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Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?

by Ellen KnickmeyerKathy Gannon
| August 30, 2021 12:09 AM

The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for a deadly suicide attack 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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