An Afghan man once detained in Guantanamo for three years is now leading efforts in northern Pakistan to recruit fighters for ISIS, according to US officials who spoke with The Weekly Standard. Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost, who is in his 50s, swore allegiance to the extremist group's leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi on July 1, just two days after Al Baghdadi declared the territory stormed by ISIS this year a caliphate. Dost's positioning in Pakistan is another sign of ISIS' global ambitions, alongside the...
An Afghan man once detained in Guantanamo for three years is now leading efforts in northern Pakistan to recruit fighters for ISIS, according to US officials who spoke with The Weekly Standard. Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost, who is in his 50s, swore allegiance to the extremist group's leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi on July 1, just two days after Al Baghdadi declared the territory stormed by ISIS this year a caliphate. Dost's positioning in Pakistan is another sign of ISIS' global ambitions, alongside the...
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