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Image:  Mukhtar Robow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhtar_Robow) ("Abu Mansoor"), the Second Deputy Leader of al-Shabaab. Public domain. Tom Joscelyn, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; & Senior Editor for FDD's Long War Journal; Caleb Weiss, Research analyst @ LongWarJournal; and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re: A Taliban suicide bomber targeted an Afghan military convoy as it passed through a district in eastern Afghanistan that has been a hotbed of terrorist activity. Yesterday’s attack is the second major suicide bombing against Afghan forces within a week. Taliban claim they carried out the attack in revenge for the Afgh not releasing prisoners.  . . .  Once the US leaves, it won't join an Afghan government; interested only in restoring the Islamic Caliphate of Afghanistan. A totally shameful deal that the US has participated in. Convoy was passing though a Wardak district, a Taliban-controlled stronghold on the doorstep of Kabul. the capital.  Btw, al Qaeda also claimed to have made the attack. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/07/taliban-suicide-bomber-hits-afghan-military-convoy.php Al Shabaab: in the heart of Mogadishu, US launches airstrike on Islamic State in Somalia (https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/07/us-launches-airstrike-on-islamic-state-in-somalia.php)   Yesterday's drone strike was the first US airstrike on the Islamic State in Somalia this year. Shabaab is officially al Q’s branch in East Africa—probably al Qaeda’s most effective branch. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/07/us-launches-airstrike-on-islamic-state-in-somalia.php https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/07/taliban-suicide-bomber-hits-afghan-military-convoy.php