Afghan President Ghani says ISIS 'poses terrible threat' to western, central Asia

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told US lawmakers that Islamic State and its ally forces pose serious threat to the countries of western and central Asia. In a speech to a joint meeting of the US Senate and House of Representatives, Ghani said Islamic State militants are already sending advance guards to southern and western Afghanistan "to test for vulnerabilities." He also said Pakistan's counter-insurgency operations are pushing the Taliban from south Waziristan toward Afghanistan's border regions. Making clear that his government would not support militants, Ghani denounced states, which he did not identify, that he said were "tolerating, financing, providing sanctuary and using violent, non-state actors as instruments of short-sighted policies." On Thursday will travel to the United Nations to meet Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.