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Ali says ISIS-K should be taken very seriously

August 25, 2021 BBC World News
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Javed Ali explains why ISIS-K is so dangerous on BBC World News.

"Isis Khorasan, one could argue, remained the most active and viable branches of the broader ISIS family."...."As the attacks have shown over the past few years, (this group) maintains infrastructure, logistics, and has the people to carry out these lethal attacks inside Afghanistan."

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Javed Ali

Associate Professor of Practice
Ali is a former senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, with over 20 years of professional experience in national security and intelligence issues in Washington, D.C. He served in the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he also held senior positions on joint duty assignments at the National Intelligence Council, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the National Security Council.