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Significance
This audacious act is retaliation for a string of defeats that IS has suffered in eastern Afghanistan since November 2019.
Impacts
Demonstrable military successes against IS will enhance the Taliban's standing in Washington.
The Taliban will use its expanded territorial control of eastern regions to improve its bargaining position with Washington and Kabul.
IS's efforts to recruit disaffected Taliban and other jihadists will fail because of its loss of credibility.
Keywords:
Afghanistan,
AP,
India,
Pakistan,
international relations,
politics,
civil war,
guerrillas,
military,
security,
terrorism,
ethnic,
religion
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