but to the local people and to the small business owners, it is huge destruction. last night was terrible, i can see a lot of people in front of the emergency hospital waiting for their loved ones recovery. attacks claimed by the taliban have been on the rise since presidentjoe biden announced us troops would leave by september, and so have protests denouncing the militants. this was the extraordinary scene in kabul last night. as the gun battles were taking place, hundreds of people took to the streets, chanting their support for government forces and denouncing the militants. similar scenes were seen injalalabad, with protesters chanting god is great in support of the afghan security forces. here s mariam solamanhail. she was one of those who joined that protest in kabul. our message was more to our troops
is has been launching attacks for years, but they ve spread to new parts of the country since the taliban came to power. this, a twin suicide bombing on a shia mosque in the taliban stronghold of kandahar. the group don t control any territory but they have deadly cells, particularly here injalalabad. is is much less powerful than the taliban, but the attacks they re carrying out here are causing real concern, both for afghans exhausted by bloodshed, and internationally. american officials warn is could launch foreign operations in as little as six months time. this former member says the group has global ambitions, but lacks capacity. translation: they issue | threats to the whole world. they want to establish their rule everywhere, but those are just words.
and killing would finally stop, but now we face this new phenomena with the name of is. the taliban s intelligence service has detained dozens of alleged is members. hundreds escaped from prison during the group s takeover. dead bodies with notes labelling them is fighters are dumped by the road every few days, but the taliban won t admit responsibility for the extrajudicial killings. they accuse is of being extremists. is accuse the taliban of not being radical enough. there are almost daily attacks injalalabad, it seems. are you really in control of the situation here? translation: just as we i defeated international forces on the battlefield with the blessing of allah, we tell the world not to worry about any small group of traitors carrying out attacks here. they will be defeated, too.
territory, but they have deadly cells, particularly here injalalabad. is is much less powerful than the taliban, but the attacks they re carrying out here are causing real concern, both for afghans exhausted by bloodshed, and internationally. american officials warn is could launch foreign operations in as little as six months time. this former member says the group has global ambitions, but lacks capacity. translation: they issue | threats to the whole world. they want to establish their rule everywhere, j but those are just words. they are not powerful enough to take over afghanistan. - the taliban have increased security around eastern afghanistan. publicly, they re playing down the threat from is, but many fear more violence lies ahead. secunder kermani, bbc news, jalalabad.
them is fighters are dumped by the road every few days, but the taliban won t admit responsibility for the extrajudicial killings. they accuse is of being extremists. is accuse the taliban of not being radical enough. there are almost daily attacks injalalabad, it seems. are you really in control of the situation here? translation: just as we defeated international forces on the battlefield with the blessing of allah, we tell the world not to worry about any small group of traitors carrying out attacks here. they will be defeated, too. is has been launching attacks for years, but they ve spread to new parts of the country since the taliban came to power. this, a twin suicide bombing on a shia mosque in the taliban stronghold of kandahar. the group don t control any territory but they have