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From terror to tenor

THE EAR - The Freeman

August 28, 2021 | 12:00am

BANDITS, NOT BOYBANDS. After hearing that the group being held responsible for a recent suicide bombing outside an airport in Afghanistan was called ISIS-K (the K is for Khorasan Province), a man said he was confused.

“Abi gani nako’g kanag ISIS-K nga K-Pop group na siya,” he told The EAR.

ISIS-K is a splinter group from the original ISIS.

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