Hey Bette, appreciate your discussion of this topic. I don't know if you came across it in your research, but in January 2015, Graeme Smith and I participated in a discussion about ISIS in Afghanistan, and I think we accurately voiced a lot of skepticism and pushed back on some of the claims that ISIS was taking root. https://pressroom.rferl.org/a/rferlive-islamic-state-militants-in-afghanistan/26818249.html
Hey Bette, sorry just seeing your response now. Unfortunately, I think this link/conversation has been deleted as part of the USG shuttering of RFERL. I wish I had downloaded a copy or archive before the content was taken down.
Hey Bette, appreciate your discussion of this topic. I don't know if you came across it in your research, but in January 2015, Graeme Smith and I participated in a discussion about ISIS in Afghanistan, and I think we accurately voiced a lot of skepticism and pushed back on some of the claims that ISIS was taking root. https://pressroom.rferl.org/a/rferlive-islamic-state-militants-in-afghanistan/26818249.html
thanks so much Sean - right now, I get a dead link. Is there another way to read this important article?
Hey Bette, sorry just seeing your response now. Unfortunately, I think this link/conversation has been deleted as part of the USG shuttering of RFERL. I wish I had downloaded a copy or archive before the content was taken down.