ISIS-K, the Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State militant group, is suspected of being behind the explosions in Afghanistan on Thursday.
is responsible for Thursday's explosions near the Kabul airport and hours earlier, several countries warned about a potential attack from the Afghanistan-based branch of the organization.told reporters there is a"very real possibility of an ISIS-K attack," referencing the Khorasan region.
Although the group hasn't conducted attacks against the U.S. homeland, it is responsible for at least 250 clashes with U.S. forces abroad between January 2017 and 2018, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies . ISIS has also been responsible for about 100 attacks against Afghan and Pakistani civilians.
The group is believed to have attacked a maternity hospital in Kabul last May. The attack killed 24 people, including newborn babies and mothers. It also claimed responsibilities for attacks on election centers and security forces during Afghan parliamentary elections. ISIS-K, the Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State militant group, is suspected of being behind the explosions near the Kabul airport on Thursday. Iraqi fighters of the Hashed al-Shaabi stand next to a wall bearing the Islamic State group flag as they enter the city of al-Qaim, in Iraq's western Anbar province near the Syrian border as they fight against remnant pockets of Islamic State group jihadists on November 3, 2017.
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