ISIS takes over Taliban's anti-government stance in Afghanistan
(The Christian Science Monitor) A driver by trade, with hands worn from hard work, Sayed Jan is not a man who scares easily. He has seen years of Taliban control of his remote Kunar Province, and watched as American troops once dug in to fight back.
But the recent arrival of black-masked militants from the self-described Islamic State and their brutal ways in eastern Afghanistan has prompted fear and convinced him to flee his village.
“When [IS] burned the school, two people tried to stop it and they shot them,” said Sayed, whose gray beard is turning white. He had just arrived safely in Kabul, and said he plans to bring out his nine children one at a time, to avoid IS detection.
