Isel's long term aim in the region is to reconstitute an historical province known as korasan. This would mean conquering territory in at least five modern states, which is implying more brod a, central asia, india, pacastan. The former president bragged several times about completely wiping out isis. I think he may have even used the figure 100 %. And they'll be informing us very soon, officially, that it's 100%.
The attack outside the Kabul airport on Thursday was perpetrated by an extremist group that doesn't think the Taliban is extreme enough.
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