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Our opinion: Attack signals warning

A closer look at what happened last week in Afghanistan reveals the Taliban knew it was strengthening ISIS’s ranks in the country when it swept through earlier this month releasing prisoners we had captured as part of the war there.

We must take lessons from Thursday’s attack: We cannot trust the Taliban; ISIS and its allies will continue to try to kill us; and it is essential we pay attention to the warnings generated by intelligence agencies.

Next week, we will observe the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and in the air over Pennsylvania. After that day we vowed to “Never forget.”

ISIS just showed us they haven’t. Have we?

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