Kabul:  A former Taliban leader has said terror group  Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP) has received funding from Pakistan and  IS central from Syria and Iraq for terrorist activities.

Sheikh Abdul Rahim Muslimdost, a former founding member of ISKP made the revelation in the latest interview with pro-Taliban al-Mersaad media.

A video of the interview was also shared by  Afghan Analyst.

It is an organization which  deals with key security and political developments in Afghanistan.

He also said that initially, in 2015, Lashkar-e-Taiba provided a sum of 50 lakh Pakistan rupees to the ISKP. Citing his other source of funding, Muslimdost explained that extortion via kidnappings was another major source of terror funding, reports ANI.

On being asked why the ISKP attacked the Pakistan embassy in Kabul in December last year, Muslimdost said, “The PAK embassy attack in Kabul was just a Drama. Nothing happened to the ambassador. Just a bodyguard was injured. They want to whitewash the ISKP group.”

During the interview with a pro-Taliban media group, the former Taliban leader also clarified that those infidels or unbelievers who are employees of the embassies and of the NGOs in Afghanistan and the IEA promised security and safety to them, should not be attacked or killed, as Islam did not permit to kill them, tweeted Afghan Analyst as reported by ANI.

Notably, Taliban group came to power in Afghanistan in 2021.