"'What was surprising is that ISIS-K regularly conducted attacks in Kabul, the center of the operational area of the Haqqani network, the Salafi-oriented network within the Taliban that has the closest links to Al-Qaeda of all the various Taliban...

"'What was surprising is that ISIS-K regularly conducted attacks in Kabul, the center of the operational area of the Haqqani network, the Salafi-oriented network within the Taliban that has the closest links to Al-Qaeda of all the various Taliban...

"'What was surprising is that ISIS-K regularly conducted attacks in Kabul, the center of the operational area of the Haqqani network, the Salafi-oriented network within the Taliban that has the closest links to Al-Qaeda of all the various Taliban...

"Ivor Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, told Voice of America he thought the move was akin to a 'fox being put in charge of a chicken coop.'"

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'We should be worried because when terrorist groups enjoy safe haven, they can begin to plot external operations,' said Sales. 'That that's what happened in Afghanistan with al-Qaida before 9...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Hans-Jakob Schindler, a German former diplomat, told NBC that there may be weeks or a 'couple of months' before economic failure. He said: 'Then the economy is in deep trouble.'"

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Hans-Jakob Schindler, a German former diplomat, told NBC that there may be weeks or a 'couple of months' before economic failure. He said: 'Then the economy is in deep trouble.'"

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Hans-Jakob Schindler, a German former diplomat, told NBC that there may be weeks or a 'couple of months' before economic failure. He said: 'Then the economy is in deep trouble.'"

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Hans-Jakob Schindler, a German former diplomat, told NBC that there may be weeks or a 'couple of months' before economic failure. He said: 'Then the economy is in deep trouble.'"

ISIS-K And The Renewed Terrorist Threats In Afghanistan

Following the bombings on Thursday outside of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and more than 170 Afghans and left even more wounded, international attention has turned to the perpetrators, ISIS Khorasan...