
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaeda as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the ISIS extremist group and guerrilla-style attacks by former Afghan government security personnel, UN experts said in a new report.
The experts said in the report to the UN Security Council that with the onset of better weather, fighting may escalate as both ISIS and resistance forces undertake operations against Taliban forces, The Associated Press said.