AFP looks at the two groups and the

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It follows a suicide bombing that killed more than 100 Afghans and 13 American soldiers during the evacuation of American troops in August.

likely evolution of their rivalry.

– Who is IS-K? –

The Islamic State group at large was officially founded in late 2014, when Sunni extremists fighting insurgencies in Iraq and Syria swore allegiance to a “caliphate.”

Supposedly the heart of a future universal Muslim homeland under phone number library the black banner of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s group seized part of Iraq and eastern Syria .

This territory was eventually recaptured by US-backed forces, but not before inspiring fallout elsewhere, notably in “Khorasan”, a region comprising parts of Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkmenistan.

Jean-Luc Marret, of the French think tank Foundation for Strategic Research, describes the IS-K as “a conglomerate of former jihadist organizations, including Uyghurs and Uzbeks, and Taliban defectors.”


Taliban promised stability in war-torn Afghanistan, but their authority could be destabilized by IS-K WAKIL KOHSAR AFP
The IS-K claimed that Friday’s Kunduz bombing was carried out by a Uyghur, a member of China’s persecuted Muslim minority, underlining the regional nature of the threat.