know what the answer is going forward, but management of expectations sometimes becomes part of the formula, i'm afraid and i worry a little about that, you guys. and that is to say, and maybe i'll put it in the form of a question, secretary cohen. >> this is obvious, raw, spontaneous question. do you feel whether it's-- whether it's just a feeling or whether it's deliberate, do you get a sense of political pressure in your job to communicate something other than the worst news possible at any given moment? >> a strategic advantage from that, but politically, do you feel that as a political dom nominee? >> i've never felt that personally, but it's true what you said at the outset. on a number of issues relates to afghanistan there has been miscalculation over 20 decades. >> and there's obviously a lot of consequence to thatten i'd like to say we could have a longer talk about how to do that better obviously. i'm going to get to one point related to the miscalculation of is

it was an offshoot of al qaeda and isis k, which is the acronym for the isis affiliate claims to control the tip. roughly the territory about gas stand is just another manifestation that the tragedy at the mosque. you mentioned a similar bombing occurred a few weeks ago. i came to a credit for both masks, isis k, obviously fanatic. sunni terrorist group, but there's rivalry between isis k and taliban, but i could rivalry today. i could see a coalition between them tomorrow this, this, this is a changing environment in afghanistan, obviously, just a couple months ago they were an exile across the border. now they're in control and carnival, i expect to see there be further developments, but i think it's hard to predict. but what i would say is that this potential for congregating terrorist from ad arctic areas around the world toward a more hospitable government in afghanistan, i think it's something we should all be worried about. i mean the tunnel and obviously say they're sworn enemies with ices k and you seem to have that l kite or embedded within it. we've had the taliban on this pro

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i think the intelligence community currently assesses that both isis-kifrmd and al qaeda -- isis-k and al qaeda can have operations against the united states but neither currently have the capability to do so. we could see isis-k generate that capability somewhere between six or 12 months. if the current assessments by the intelligence community is al qaeda would take a year or two to reconstitute that capability. we must remain vigilant against that possibility. chairman reed: do you concur, general mingus? general mingus: yes. the chairman's assessment, i concur with that. chairman reed: our over-the-horizon situation will not give us the same picture we've got now. the range will be greater. the resources will be greater. the risks will all be greater. do you all assess at this time that despite these increased risks that would disrupt terrorist activities emanating in the region? general mingus: sorry. the last half of the question. chairman reed: despite these increased risks we all recognize, do you believe were posturd at this time to disrupt terrorists in the region and adaptin

so perhaps it may have been isis. it's usually eas, them who, who claim responsibility in these latest attacks that have been happening all over all over afghanistan, especially here in cobble. we regularly hear and read about fire fights, raids carried out by the taliban. them trying to track down crack down and isis k cells here. and i've got to saw the 2 organizations have been at war for years now . and the taliban is evidently trying to solidify it control over of got to start. there was also another attack yesterday that has been attributed by locals to isis k, whereby they say that of the terrorists drove by, ah taliban taliban members and began firing at them in a drive by attacking the in a vehicle attack were where 4 people were killed and another attack, another part of, of canister, and attack on a taliban convoy, which has also been attributed to isis at 17 people was said to have been killed in that so suddenly violence, the spot, the end of the afghan war, the pull out of american and allied troops, vio

nobody other than isis. at the end of the day, we have seen this play out in iraq and syria where civil unrest, uprisings, violence is fully exploited by isis. this is its signature modus operandi, to use conditions of war and conflict and ethnic and sectarian conflict to its advantage. isis is trying to take advantage. isis is trying to take advantage of big strategic vacuum. that will grow in time because i don't see the taliban being able to stabilise the situation. at least not any time soon and that provides for a window of opportunity for isis and other transnationaljihadist and other transnational jihadist actors. and other transnational 'ihadist actors. , ., ., ., , actors. many thanks for 'oining us from washington. _ the social media giant facebook says it is experiencing problems with its services again. the issues seem to be affecting instagram, but not facebook or whatsapp. the company says it is working to get things back to normal as soon as possible. on monday, facebook�*s services suffered

but it does seem what isis have done, we don't know that it is isis, in making this link, it seems to be the link the taliban are making have perpetrated a large statement attack attacking senior taliban members. now this comes hot on the heels of the taliban going after in two separate attacks isis cells operating in karwan which is the province just outside of kabul. right next to police district 17 where the operation took place on sunday. there over the weekend on those friday raids the taliban say they killed 9 isis members and captured five. now local journalists speaking to eye witnesses saying at the sig site of these attacks there appear to be civilian casualties. we don't have detailed confirmation of that. what does appear to be happening at the moment that the isis attacks at the taliban had been taking place in the east of the cou country. the owe cuss has shifted to kabul and the doorstep of kabul. they project themselves as being able to provide security and stability. here their core, their leadership level they have been targeted. >> nic robertson joining us live from

and there was a z, a isis, the emergence of isis k is. if you look back at the history of this so called terrorists group, ok that they just re branded entices k was the chorus and group in 2013 or no, sorry, 20142015. this was a term coined by the u. s. intelligence. when james clapper was in charge, this is an obama administration, in my opinion, and probably many others who looked at this closely. it's a kind of a construct the course and group, and it is a pedigree through it. i'm in, don't worry. i'll cut in the re being the peninsula, the underwear bomber. it runs right through this bit of classic and intelligence, clandestine and terrorist construction that the u. s. or they've just basically revived it and all the sudden suicide bomb attacks. and after the pull out in afghanistan, so what is the nicest fraction doing in afghanistan, but playing a disruptive role, you just had all the wiggers as escaping from prison, magically after the u. s. withdrew you have all these other isis militants who were somehow simultaneously escaped f

him about isis's current oranges that matter. they still have thousands of operational fighter that are hiding out in remote areas, sometimes civilian areas and carrying out regular attacks on police and and citizens in northern iraq. they were able to extract certain taxes. basically extortion. they were able to g money from oil, cotton, minerals and farming. so they had a huge operation back then. they haven't got that now. they are an insurgency operation, which is very, very different, but iraq has still got its major problems. only just had elections yesterday. i think we need to be a little bit cautious about this announcement because it comes at a very sensitive time of the elections. but the u.s. military has endorsed this and paid tribute to iraqi security forces. i think it should be taken seriously. ♪ >> we're going to turn to coronavirus now. one in six critically ill patients in england is a pregnant woman, specifically a woman who has not been vaccinated. here are thought from england's tom covid doctor. >> we're

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there is an extensive isis presence in cobble in afghanistan. and the taliban has a long waged, a war against them. now with the taliban trying to solidify control their regular raids around the city, again, fire fights between at taliban fighters and isis fight us around the country. also over the weekend the yesterday there was an attack on on taliban, on the taliban office in july. but where by 4 people were killed out, we heard as a result of a drive by that locals blame on isis in other areas of the country. they have also been attacks on, on taliban convoys and fighters, carried out by ice a some that they have claimed some that have been attributed to them. but as i say, the, the united states may have pulled out their allies also. but that hasn't had the ta still, it is here in afghanistan, they are ongoing with the taliban again at duking it out with not only isis but other islamist terrorists groups in afghanistan. we're a guest here for now. thanks for the update to kerry self. no, i looking back in some events, had run up to this is

isis-k are the key suspects. since the taliban took over afghanistan in mid-august, attacks by the isis afill yet have in-- affiliate have increased dramatically. in the last week alone isis-k have claimed a series of attacks in the country's east where they maintain a strong presence, killing does owns of civilians -- dozens of civilians and taliban fighters. this was the first attack since a suicide bomber killed 13 u.s. troops outside the airport in late august. this shows how poor the security situation is. experts have warned that a civil war in afghanistan could replicate the chaos seen in syria from which isis was able to carve out the first caliphate. one difference being that the u.s. had a preference in and -- presence in and around syria. they do not in or around afghanistan. what is worrying as well, if the taliban cannot provide security to their people, if they're not able to pay wages, if they continue to subjugate large portions of the population, they will not be able to govern in and that a will

, isis k wouldn't. who is who funds isis k? is it related to the isis, the britain in the united states de facto supported against us, out of syria? or is it not at all connected with that isis? and if not, why is it called isis? and then k, we don't really know, be honest with you, even when i was strong in body nissan, is that in my own home province? i'm. it wasn't mysterious for the prior to that a lot, number of the ice kill the pakistani and members. and i did turn in to be nice in surgery, no doubt, after the fall of the dropping of the mother all bomb the soonest on it rigid publicity give it to die. he attracted. 7 certainly, maybe more committed members from regional countries including pakistan and iran, and either a lethal force. and actually donald trump catalyzed i just k. yeah. but what i'm saying is it, it doesn't mean a mysterious and particularly the funding of it because in which they operate in the people who interacted with them. in fact, they came to the outskirts of my village and

and when it comes to isis, yes, the taliban and isis have battled one another but the taliban was an insurgent force, they successfully fought against us for 20 years and outlasted u.s. and nato partners in the central government of afghanistan but they are not an effective counter terrorism force. they're not going to hunt down terrorists, especially those seeking to the united states and our allies threat. .eric: it's asounding when you have this horrible attack on the mosque, we saw the video and they're throwing up their hands with us saying we're not going to cooperate with the u.s. to rein in al-qaida at all. >> right. there has been for years, since isis founding in 2015, isis founding in afghanistan in 2015, there's been lots of conflict between the taliban and isis and a lot of military attacks from isis against the taliban strongholds and vice versa. but the thing about this for the taliban's perspective is they know the united states sees isis as a major threat to our national security and for the taliban more than anything else, that's leverage. they want to be recognized

a key isis, k, isis in afghanistan hide out in missouri. sherry, this is in the north of the country. so it's obvious that there is at a concerted effort campaign underway by the taliban to target eyesore k areas. i think it was interesting. 2 days ago we had a press conference by the spokes person from the interior ministry. and beforehand, sammy, we've been interviewing members of the taliban. i interview interview the head of a couple security just a couple of days ago. and they've always maintained that in the isis case. threat is under control that they habits sorta was interesting 2 days ago. the interior ministry spokesperson giving a message to taliban fighters to look inward saying if you feel that anyone could be an ice ok operative within your ranks, he needs to be reported. and then saying that they will be held account under study a law. they will be held account under treason that the entire unit, including the commander will be dissolved. so there isn't admittance now that the infiltration by isis k of taliban rags could be a