The terrible suicide attacks outside Kabul airport, a chaos, recall that the threat of jihadist terrorism has grown since the disastrous departure of the United States from Afghanistan and the return of the Taliban to power. After claiming as many casualties as marching U.S. soldiers, Afghan civilians and Taliban fighters, these bold strikes highlight the threat of the Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K) and others. terrorist groups challenging the border to the stability not only of Afghanistan but also its expanded neighborhood.
How is ISIS-K more extreme than the Taliban?
Unlike the Taliban, who present themselves as Afghan nationalists and defenders of Pashtun interests, ISIS-K is inspired by the main Islamic State in the Middle East that had declared the world “caliphate” in 2014. Leadership and cadres basics of ISIS-K come from Pakistan and Uzbekistan and are more extreme in thought and method than the Taliban.