Afghan Taliban Scrambling With The Rise of Islamic State

Afghan Taliban Scrambling With The Rise of Islamic State:

Former Taliban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil thinks the lure of IS cash and its zeal for seemingly unending violence has already attracted many Taliban commanders.
Muttawakil says insurgent leaders such as Sayed Emarati and Mawalwi Najib in the southeastern Logar and Wardak provinces and Mawlawi Qahar from Kunar Province were recently lured by IS money.
He says the three joined IS after the Taliban warned them for their alleged involvement in criminal acts such as extortion and kidnapping.
Such defections are the core of the evolving competition between the two militant groups.