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TALIBAN PUSHES BACK AGAINST ISIS EXPANSION IN AFGHANISTAN ISIS has increased its efforts in order to expand its influence in Afghanistan. The local ISIS branch is believed to have about 3000-5000 members, including local Afghans, Pakistanis and Uzbeks. According to available data, most of the terrorists are in the province of Nangarhar. However, cells of the terrorist group operate across the entire country. Over the past few months, ISIS members have carried a series of terrorist attacks against government targets as well as engaged members of the Taliban in separate clashes and hit-and-run operations. The ISIS expansion is fueled by fighters and field commanders, whom had fled Syria and Iraq. According to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the central government controls only about 56-57% of Afghanistan. About 29% of the country is contested. The rest is mostly controlled by the Taliban.