Sick ISIS Supporters Threaten To Bomb London And New York And Attack A Plane In Chilling Terror Posters

ISIS has carried out a number of bombings targeting mosques and public transport in Afghanistan in recent months.

The bombings have stoked fears that the group, which staged numerous attacks in the UK, US, and France after coming to international prominence in 2014, is planning new strikes against the West.

A US intelligence official, who is based in Afghanistan, said the wave of attacks in Kabul are “practice runs” for bigger attacks in Europe and America.

“This group is the most near-term threat to our homelands from Afghanistan,” the official told AP.

“The IS core mandate is: You will conduct external attacks” in the U.S. and Europe.

“That is their goal. It’s just a matter of time. It is very scary.”

He added that Afghanistan’s ISIS affiliate could be able to carry out a large-scale attack in the US or Europe within the next year.

The official added that ISIS fighters captured in Afghanistan have been found to be in contact with fellow militants in other countries.

SLEEPER CELLS READY TO ATTACK

A Kurdish commander has also warned that thousands of ISIS fighters are now on the loose and forming sleeper cells that could attack the UK at any time.

Mervan Kamishlo, a commander in the Syrian Democratic Forces, said that members of the defeated caliphate have gone to ground in Syria and are now plotting revenge attacks on countries such as Britain.

Western-backed Kurdish forces have led the fight against Islamic State, which has now lost almost all the territory it was able to capture amid the turmoil of Syria’s ongoing Civil War.

“There still thousands of sleepers here. When we succeeded militarily they disappeared,” Kamishlo told the Mirror.

Those cells are concentrated in areas of north-eastern Syria, like Raqqa, that were formerly key strongholds for Islamic State.

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