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FILE: Oct. 12, 2014: Men prepare to set fire to an Islamic State flag during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan.(REUTERS)

The Islamic State terror group may be making inroads in Afghanistan just weeks after the U.S. ended its 13-year combat mission, with a former Guantanamo Bay detainee said to be involved in the recruiting effort.

The recruiter has been identified in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province as Mullah Abdul Rauf, a former Taliban commander released from Guantanamo in 2007, under the George W. Bush administration.

"People are saying that he has raised black flags and even has tried to bring down white Taliban flags in some areas," Saifullah Sanginwal, a tribal leader in Sangin district, recently told The Associated Press.

The troubling reports follow warnings from Republican lawmakers that drawing down too quickly in Afghanistan could leave the country vulnerable, just like in Iraq where the Islamic State trampled a string of northern villages and cities after the U.S. withdrawal. While the U.S. has since returned to Iraq to bolster that country's fight against the powerful terror network, the Islamic State -- or ISIS -- reportedly has expanded its territory in next-door Syria despite a U.S. bombing campaign there.

An emergence in volatile Afghanistan would pose another major security challenge for the U.S.

But while the Obama administration has acknowledged signs of Islamic State allegiance, or at least sympathy, in the country, officials say they have no solid evidence that Afghan residents have joined the Islamic State.

Weve seen the rhetorical messages of support in southern Afghanistan, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters recently. We continue to watch for signs that these statements could amount to something more than just rhetorical support. Well continue watching.

Rauf is targeting disaffected Taliban fighters and reportedly offering them $500 a month. But such efforts will be difficult, considering the Talibans 20-year stronghold in Afghanistan, particularly in the southern provinces.

Sanginwal said hes heard reports that 19 or 20 people have been killed in fighting between the Taliban and Islamic State.

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Story highlights "American Sniper" earned $105 million over its first weekend in wide release Americans may be finally ready for a movie about the Iraq War Adding to its appeal: The movie is a human story, not a political one

The movie is drawing huge crowds across the moviegoing and political spectrum, from left-leaning cities to conservative small towns. Its audiences include large percentages of women and older viewers, two groups that don't typically flock to the multiplex.

"American Sniper" has the look of a bona fide cultural phenomenon. All of which has Hollywood executives, and a lot of other people, scrambling to understand why.

The movie has no doubt benefited from good timing: It hit 3,500 theaters the day after nabbing six Oscar nominations, including best picture. But Oscar love doesn't always translate to popular success -- "The Hurt Locker," the 2009 best picture winner about a U.S. Army bomb-disposal team in Iraq, earned only $17 million in North America over its entire run.

And until now, audiences have mostly stayed away from films about the unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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We're finally ready for a movie about the Iraq War

It's been three years since the U.S. involvement in Iraq formally ended, and we have some distance on it.

With the vast majority of U.S. troops out of harm's way, audiences may finally be receptive to a movie that no longer hits too close to home.

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