Posted on 12/12/2015 5:54:12 AM PST by huldah1776
Should Daesh strengthen its presence in Afghanistan, the United States could find common ground with the terrorist group, also known as ISIL, to counter Moscow, Beijing and Tehran, Iranian political scientist Pir Mohammas Mollazehi told Sputnik.
If Daesh loses control over its caliphate in Iraq and Syria, it could well try to expand into what is known as the Greater Khorasan region. "They will use Afghanistan as a launching pad" to take this area under control, the analyst said.
Apparently, this process has already started.
"Daesh is already present in Afghanistan. Militants have been strengthening their presence in the provinces of Badakhshan and Helmand. They have recruited new fighters from locals, who have been disenchanted with the Taliban's policies. Those are mostly people, who did not accept Mullah Akhtar Mansour as the group's new leader following the death of Mullah Omar," the expert explained.
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Pir Mohammas Mollazehi maintains that Daesh will find new sources of income once it settles in Afghanistan. The obvious choice will be to take over the lucrative opium trade since they will receive access to poppy fields. Daesh could also tap into Afghanistan's natural resources and sell them via the same routes they use to sell oil smuggled from Iraq and Syria.
Daesh is widely considered to be the wealthiest terrorist organization in the world. The group makes money on all types of illegal activities, including oil smuggling, extortion and human trafficking. Expanidng to Afghansitan will not be an issue of money.
"Afghans, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Uyghurs and Chechen fighters, who join Daesh, have established armed gangs with a financial base. Daesh, therefore, does not have to pay its new recruits in Afghanistan," the expert explained.
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IT IS NOT DAESH...IT IS ISIS...KEEP “ISLAM” in the name of the damned terrorists. DAESH is code for protecting Muslims.
They should go back and check their history. It was the Shah of Khorasan who pissed off the Mongols, then failed to defeat them, which in turn led to the complete destruction of the Abbasid emipre. Maybe a militaristic expansion through Central Asia is not the best strategy.
Obama created this mess. He is already in league with them and trying to import them here
I see history being re-written by the man’s teachers. See, it works!
Says the guy posting Russian propaganda.
If it comes down to a war between muslims and non-muslims, we’ll see which side our government is on.
They’ve already been bought, and they also think the crocodile will eat them last. So I don’t think there is much mystery here.
Actually, the White House is occupied by the crocodile, so there really isn’t any mystery here.
Our pilots are sent to bomb ISIS for show with warnings given 45 minutes beforehand so they have no worries in Afghanistan either.
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