Overstating frictions

Taliban-Islamic State skirmishes may go into high gear

Smoldering conflicts among various Islamist groups in Afghanistan may fare up in earnest with some dire consequences to ensue, Russian experts are warning.

The terrorist group calling itself the Islamic State and the radical movement Taliban have declared a holy war against each other, as follows from some documents obtained by Afghanistan’s security services, the chief of the Interior Ministry’s regional department in Afghanistan’s southern Helmend Province, Nabi Jan Mullahil, has said.