INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday that the threat of Daesh still exists in Afghanistan and that the group
is targeting the Islamic Emirate.Kirby said this in a press conference in reply to a question about Wednesday&s attack on Acting Minister of
Refugees and Repatriation Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani in Kabul, which was claimed by Daesh.I think that — look, we&re just getting
information about this. I think it&s a little too soon for me to — to make a comment. The only thing I would say is that we recognize
— and we said so at the time — that there was still an ISIS threat inside Afghanistan. And clearly, they have set their sights on the
Taliban (IEA),& Kirby said.He said that the US maintains and has improved, since withdrawal from Afghanistan, the ability to conduct
over-the-horizon counterterrorism operations anywhere in the world &and we&ve proven our ability to do that, including in places like
Afghanistan since we left.According to him, the US State Department has so far issued 76,000 Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan partners and
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