KABUL - A senior Afghan lawmaker blasted the Riyadh government for providing financial support for the Taliban and other Takfiri terrorist groups in his country, and disclosed that Turkey is planning to dispatch thousands of ISIL militants to Afghanistan to fight against the Kabul government.
"As the situation is deteriorating in Baghlan province, I have been informed that between 40,000 to 50,000 ISIL terrorists will be dispatched to Afghanistan from Turkey," Baghlan MP Mohieddin Mahdi told FNA on Tuesday.
He noted that Baghlan province like other Northern Afghan provinces has been the scene of clashes between the terrorists and the government forces.
"The insecurities in Northern Afghanistan have not only been created by the Taliban, but by the ISIL," Mahdi said.
The senior Afghan lawmaker reiterated that there is a close cooperation between the Taliban and the ISIL in Afghanistan, and said, "When the terrorists took control over the city of Kunduz, the ISIL's flag was hoisted and in the second day Taliban raised its flag which shows coordination between the two terrorist groups."
He strongly slammed Saudi Arabia for supplying financial and logistical support for the ISIL.   
The Northern city of Kunduz briefly fell to the Taliban in late September - the biggest victory for the group in 14 years of war.
In November, violent clashes between the Taliban's two rival groups in Southern Afghanistan resulted in the death of more than 50 fighters from both sides.
The Taliban splinter group had reportedly joined fighters from the ISIL group in Afghanistan.
In a relevant development in December, the Russian Defense Ministry said ISIL cells have sprung up in Afghanistan increasing terror risks in the region.
The situation in Afghanistan is becoming more acute with ISIL presence in the region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
"All prerequisites are in place for us to confidently state that ISIL cells have emerged there. In addition to everything that went on before, we now have additional risks. We as Collective Security Treaty Organization allies," Shoigu said at a meeting with Tajikistan's Defense Minister Sherali Mirzo.
Afghanistan is in a political and social turmoil, as the Taliban and other extremist organizations such as ISIL take advantage of instability in the country.
The Taliban has boosted its operations in Afghanistan after NATO ended its military mission in late 2014 and launched a non-combat operation in the country.
In October, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the situation in Afghanistan was "close to critical" as the extremists' activity was gaining momentum. In line with his words, Shoigu said that Russia might resume patrols along the Afghan-Tajik border, which were fully suspended in 2005.
Earlier this year, US President Barack Obama said that the US forces would maintain presence in Afghanistan after 2016 because of the weakness of the government army and growing terrorist threat. (FNA)