JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The Taliban has expanded its shadowy war against the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan, deploying hundreds more fighters to this eastern province in an increasingly violent fight and critical test of the group’s counterterrorism abilities after the U.S. troop withdrawal.
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Taliban sends hundreds of fighters to eastern Afghanistan to wage war against Islamic State
November 22, 2021 at 3:49 p.m. EST