(MENAFN- Khaama Press)
Faryab, Naqibullah Fayaq, the provincial governor said Juma Bay, an Uzbek national-led Daesh group is also operating in the region, adding that the group has been living with their families, most of the Daesh leaders are stationed in Faryab province.
Earlier on Friday, Vladimir Norov, Secretary-General of Shanghai cooperation group in a webinar organized by Islamabad Policy Research Institute said, That the Daesh-ISIS has moved from the middle east to Afghanistan, which poses a serious threat to the region.
'According to the SCO regional anti-terrorist structure, the numbers of fighters arriving in the north of the country [Afghanistan] are growing', he added, the pose a threat to the SCO member states.
Norov stressed that the group uses information and communication technologies to promote their ideology in the region, recruit and manage the group's sleeper cells.
Jumakhon Giyosov, the SCO Director of the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure, also said 'There is an increase in the number of militants arriving in northern Afghanistan, whose leaders are actively interacting with the leaders of the other terrorist organizations,'.
Faryab Governor, also added that the Taliban are now equipped with Iranian-made armor-piercing sniper (Haidar).
This comes as Captain Mohammad Hanif, Chief of Crime Branch for Zaranj district was shot and killed by his subordinate during a security patrol.
Source on anonymity told Pajhwok News, that the incident happened in Nimroz province on Friday, as police patrolled the city.
The perpetrator fled the area but was later captured by the security forces in the region.
According to the report, the incident occurred on Friday evening, and an investigation is ongoing to determine the motive behind the attack.
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