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Relationship with al qaeda and what that means for our forces on the ground there. >> well, the isis group in afghanistan is known as isis-k. karasan is an ancient name for the region. they are fighting the taliban or has fought the taliban on numerous occasions. and often these are people who were in the taliban who kind of slapped on the isis patch and they are the biggest, baddest guys on the block. they have unfortunately been able to attack almost at will in kabul. they particularly attack the shia minority. we've seen them attack schools, mosques. they have no compunction about killing m...

Week on syria, which is something that he vowed he would never do. and really criticized and went after not just president obama, but then candidate hillary clinton for even being too hawkish, vis-a-vis assad and syria, saying it's not where we belong and so on and so forth. on that it's a complete change. the fact that he aggressively launched strikes after he saw the pictures of the chemical weapons attacks, especially on children. >> peter, when most people think where isis has strongholds, they typically think iraq, not necessarily afghanistan. talk about the presence they have there now. ...

Bombs on an isis tunnel complex in afghanistan. this is the most powerful non-nuclear weapon dropped in combat, and i want to bring in our experts to talk about this and what this means. so to you first, peter bergen, and you've written about this hon cnn.com. why this weapon and why now? >> well, the why now, i think, you know, the afghan war is at the worst point it's been since the taliban a decade envelope ago. obviously they have brought in people like isis, some of these isis groups and people who are slapping on the isis patch themselves and elements of al qaeda are returning and from b...

Clinton for even being too hawkish, by way of assad and syria, saying it's not where we belong and so forth. on that it's a complete change, the fact he aggressively launched strikes after he saw the pictures of the chemical weapon attacks especially on children. >> when people think of isis stronghold, they typically think of iraq, not afghanistan -- talk about the progress there. >> it may grow larger as people leave iraq and syria, it's quite possible they may return to the afghanistan/pakistan region. isis, there are a number of taliban groups that sort of slapped on the isis patch. and th...