{"id":7773,"date":"2024-03-23T16:02:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T16:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/23\/isis-branch-blamed-in-moscow-attack-has-hit-at-talibans-russia-links\/"},"modified":"2024-03-23T16:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T16:02:25","slug":"isis-branch-blamed-in-moscow-attack-has-hit-at-talibans-russia-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/23\/isis-branch-blamed-in-moscow-attack-has-hit-at-talibans-russia-links\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS Branch Blamed in Moscow Attack Has Hit at Taliban\u2019s Russia Links"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The ISIS affiliate that American officials say was behind the deadly attack<\/a> in Moscow is one of the last significant antagonists that the Taliban government faces in Afghanistan, and it has carried out repeated attacks there, including on the Russian Embassy, in recent years.<\/p>\n

That branch of ISIS \u2014 known as the Islamic State Khorasan or ISIS-K \u2014 has portrayed itself as the primary rival to the Taliban, who it says have not implemented true Shariah law since seizing power in 2021. It has sought to undermine the Taliban\u2019s relationships with regional allies and portray the government as unable to provide security in the country, experts say.<\/p>\n

In 2022, ISIS-K carried out attacks on the Russian<\/a> and Pakistani<\/a> embassies in Kabul and a hotel that was home to many Chinese nationals. More recently, it has also threatened attacks against the Chinese, Indian and Iranian embassies in Afghanistan and has released a flood of anti-Russian propaganda.<\/p>\n

It has also struck outside Afghanistan. In January, ISIS-K, carried out twin bombings in Iran<\/a> that killed scores and wounded hundreds of others at a memorial service for Iran\u2019s former top general, Qassim Suleimani, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike four years before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n