ISIS offshoot in Afghanistan willing, able to strike US, says intelligence official
Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY
Published 6:00 a.m. ET April 17, 2019 | Updated 8:39 a.m. ET April 17, 2019
WASHINGTON – ISIS-affiliated terrorists in Afghanistan, noted for their brutality in a brutal land, pose the top threat for spectacular attacks in the United States, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official.
The group known as ISIS-K, like al-Qaeda, which plotted the 9/11 terror attacks from Afghanistan, also has designs on striking targets in Western nations, said the U.S. intelligence official, who is not authorized to speak publicly.
ISIS-K has hundreds of fighters and has shown increasing effectiveness in its tactics and recruiting in Afghanistan, said Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.), the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee who recently visited Afghanistan.
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Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., again, for foreign relations, the guy seems okay. Domestically, I'm sure he's like most other Democrats.
