DISINFO: The US brought Daesh to Afghanistan, trained it and armed it to fight the Taliban
SUMMARY
The US brought Daesh to Afghanistan, trained it and armed it with the most up-to-date sophisticated weapons to fight the Taliban. India and the US support Daesh and ISIS-K and use them against Pakistan and the Taliban. But now Daesh and ISIS-K have turned against India and the Americans.
RESPONSE
This is a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative falsely claiming that the US supports and funds Daesh/ ISIS and other jihadist groups. This message is part of a broader narrative alleging that the United States created and supported many jihadist terrorist organisations and controls global terrorism.
The article’s claims that the US trains and arms Daesh and that it “brought Daesh to Afghanistan” are not true. The US is committed to fighting terrorist organisations, such as Daesh and Al-Qaeda.
The US has been fighting Daesh in Syrian and Iraqi territories since 2014 and is at the forefront of the fight against jihadist terrorism. The US strategy to defeat IS includes direct military action, counter-terrorism operations against foreign fighters, disruption of financing, humanitarian assistance, media activities to counter extremists propaganda. Along with the Global Coalition against Daesh, the United States completed the destruction of the so-called "Caliphate" in Iraq and Syria in March 2019, and in October launched a military operation that resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed "caliph" of Daesh.
Regarding the Afghan scenario, ISIS-K (Islamic State Khorasan), the Afghan branch of the Islamic State, has been responsible for nearly 100 attacks against civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as roughly 250 clashes with the US, Afghan, and Pakistani security forces since January 2017.
The U.S. Department of State designated Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on 14 January, 2016, and United States Central Command has escalated its air campaign against the group since 2016 when rules of engagement expanded under President Obama and President Trump.
ISIS-K is one of the targets of Operation Freedom's Sentinel (OFS), a counter-terrorism operation which is part of the international US led Global War on Terrorism. In Afghanistan, the United States conducts OFS against al Qaeda, ISIS-K and their affiliates.
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