Islamic State Khorasan is the America’s new enemy in Afghanistan?

As it appears, Daesh is now the common enemy of America and the Taliban. Will the United States and the Taliban become new allies in the fight against Daesh-Khorasan Province (Daesh-K), especially after its deadly attack on Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport?

The U.S. certainly faces a new terrorist threat in Afghanistan and while President Joe Biden has vowed to avenge U.S. deaths, he believed that “there was no evidence they (Daesh-K) colluded with the Taliban.”

Biden’s predictions about the Daesh-K attack on Kabul airport have become true and he has warned that the U.S. was not done with the terrorist group yet.

His austere warning brings back memories of George W. Bush’s rhetoric and the old: “We don’t forgive. I don’t forget. We hunt you down and let you pay.”

That’s a clear indication that yet another long battle is about to start. Since the fall of Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021, several leading military figures and security experts in the West have constantly warned about the resurgence of terrorist groups like al-Qaida and Daesh-K.

In a series of articles published in The Guardian, Jason Burke and several leading academics and military figures, including Richard Kemp and Jonathan Evans, have warned of “imminent prospects of Daesh-K attacks” beyond Afghanistan.

This situation may lead to yet another long battle and bloodshed in Afghanistan. Can it be stopped? It seems like a big challenge, mainly because of “the viciously profitable business of war” that guarantees the survival of arms manufacturers.

Although, the unfolding state of affairs in Afghanistan and the reemergence of Daesh-K is a timely reminder that arming, supporting and fighting radical groups in one form or the other wouldn’t work. Yet, that’s just a dream of ordinary people in the street, not invisible rulers and arms traders.

Source: Daily Sabah