Al-Qaeda affiliate maintains close ties to Taliban in Afghanistan
Despite recent progress in peace process, al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) maintains close ties to the Taliban in Afghanistan, likely for protection and...
Month: July 2020
Afghan contractor handed out Russian cash to kill American army troops
A small-time businessman became a key middleman for bounties on coalition troops in Afghanistan, U.S. intelligence reports say. Friends saw him grow rich, but didn’t...
What is the drug Captagon and how is it linked to the Islamic State terrorist group?
It's potentially the biggest seizure of amphetamines in history — and it allegedly comes from a source that might surprise many people. Italian police have...
Iraqi forces launched a new anti-terrorism operation north of Baghdad
A military operation was launched at dawn today, Thursday, to chase ISIS terrorists, north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The Security Media Cell said in...
Islamic State Central Africa Province ambushes UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On June 22, an Indonesian peacekeeper from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) was killed in an...
Russia working with Taliban terrorists to speed the US army withdrawal from Afghanistan
A US Defence Department report released on Wednesday assessed that the Russian government was working with the Taliban to “expedite US military withdrawal” from Afghanistan....
Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades threaten the new Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi
Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades threatened on Friday the new Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi on the detention of brigades’ leaders, Al-Watan Voice reported. Abu Ali Al-Askari,...
Nine wanted men designated as terrorists under the anti-terror law
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday declared nine wanted men, including Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) as designated terrorists under...
Foiled infiltration bid in Rajouri as armed terrorist is killed by the army forces
Security forces foiled an infiltration bid early on Wednesday morning and killed a terrorist along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keri area of Bhimber...
Bulgarian national of Syrian descent detained for having terrorism links
A Bulgarian national of Syrian descent was arrested Wednesday for suspected terrorism in a raid conducted jointly by the State Agency for National Security and...
Taliban requests US authorities to release a former drug lord from jail
The Taliban have asked America to release a former drug kingpin from jail in a formal request for the freedom of a man once ranked...
Turkish authorities detained suspected Islamic State terrorist
A suspected Daesh/ISIS terrorist was captured in central Turkey, security sources said on Wednesday. The suspect was apprehended in an operation by provincial gendarmerie forces...