Posted on 12/11/2017 8:38:03 AM PST by GonzoII
French and Algerian fighters, some arriving from Syria, have joined the ranks of the Islamic State group in northern Afghanistan where the militants have established new bases, multiple international and Afghan sources have told AFP.
It is the first time that the presence of French IS fighters has been recorded in Afghanistan, and comes as analysts suggested foreigners may be heading for the war-torn country after being driven from Syria and Iraq.
It is also a troubling sign as France, which has faced the worst of the IS-inspired violence in Europe since 2015, debates how to handle hundreds of its citizens who went to fight for the group in the Middle East.
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New tactics being -very rapid- mechanized maneuver warfare, supported by Stuka flying artillery. After WWI, nobody was prepared for what the Germans unleashed in 39 and 40.
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