US denies Afghan President's claim that US created IS terrorist group

[enhanced_deficit]

To the untrained eye, US gummit and Trump statements appear to be at odds:





US Rejects Accusations It Gave Rise to IS in Afghanistan

January 18, 2018
The United States reiterated its resolve Thursday to help local forces eliminate Islamic State from Afghanistan and strongly refuted accusations Washington was behind the emergence of the terrorist group in the war-shattered country.

The remarks by the U.S. ambassador to Kabul, John Bass, are the first formal reaction to the repeated accusations in recent months by some Afghans, including former President Hamid Karzai, along with Russia, that U.S. troops are aiding IS militants in Afghanistan.

"Let me take this opportunity, since these rumors continue to circulate, to emphatically state that the United States has not brought Daesh to Afghanistan. The United States has not ever supported Daesh, its creation, its horrible attacks in any form, or fashion," said Bass, while addressing his first news conference in Kabul.

Daesh is the Arabic acronym for IS.





In a series of interviews to media groups, including VOA, late last year, Karzai called IS a "tool" of the U.S. The former Afghan president repeated his allegations Thursday in India, saying it was up to the United States to explain the rise of Daesh and extremism in his country.


https://www.voanews.com/a/us-rejects...n/4213769.html






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[AZJoe]

US Rejects Accusations It Gave Rise to IS in Afghanistan ...

So its not disputing it gave rise to ISIS in Syria and Iraq, only disputing responsibility for the spillover into Afghanistan.

[Swordsmyth]

So its not disputing it gave rise to ISIS in Syria and Iraq, only disputing responsibility for the spillover into Afghanistan.

Good catch.

[Raginfridus]

In any case the state dept lied:

"The United States has not ever supported Daesh, its creation, its horrible attacks in any form, or fashion," said Bass