Taliban and Al Qaeda Join Fight Against ISIS
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Date: December 21, 2015 12:12PM
The Pakistani Taliban has dubbed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) “un-Islamic” for its methods and strongly criticized leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. As IS attempts to widen its influence beyond Syria and Iraq, it seems to be making a few ‘frenemies’.
The Taliban’s Pakistani branch, or Tehreek-e-Taliban, is the latest militant group angered by IS’s pretentions to a caliphate. It believes al-Baghdadi is no caliph and definitely not the leader of the world’s Muslims, rating him as merely a local gang boss.