split up into three groups those who want to continue the fight, those who want peace talks, and those who pledged allegiance to isis. joining me now, foreign editor of the daily beast and author of the new book our man in charleston. we re going to get to that christopher. welcome to you. should we look at these isis groups in afghanistan as the caliphate spreading its tentacles, or just the same old militants with a new banner? no no it s definitely the caliphate spreading its tentacles. it s driving the taliban crazy. they re not sure what to do about it. they present themselves as the great islamic hope in afghanistan. yet here s this group recruiting their some of their top leadership and are saying no we pledge allegiance to baghdadi in syria. we re establishing a new state called corazon that dates back to the days of muhammad. it s really complicating things