Saeedi. “In addition to war, the Taliban leader talks about peace and negotiations,” Saeedi said.
The Taliban warned the IS last month against expanding in the region, but this has not stopped some fighters, inspired by the group’s success, defecting to swear allegiance to the IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi instead of the invisible Mulla Omar.
The notoriously uncompromising IS has shown no desire to negotiate — and if the Taliban faultlines widen, there is a danger the talks process could drive more of its hardline fighters into the arms of the Middle Eastern jihadist group.
“We have directed all our Mujahideen to preserve their unity and forcefully prevent all those elements who attempt to create differences, damage this Jihadi front,” Omar´s statement said in an oblique reference to the IS.
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