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Some experts see a real threat from Khorasan, but the previously unnamed group also gives the White House more flexibility in dealing with Congress.
The Khorasan Group is separate from the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq — so much so that Obama on Tuesday sent two different notifications to Congress under the War Powers Resolution.
To be clear, just identifying the group’s name does not definitively resolve any of these questions, but it’s a potentially important datapoint about how Khorasan — or the Wolf Unit, or ...
Terrorism experts claim Khorasan is made up of al-Qaida members from across the Middle East, South Asia and Europe, with a majority coming from Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria.
Khorasan is the label U.S. intelligence officials say they agreed on, the ancient name for a region that includes parts of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Iran and that some say the Prophet Muhammad ...
Terrorist plots against the United States and Europe may still be in the works despite this week's airstrikes against the al-Qaida cell known as Khorasan. FBI Director James Comey told reporters ...
Revisit FRONTLINE’s reporting on ISIS-K, an affiliate of the self-declared Islamic State.
Did the KG represent a real threat to the United States? These questions are important to answer in a coherent way in order to understand what is unfolding in the Levant and the Near East.
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but the Sunni-led Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) branch has carried out numerous attacks since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, often targeting ...
U.S. officials strongly believe the ISIS-Khorasan group was behind the attack on Thursday at Kabul's airport, a source familiar with congressional briefings on Afghanistan said on Thursday.