Frontline Season 33 Episode 21 - ISIS in Afghanistan / Taliban Hunters

Airdate: 2015-Nov-17

Episode summary:

ISIS is on the rise in Afghanistan — and they say they're getting young kids to join the jihad. In a special report, FRONTLINE correspondent Najibullah Quraishi reveals on film the degree to which ISIS is gaining a foothold in the country, and how they're focusing their efforts on training a new generation of jihadists. Inside a police counter-terrorism unit in Karachi, Pakistan that's dedicated to tracking down Taliban suspects. (Both films make up the 1-hour broadcast.)

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