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This analysis of IS-K was published in 2018 and is not being updated. For a more recent analysis of Islamic State Khorasan from the Transnational Threats Project, please click here. Islamic State ...
A timeline of Afghanistan’s recent diplomatic engagements: Head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, Qatar, Suhail Shaheen said the group is a “reality of today’s Afghanistan” as it “controls ...
ISKP sees Baloch separatists as secular, nationalists & pro-democracy—traits it calls ‘un-Islamic’. One analyst says Pakistan can ‘technically use IS against BLA’.
A deadly fire erupted at Iran’s Kaveh Petrochemical plant in Bandar Deyr, killing three and injuring two. Officials say ...
ISIS has claimed two attacks on Syrian security forces – the first since the transitional government under former jihadist ...
In an unexpected move, IS-K has declared war not only on the Pakistani state but also on the insurgents themselves, ...
ISIS said it had planted a bomb on a "vehicle of the apostate regime" in the desert of the southern province of Sweida ... Afghanistan-based affiliate, ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K), to mount attacks ...
By Nantoo Banerjee Pakistan is back in the business of pushing Jihadists into India. It is the same old story. Last week, barely 12 days after the announcement of a ceasefire on 10 May, Pakistani ...
ISIS’ Khorasan branch has conducted numerous attacks against Iran in recent years, prompting authorities to pursue its ...
He had phoned for help after his son Damaal* called him from southern Turkiye to say he was about to cross the border into Syria to join ISIL, also known as ISIS. "But you’ll die!" Aaden had ...