ISIS is Spreading in Afghanistan

ISIS is spreading in Afghanistan, challenging the reigning Taliban on their home turf:




The Taliban were originally created by Pakistan, with financial support from Saudi Arabia. Later on, as the movement became more involved with AlQaeda, the Saudis were forced to cut ties, while Pakistan has continued supporting them.

Meanwhile, Saudi has later gone on to helping start up and support ISIS in its expansion. ISIS is helping Saudi to take the fight to Iran on the territory of Iraq and Syria. As part of this, ISIS seeks to open up a new front on Iran's Afghan border, creating a pincer situation. ISIS also hopes to benefit from recruitment of Afghans who have proven their prowess in battle.

This has then opened up a new conflict between the Taliban and ISIS - between the erstwhile son and the current favorite son of Saudi Arabia. It is also opening up a strategic rift between Pakistan and its traditional patron Saudi Arabia. ISIS can of course naturally afford to outspend Taliban, but Taliban and their patrons in Pakistan's ISI are the most shrewd and savvy operators in their natural backyard sphere of influence.

Who will prevail over whom? Only time may tell. But in the near term, there may be more strife in Afghanistan in the interim.

....but even worse is the fact that ISIS is spreading into the U.S.

And what's Obama doing about this? Busy trying to convince us Global Warming is a bigger threat.