Islamic State in Afghanistan ‘under control’, say Taliban

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said Wednesday that the threat posed by the Islamic State group in the country was “more or less under control” despite recent bloody attacks that have killed dozens. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a news conference that IS was “not a great threat”, adding that around 600 members or sympathisers had been arrested since the Taliban seized control of the country in mid-August. He said there were even a few women among those captured, who would be questioned by other women. “They are not many in Afghanistan, because they do not have the support of the people,” said…

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