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Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?

by Ellen KnickmeyerKathy Gannon
| August 26, 2021 12:27 PM

The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for Thursday's deadly suicide attacks outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.

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