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What Is the Islamic State Afghan Branch?

U.S. presidents pledged to eradicate it and the latest Afghan president even declared victory over it, but the local branch of the Islamic State (IS) recorded Thursday a significant propaganda victory in the aftermath of the deadly terror attack in the Kabul airport.

A Taliban source told news agency Reuters that 28 of the organization’s fighters were killed in the bombing.

The attack that shook Kabul could indicate the beginning of a broader war between the two Islamist groups in the wake of the foreign forces’ withdrawal from the Mideastern state.

The IS’s Afghan “branch,” branded Khorasan Province (IS-K), is named after the ancient province in central Asia that includes territories in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.

It was formed in 2015, back when the parent group controlled vast parts of Iraq and Syria and its fighters swore their oaths to the IS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi -- who was killed by the Trump administration in 2019.

The IS-K managed to draw many ex-Taliban members and global jihad activists into its ranks, many of who interpreted the Taliban’s round of talks with Washington as an act of heresy.

Taliban is an extreme sect within Sunni Islam but the Islamic State is even more extreme. It does not recognize global borders, which were ill-conceived by the West, according to their beliefs, and strive to wipe them out, reforming the reactionary Islamist Khalifate.

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Rhoda Wright 04:33 28.08.2021
2015 … sure was Obama & Biden Era !! & remember who endorsed Obama , as a Democratic nominee ????
Michele Coviello 23:47 27.08.2021
Yeshua is coming. Nothing is going to stop Him.✡✝️🙏🙏🙏
Howard Amonick 23:17 27.08.2021
Is it wrong for me to wish that these two radical extremist groups kill each other?
Judith Wilkerson 22:07 27.08.2021
Why do some place blame without acknowledging that USA & allies agreed to the actions taken in Afghanistan. Watch what occurs after all is said & done. Trust God’s Israel & ally’s unless know better.
Charles Wells 16:03 27.08.2021
Choosing sides in a tribal civil war of Islamic extremists. No safety nor security. Saw this coming, Pakistan 🇵🇰 brought this about. Both ISIS-K and Taliban are there.💀💣
Anna Payton 14:31 27.08.2021
2015 hmmmmm wasn't that obama/biden era. Its ok be steady on your feet, JESUS is coming soon, be ye not deceived, the coming of the LORD is at hand. Its all in revelations all nations becoming global.
[Anonymous] 14:16 27.08.2021
Obama is it’s leader.
Ted Lewis 14:15 27.08.2021
Another one of bidens screw ups!
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