Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

Did the US withdrawal from Afghanistan help ISIS regroup?

A permissive environment enabled ISIS-K to plan attacks beyond its borders

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Elise Labott
Mar 27, 2024
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Credit: Russian Emergency Ministry

Last week's terrorist attack on a concert hall in Moscow, one of the deadliest in Russia in decades, has once again focused attention on the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), ISIS's branch in Central Asia, which immediately claimed responsibility. The ISIS affiliate group operates primarily in the Afghanistan-P…

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