Afghanistan says 10,000 foreigners are fighting on the side of the Taliban

“In recent weeks, the number of Taliban attacks has reached unprecedented levels.

These are 5.5 thousand different incidents.

The Taliban are assisted in this by foreign fighters belonging to various terrorist organizations, including IS ** and Al-Qaeda ***.

Their number reaches 10 thousand people, "- quoted by TASS.

He compared the scale of the situation to an invasion.

“Afghanistan has not faced this in the past 30 years,” the diplomat said.

Earlier, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan criticized the United States mission in Afghanistan, noting that the American side blundered trying to find a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban.

On August 6, it became known that the head of the press center of the Afghan government was killed by the Taliban in Kabul.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.

** "Al-Qaeda" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 02.14.2003.

*** "Islamic State" (IS, ISIS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.