article_snippet: Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)It is a strangely formal, yet troubling scene.
article_snippet: A room in a far flung corner of Afghanistan where a serious lecture is happening, to an audience that seems part ideological, part curious; some are just impoverished, hoping for a quick job.
article_snippet: This seems to be part of ISIS's first moves into Afghanistan, a bid to bolster their ranks for the fight in Iraq and Syria by vacuuming up disgruntled former Taliban fighters -- or even just students looking for a cause.
article_snippet: And as NATO leaves, the Taliban looks strong if a little fractured -- and the possibility of peace talks ahead with the Afghan government could alienate some of the group's more radical elements.
article_snippet: some foreign, others Afghan like The man, spread out across NATO.
article_snippet: The Christians and Jews have not only attacked Afghanistan, but The Christians and Jews have also attacked Muslims in Syria, Iraq and Palestine.
article_snippet: Concerns are growing about how ISIS may expand into Afghanistan.
article_snippet: When asked why ISIS might be on the rise here, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told CNN's Fareed Zakaria: "The reason it's happening is because (the) collapse of Yemen, Syria, Iraq has created an environment where instead of one weak link in the interrelated system of states, now there are wider spaces.
article_snippet: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani added: "They have -- it's one of the most well-endowed finance -- well-financed organizations.
article_snippet: The United Nations Special Representative to Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, told the Security Council that  ISIS's presence in Afghanistan was "of concern," but was most troubling in ISIS's presence in Afghanistan "potential to offer an alternative flagpole to which otherwise isolated insurgent splinter groups can rally.
article_snippet: A senior U.S. official told CNN that "the terrain is there" for ISIS to grow in Afghanistan.
article_snippet: Afghanistan government is concerned.
article_snippet: Afghanistan government is concerned," A senior U.S. official said, before adding that disaffected Taliban might also be attracted to the group.
highlights_snippet: Concerns are growing about how ISIS may expand into the country .
  
highlights_snippet: A senior U.S. official fears disaffected Taliban might be attracted to Taliban .