Kabul dismisses reports on IS presence in Afghanistan as groundless

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 23:Afghan caretaker government has termed the reports on the presence of the Daesh or Islamic State (IS) outfit in Afghanistan as baseless and utterly rebuffed them, according to its foreign ministry.
"We reiterate that the IEA (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) will not allow anyone to threaten the national security of Afghanistan, or use our territory against others," foreign ministry spokesman of the caretaker government Abdul Qahar Balkhi tweeted Saturday.
Iran's top diplomat, according to media reports, has claimed that the terrorist group's operatives had been shifted to Afghanistan from Syria, Libya and Iraq.
"We reject the Iranian foreign minister's allegation asserting that Daesh leaders have been transferred to Afghanistan from Iraq, Syria and Libya," Balkhi contended in his reaction.
Although the Afghan security forces have killed and arrested scores of affiliated IS operatives, the extremist armed group has claimed responsibility for several deadly attacks including bombing mosques, hotel and foreign ministry employees in the capital Kabul over nearly the past two years.
Source: Xinhua