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, 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