What Is ISIS-K? The Origin Story Of The Terror Group Sweeping Afghanistan

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What Is ISIS-K? The Origin Story Of The Terror Group Sweeping Afghanistan

Charlotte Pence Bond

The terror group known as “ISIS-K” claimed responsibility for the terror attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan, which took place during the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces carried out by the Biden administration. The attack killed at least thirteen United States service members and over a hundred Afghans.

The group’s name, “ISIS-K,” specifies it as the “Khorasan” branch of the Islamic State in Afghanistan. Khorasan is a wider historical region and “a vast territory now lying in northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, and northern Afghanistan,” per Britannica.  

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