Afghan president: "We will 'bury' ISIS '


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DATE: Jan. 25, 2016, 2:36 a.m.

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  1. President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, promised to 'bury' the militants who self menemakan Islamic state or ISIS, which in Afghanistan has been repeatedly fought with government troops and Taliban fighters.
  2. In an interview with the BBC, Ghani called the ISIS "is not a phenomenon of Afghanistan" and the atrocities they had "alienate people".
  3. "The Afghan people are now compelled to seek revenge," he said. "They (ISIS) has been dealing with the wrong people."
  4. Ghani also calls for measures anti-ISIS at the regional and international levels.
  5. "No doubt, today we are dealing with the risk of a very decisive," he said, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
  6. "Many of my diplomacy aimed at creating consensus in the region. And the region with a legacy of hatred and narrow-minded behavior will require a special effort and focus."
  7. The US State Department last week calling ISIS branch in Afghanistan as a terrorist organization.
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  10. Afghan government forces earlier this month has been arrested a number of people accused of being members of ISIS.
  11. It said the group was formed in January last year and consists of former members of the Pakistani Taliban and the Afghan Taliban.
  12. Ghani also warned that if the peace talks with the Taliban is not started in April, the conflict will increase, the impact would be felt throughout the region.
  13. "Time was not friendly," he said. "We all understand that February and March are the critical months."
  14. The Afghan president said, observers should understand that the war in his country "is only one component" of a broader war that also includes Pakistan.
  15. "The problem ... interrelated (and) can not be solved with the use of military force in a single country.
  16. He advised Pakistan to take steps on the Taliban who do not approve of the negotiations.
  17. "We need to see that we had the same interests and we must act together in order to maintain the integrity of the state system and consolidate it," he said.
  18. When asked what his message to immigrants from Afghanistan who arrived in Europe, Ghani said, "My message to them is, you do not have a future in Europe. Europe closed their borders.
  19. "You (BBC) recently interviewed the prime minister of France - broadcast (interview) into their (Afghan asylum seekers in Europe). The future is in Afghanistan."

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