Chargé d'affairs of Iraq Embassy in Afghanistan, Farazdak Al-Ghalli, said on Thursday that Daesh was a common enemy for countries around the world and that the group had to be eliminated.

Speaking at an event to mark Iraq’s victory this week over Daesh in Mosul, al-Ghulai said: “Daesh is a common enemy whether it is in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria or any other part of the world. The group  works under different names in countries but overall it is against humanity. Daesh militants are against human beings. Therefore, there is no difference between Daesh in Afghanistan or Iraq,” he said.

“We eliminated the insurgent group [in Mosul] forever. It was a threat to the stability of all of us. We succeeded to eradicate the name of the group [in Mosul] forever,” he added.

Daesh took control of Mosul in 2014 and persecuted the people.

Commenting on Iraq’s success, some Afghan MPs however claimed Afghanistan needs to establish a strategy to fight the insurgent group. 

“Unfortunately we (Afghan government) do not have a [war] plan. There is no coordination. There is no trust between the people and government. Even there is no plan among the security and defense forces,” said Sharifi Balkhabi, an MP.

The war in Mosul has displaced at least one million civilians and has inflicted almost $50 billion USD in damages to the infrastructure of the city.