Taliban denies sharing ISIL intelligence with Russia

Afghanistan’s Taliban group has officially denied any negotiations or exchange of information with Russia to fight the spread of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Afghanistan. The group dismissed the claims, saying they “don’t need anyone’s support to fight and eliminate the presence of ISIL”. “We are having talks, but […]

Afghanistan’s Taliban group has officially denied any negotiations or exchange of information with Russia to fight the spread of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Afghanistan.
The group dismissed the claims, saying they “don’t need anyone’s support to fight and eliminate the presence of ISIL”.
“We are having talks, but not about fighting ISIL. We want foreign forces out of our country, that is what we are talking about at the moment,” a Taliban spokesperson told Al Jazeera.
“They [ISIL fighters] are a small bunch based only in Nangarhar (province) and are not a big or a strong group that we would be threatened with,” he said.