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ISIS attacking Taliban militants in Afghanistan, says US commander

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ANI Karachi

A senior US military official has said that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is attacking Taliban militants in Afghanistan, mainly in regions close to Pakistan.

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According to the Dawn, Brigadier General Wilson Shoffner said that ISIS' growth in Afghanistan could influence US plans of ending its 14-year-old military mission there.

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The Obama administration has pledged to withdraw all the troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016.

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It has already reduced the US troop presence from more than 100,000 to less than 10,000.

 

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First Published: Aug 17 2015 | 12:11 PM IST

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