Kabul – As Afghanistan’s Taliban Government celebrated its cricket victory in the country, militants from the Islamic State group in Khorasan province have been angered. Al Azim of the Islamic State Khorasan has claimed that cricket was an intellectual war waged by the West against Muslims. Al Azim said that the Taliban Government was encouraging the Afghanistan cricket team. Instead of cricket or any other form of entertainment, Muslim youth should join the ‘Islamic State’.
Islamic State Khorasan’s war against the Taliban
A power struggle continues between the Islamic State of Khorasan and the Taliban. Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the Islamic State Khorasan attacked the Taliban several times. The Taliban suffered heavy losses in those attacks. Some analysts say the Pakistani Government was helping the Islamic State in Khorasan to control the Taliban.