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The US withdrawal was telegraphed months beforehand, but the speed of the Taliban advance still came as a shock.

The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan has shifted the balance of power between the Pakistani government and the largest antistate militant group in the country.

The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan has shifted the balance of power between the Pakistani government and the largest antistate militant group in the country.

Trends suggest that the conflict between the Taliban and IS-K will add to the insecurity in Pakistan.

JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- The Taliban has expanded its shadowy war against the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan, deploying hundreds more fighters to the eastern province in an increasingly violent fight and critical test of the group's counterterrorism abilities after the U.S. troop withdrawal.

The Taliban has expanded its shadowy war against the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan, deploying hundreds more fighters to this eastern province in an increasingly violent fight and critical test of the groups counterterrorism abilities after the U.S. troop withdrawal.

Always lurking beneath the surface is Afghans’ deep suspicion towards their supposedly meddlesome neighbor.

As the Taliban shift their focus from insurgency to government, their most formidable rival is the Islamic State's regional chapter, which has staged a string of bloody attacks in recent weeks.

The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that killed at least 41 people and injured scores more. The Friday assault came just a week after another IS-claimed attack on Shiite worshippers at a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz that killed more than 60 people. In a statement released on its Telegram channels, the jihadist group said two Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) suicide bombers carried ou...

Friday assault comes a week after another Daesh-claimed attack on Shia worshippers at a mosque in Kunduz that killed over 60