Taliban claim capturing at least 600 Islamic State militants
Afghanistan’s Taliban said Wednesday they have rounded up nearly 600 members of the local Islamic State affiliate...
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Taliban size up threat from tenacious Islamic State-Khorasan
As the Taliban shift their focus from insurgency to government, their most formidable rival is the Islamic State's regional chapter...
Roadside bomb targeted Taliban patrol and killed two in Afghanistan Islamic State hub
A roadside bomb struck a Taliban patrol in a stronghold of ISIS militants in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two people...
Terrorist threat still active from Afghanistan after Taliban came to power
Moscow notes with regret that the terrorist and drug threat continues to come from Afghanistan after the Taliban movement came to power...
Taliban terrorist group official among Kabul hospital attack fatalities
A statement in Arabic posted on the terror group’s propaganda site Amaq claimed more than 40 people were killed or injured during the bomb and...
Ex-Afghan special forces troops and intelligence officers reportedly joining Islamic State to fight Taliban
The US-backed government of Afghanistan and its American-trained security forces collapsed after Taliban fighters entered Kabul on 15 August.
Pentagon official: Raised doubts about Taliban’s ability to fight Islamic State in Afghanistan
A senior Pentagon official said it is unclear whether the Taliban has the capability to fight the Islamic State extremist group effectively...
Taliban commander who launched deadly bombings in Kabul is now a police chief in charge of security
Mutmaeen used to run Taliban suicide-bombing squads in Kabul. On a recent day, in his new role as police chief for one of the Afghan...
Taliban’s Ankara visit and the Islamic State threat in Afghanistan
A delegation from Afghanistan’s interim Taliban government, led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, visited Turkey’s capital, Ankara...
Taliban to deal with Islamic State as Russia expects Iraqi and Syrian terrorists to enter Afghanistan
Russia said on Thursday it expects the Taliban to deal with the Daesh in Afghanistan without external support, ahead of talks in Moscow...
Qatar envoy emphasizes engagement with Taliban terrorists at security forum
Qatar's diplomatic point man on Afghanistan said Tuesday countries should engage the country's new Taliban rulers, warning that isolation could lead...
Islamic State Khorasan is infiltrating the Taliban in Afghanistan
The Islamic State’s “Khorasan Province,” also known as ISIS-K, has waged a small but highly active insurgency in Afghanistan.