In this July 22, 2015 file photo, U.S Army Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner salutes at Kabul International Airport base in

Kabul, Afghanistan.

The Islamic State is making small inroads in Afghanistan and could grow into a more worrisome threat, a U.S Army general said Thursday.Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon from his offices in Kabul, Shoffner said the Islamic State, which rose to prominence by capturing large swaths of Syria and Iraq, is not yet capable of coordinating military operations in more than one part of Afghanistan at a time.