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Islamic State morphs and grows in Pakistan, Afghanistan

Police officers and investigators examine the site of suicide bombing inside a Kusha Kisaldar Shiite Mosque, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, March 4, 2022. In northwest Pakistan the remains of an IS suicide bomber are still visible on the once ornate walls of a mosque where last month more than 63 worshippers died as they knelt in prayer. The bomber, an Afghan identified by IS as Julaybib al-Kabuli, was from the capital Kabul. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) People from Christian community light candles next to the portraits of the victims of March 4 suicide bombing in Kusha Kisaldar Shiite Mosque, to pay tribute to them during a ceremony, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, March 10, 2022. In northwest Pakistan the remains of an IS suicide bomber are still visible on the once ornate walls of a mosque where last month more than 63 worshippers died as they knelt in prayer. The bomber, an Afghan identified by IS as Julaybib al-Kabuli, was from the capital Kabul. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) The family members of Abdul Ali, who was killed in the suicide bombing in March 4 in Kusha Kisaldar Shiite Mosque, display his portrait during an interview with The Associated Press, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. In northwest Pakistan the remains of an IS suicide bomber are still visible on the once ornate walls of a mosque where last month more than 63 worshippers died as they knelt in prayer. The bomber, an Afghan identified by IS as Julaybib al-Kabuli, was from the capital Kabul. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) A Shiite Muslim kisses a religious wall-hanging in Kusha Kisaldar Shiite Mosque, the site of March 4 suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. In northwest Pakistan the remains of an IS suicide bomber are still visible on the once ornate walls of a mosque where last month more than 63 worshippers died as they knelt in prayer. The bomber, an Afghan identified by IS as Julaybib al-Kabuli, was from the capital Kabul. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) People visit Kusha Kisaldar Shiite Mosque, the site of March 4 suicide bombing, to offer prays for bombing victims, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. In northwest Pakistan the remains of an IS suicide bomber are still visible on the once ornate walls of a mosque where last month more than 63 worshippers died as they knelt in prayer. The bomber, an Afghan identified by IS as Julaybib al-Kabuli, was from the capital Kabul. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)