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Hosts Bill and Caleb (yes, Bill still thanks his co-host for joining even though it’s his job, so what) are joined by Caleb’s colleagues from the Bridgeway Foundation: Tara Candland (Vice President of Research and Analysis at Bridgeway) and Ryan O’Farrell (Senior Analyst at Bridgeway and Long War Journal contributor).
The Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP), born out of a local insurgent group known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), is the deadliest group in Congo’s fractious east. Responsible for over 4,000 deaths since joining the Islamic State at the end of 2017, ISCAP is now the target of a joint Ugandan-Congolese operation (dubbed Operation Shujaa) that has registered some success in the previous six months.
Abstract: The Congolese branch of the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP-DRC), locally known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), is a rising threat to the region. Not only did it inflict more fatalities than ever before in 2021, but last year was also the most operationally transformative for the group since it declared allegiance to the Islamic State around 2017.
On Aug. 26, as the United States was rushing to evacuate Americans and their allies following the Taliban’s rapid advance across Afghanistan, a suicide bomber attacked the crowds surrounding Kabul’s airport, killing 13 U.S. service members and as many as 170 Afghans. It was the deadliest day for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since 2011.
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