Islamic State militants took on Taliban in a new video released Monday, saying the Afghan group's leadership had deviated from the righteous Muslim path, NBC News reported.
Distributed by ISIS' official Telegram channel, the video comes five days after news emerged that the Taliban's recently installed leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour had been wounded in a shootout with other militants. The Taliban later issued an audio statement it claimed came from Mansour himself, but rumors persist that he is dead.
In the video, a man identifying himself as Abu Yasir Al-Afghani accuses the Taliban of cooperating with Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI — a claim denied by Pakistan — and of protecting shrines deemed un-Islamic by extremist ISIS. He also condemns alleged ties between the Taliban and Iran, which as a Shiite Muslim state is despised by Sunni extremists.
