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IS's attempt to exploit the vacuum of a failing state could tip it back into conflict.

There are also concerns that international terrorist groups such as Isis could move in to exploit the vacuum.

attack is the latest offensive by the ever-emboldened insurgency, which has sought to exploit the vacuum created by the contested presidential election, which has failed to produce a successor to Hamid Karzai.

But the country is being run by caretaker ministers while the militants seek to exploit the vacuum.

Mr Ghani's time in office has seen a surge in Taliban attacks as militants seek to exploit the vacuum in government.

For Putin, the invitation offers an opportunity to exploit the vacuum resulting from US disengagement; for Netanyahu, it will (falsely) demonstrate that he is committed to peace; and for Abbas, he simply doesn't want to be perceived as an obstacle.

"Extremist groups will continue to exploit the vacuums that are there in Syria, to expand their operations, which will include — no question — attacks against Russian interests, perhaps even Russian cities," he said.

"They stage raids, exploiting the vacuum," said the military official in Lawdar.

The last Tory home secretary, Michael Howard, had exploited the vacuum to embark on a cynical exercise in political populism, with two other simple words: "Prison works".

Last but not least, there are the super-powerful bankers who are exploiting the vacuum to make their super-profits again, insisting that the crisis is well and truly behind us.

The security forces have begun demolishing some of an estimated 44,000 homes built illegally over the past year by Moroccans exploiting the vacuum; the attempted show of strength risks provoking a backlash.It would have been easy for the government to blame the ancien regime for hobbling their prospects.