Towards the end, ISIS lists some of their more recent operations that have succeeded in either "expanding the territory of the Khilafah, or terrorizing, massacring, and humiliating the enemies of Allah."

The list includes 7 attacks in Turkey, 4 in the Philippines, 2 in Syria's Qalamun Mountain area northeast of Damascus (the Syrian capital), 3 in Somalia, 2 in Baghdad, 1 in North Baghdad, 1 south of Baghdad (Shurtah Khamisa) 1 in Raqqah, 1 in Pakistan, 1 in southwestern Mosul (Mamun).

This issue also features a promo for what looks to be a new book (rather than a video) called "The Path to Victory" by Shaykh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, who I think was the successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the first military leader of the Islamic State of Iraq (predecessor of ISIS aka al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi Iraq) who was killed along with I.S.I. leader Omar al Baghdadi in 2010. (al-Muhajir is also called Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and his real name may have been Abdul Munim al-Badawi.)ISIS named a training camp for him in Fallujah, and released a video showing the training camp in 2014.

When they were killed in 2010, a U.S. spokesman had this to say in a press release:

General Ray Odierno, the commander of US Forces Iraq, said the killing of al Masri and Baghdadi “is potentially the most significant blow to al Qaada in Iraq since the beginning of the insurgency.”.... “There is still work to do but this is a significant step forward in ridding Iraq of terrorists.”

Earlier today, ISIS launched an attack on a military hospital in Kabul, killing 30 and wounding 50, using guns and grenades. It is the first time in their two years in Afghanistan they have directly engaged security forces.

But at the hospital they used an approach more commonly associated with the Taliban - blowing the gates open to allow gunmen to enter. This suggests they now have the resources and the military training to expand their attacks.

If that's the case, the security forces could face more such assaults in the coming months.