The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's department for Asian countries said that Daesh militant group is expanding in Afghanistan and wishes to use the country as a "springboard for a wider expansion".
MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� Daesh militant group is expanding in�Afghanistan and wishes to�use the country as�a "springboard for�a wider expansion," the head of�the Russian Foreign Ministry's department for�Asian countries said.
"[Daesh] exists [in Afghanistan]. It flourishes and expands. It just acts quietly and gather strength for�decisive actions," Zamir Kabulov, who is also the Russian presidential envoy for�Afghanistan, told the Izvestiya newspaper in�an interview released Wednesday.


According to�the official, Daesh has less militants than�Taliban, but�it does not spend its resources on�fighting Afghan and US servicemen in�the country.

"They have other aims. They need Afghanistan as�a springboard for�a wider expansion," Kabulov explained.

Afghanistan is experiencing political, social and security instability, as�the Taliban movement and other radical extremist organizations such as�Daesh, which is prohibited in�many countries, including the United States and Russia, continue to�stage attacks against�civilian and state targets.
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