Around 70 militants of the Daesh terrorist group are busy in forming the core of the group’s branch in Afghanistan, it has been reported.

According to a UN report, the terror group is making inroads in Afghanistan with the number of sympathizers and followers growing across the country, Khaama News Agency said Saturday.

The report further added that the group is recruiting followers in at least 25 provinces of Afghanistan with 10 percent of the sympathizers belonging to the Taliban group.

According to the report the Daesh loyalists and the Taliban militants are fighting each other only in eastern Nangarhar province, citing the drug trade as the main reason behind the brutal clashes.

Source: MENA