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To prove his point, he let us film his arrival into the city. abdul maneer, as he asked to be called, is an isis-k commander from kunar, the heart of the terrorist group's operations. he agreed to talk on the condition that we disguise his identity. in a kabul hotel, he told us he's had up to 600 men under his command. among them, indians, pakistanis, and central asians. like many of his foot soldiers, he used to fight with the taliban but says they've fallen under the influence of foreign powers. >> translator: we were operating in taliban's ranks. however, these people were not aligned with ...

Doha, thanks so much. now to a cnn exclusive. our clarissa ward spoke with an isis-k commander before the kabul attack, and he explained why he turned against the taliban and what happen his group is hoping to do once other nations pull out all their -- all their forces out. >> reporter: two weeks before the attack, just days before kabul fell to the taliban, we were in touch with a senior isis-k commander who said the group was lying low and waiting for its moment to strike. words that turned out to be eerily prophetic. so this commander has said that he'll do an interview with us at a hote...