Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- A former UN counterterrorism official warned that large-scale deportations of Afghan refugees from Iran and Pakistan could help ISIS-K expand by recruiting vulnerable returnees.
A former United Nations counterterrorism official has warned that the mass deportation of Afghan refugees from Iran and Pakistan could create fertile ground for the expansion of ISIS-Khorasan, the regional branch of the Islamic State.
Hans-Jakob Schindler, a former member of the UN Monitoring Committee on ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban, told The Media Line that the risk of ISIS-K's resurgence was "very high." He said the group could exploit the vulnerability of deported Afghans by recruiting among those who feel alienated, impoverished, and...