article_snippet.sent: The rise of ISIS is an issue that the Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, has termed a "terrible threat.
article_snippet.sent: U.S. officials CNN has spoken to have voiced U.S. officials concern about the potential for an ISIS presence.
article_snippet.sent: We are concerned about It -- resources, weapons, capabilities.
article_snippet.sent: One of the Taliban told CNN: "the Taliban established contacts with IS (another acronym for the group) through a friend who is in Helmand (in southern Afghanistan).
article_snippet.sent: "IS (another acronym for the group) called us, saying: 'the IS people have come to Afghanistan -- let's join the IS people.'
article_snippet.sent: Then us joined the IS people and pledged allegiance to the IS people.
article_snippet.sent: For months, the Afghan government played down the threat of a looming ISIS presence in Afghanistan, yet during The fighter recent trip to Washington, Ghani struck a different tone.
article_snippet.sent: We are the front line.
article_snippet.sent: The terrorists neither recognize boundaries nor require passports to spread The terrorists message of hate and discord.
article_snippet.sent: From the west, Daesh is already sending advance guards to southern and western Afghanistan to push our vulnerabilities," Daesh told U.S. Congress in late March, using the pejorative name used to describe the militants by many ISIS opponents in the region.
article_snippet.sent: There is some evidence to suggest that ISIS may already be operating in the country.
article_snippet.sent: Suspicions have fallen on possible nascent ISIS cells as the Taliban have vehemently denied responsibility for the attacks.
article_snippet.sent: " Solid info on ISIS whereabouts in the country is hard to come by.
article_snippet.sent: some emphasized the growing threat of the terror group, while others played it down.
article_snippet.sent: I cannot 100% confirm 100% are ISIS, however.