![]() ![]() ![]() Dismayed at the new regime’s reluctance to impose tougher restrictions on women and its diplomatic overtures to countries such as the US, China and Russia, former Taliban members have switched allegiance to Isis-K. Isis-K’s more hardline stance has proved attractive to disgruntled Taliban fighters. Analysts have warned of further violence as Isis-K tries to prevent the Taliban from consolidating their grip on Afghanistan. Since the Taliban takeover in August, Isis-K has mounted a series of suicide bomb attacks, including at the Kabul airport and at two Shia mosques, as well as assaults on Taliban convoys, which have killed hundreds. ![]() ![]() US troops might have departed but the new Islamist rulers in Kabul are now threatened by an insurgency launched by Islamic State-Khorasan Province, an Isis-inspired jihadi movement that has deep ideological differences with the Taliban. Two months after the Taliban seized power, violence, death and fear still stalk Afghanistan. ![]()
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