This is a CBSI on the world. I'm John Bachelor with my colleagues Saseena

County of the Hudson Institute and Bill Rajo of the Long War Journal at the Foundation for

the Defense of Democracy's.

Bill, I begin with a KIA of ISIS.

Very little is known, you tell tell me what do we know? Yes John over the

weekend the Taliban it's what they call their special forces we documented

their training of these groups a lot of them are part of the

Hakani network, a key group of the Taliban. They killed a Islamic state of, they

call him, the Taliban are calling me a key leader. He was basically supposedly the leader

for the Islamic State and a district called Aachen which is right on the border of

Pakistan in Nangahar province in Afghanistan. on the

border of Pakistan in Nangahar province in Afghanistan. His name is Zakirula is

also known as Abu Shear. That's all the information we have on and John.

The of course the Islamic State and the Taliban, they're bitter enemies over the Taliban doesn't play ball the way the Islamic State wants them to. They won't swear

allegiance to the Taliban's amir. The Taliban is in the al-Qaeda camp. So there's

you know a couple thousand fighters or more from the Islamic States

course on province that operates in Afghanistan as well as

Pakistan and Central Asia and India.

Afghanistan is a key note for the Islamic State Horazon province that and the Taliban you know I think the bigger story here John is isn't this commander and who was he but you know this is part of the Taliban they they're they're trying to convince the world

That they are the reliable counterterrorism partner in Afghanistan because they target the Islamic State.

They do it not because of world security as a matter of fact if the Taliban and the Islamic State

weren't enemies, they have no problems with Islamic State fighters operating from Afghanistan, but they're trying to show the world again that they are a reliable counter-terrorism partner.

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