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And with nato and with other western countries. 0n the one hand, partnering with us on certain occasions to combat terrorist threats, but on the other hand, secretly and maybe even not so secretly bolstering the fortunes of the taliban in afghanistan. and today we're seeing the results. the afghanistan taliban is not really capable of countering the threat posed by icis. you know, they seem to be more worried about the threat posed by women and girls going to school or working than they are about the threat posed by isis—k. and so it's sorry to say, but there is a sense in which the dire sec...

Why is this group being targeted? well, i think over the past two years, we've seen a very pronounced increase in terrorist attacks carried out by the local isis affiliate, isis k or khorasan. and these attacks are happening notjust in pakistan, but even more so across the border in afghanistan. and this increase in violence, i think, is the direct result of the united states and nato's withdrawing from afghanistan nearly two years ago. over the past 24 months, we've seen, i think, about 400 attacks in afghanistan and in pakistan carried out by isis—k with as many as 2000 people killed. so u...

But there's a sense in which the pakistani government is now reaping what it has sown for many years. for decades, the pakistani government has played a double game, a risky double game with the united states and with nato and with other western countries. 0n the one hand, partnering with us on certain occasions to combat terrorist threats, but on the other hand, secretly and maybe even not so secretly bolstering the fortunes of the taliban in afghanistan. and today we're seeing the results. the afghanistan taliban is not really capable of countering the threat posed by icis. you know, they se...

Notjust in pakistan, but even more so across the border in afghanistan. and this increase in violence, i think, is the direct result of the united states and nato's withdrawing from afghanistan nearly two years ago. over the past 2a months, we've seen, i think, about 400 attacks in afghanistan and in pakistan carried out by isis—k with as many as 2000 people killed. so unfortunately, the security environment in this part of the world is dire and it looks to be getting worse with attacks like this. why is pakistan's government struggling to stop these kinds of attacks? well, i think the pakis...

And do you see increased risks outside the region as well? thosejihadist already are targeting niger, they have been encroaching on the capital for upwards of two years and we have seen an uptick in terrorist attacks inside of niger so if you see western military aid and support, assistance, training suspended to niger, you're going to see a further encroachment and certainly those jihadists will see this as a new opportunity to expand their territory. so i think it's very likely, in fact, that we see rather quickly a degradation of the security environment in the country but again, i think th...