| − | Over 10,000 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are based in the remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. A suicide bombing of the Pakistani consulate killed 10 people. The U.S. military presence in Afghanistan has been given new rules of engagement in order to attack ISIS targets.<ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/amid-ever-growing-indications-that-isis-is-establishing-itself-as-a-proper-faction-in-southeastern-afghanistan-based-around-the-city-of-jalalabad-the-pentagon-has-reportedly-been-given-broad-new-aut/213042/ Pentagon Expands ISIS Strikes To Afghanistan, Mintpressnews.com, January 23, 2016]</ref> | + | Over 10,000 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are based in the remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. A suicide bombing of the Pakistani consulate killed 10 people. The U.S. military presence in Afghanistan has been given new rules of engagement in order to attack ISIS targets.<ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/amid-ever-growing-indications-that-isis-is-establishing-itself-as-a-proper-faction-in-southeastern-afghanistan-based-around-the-city-of-jalalabad-the-pentagon-has-reportedly-been-given-broad-new-aut/213042/ Pentagon Expands ISIS Strikes To Afghanistan, Mintpressnews.com, January 23, 2016]</ref> ISIS claimed responsibility in an August 2019 bombing that killed 63 people.<ref>Mora, Edwin (August 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/08/19/afghanistan-vows-eliminate-isis-safe-havens-wedding-bombing/ Afghanistan Vows to ‘Eliminate’ ISIS Safe Havens After Wedding Bombing Killed 63]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 19, 2019.</ref> |