The Taliban has released a statement saying that the ISIS is “a group of modern apostates.” The Taliban calls on all its supporters “to repay them in kind and to avenge Mujahideen from now on in all of Afghanistan.”
The Taliban statement says that ISIS – “this group of modern “Kharijites”(apostates), cruel atheists and mercenaries (…) sows discord and enmity (…), tries to destroy the unity of the Sunnis, Shiites and Ismailis of Afghanistan, inciting hatred, killing theologians and discrediting the sacred religion of Islam before all the world. “
The statement also notes that the capture of Darzab county in Jawzjan province “where the Kharijit group tried to expand its sphere of influence by committing grave crimes, beheading 20 Mujahideen prisoners.” was the reason for this declaration of war,