Six citizens of Kazakhstan detained in Afghanistan for Islamic State membership
Six citizens of Kazakhstan have been detained in Afghanistan for membership in ISIL, reports Bakhtar news. "Six citizens of Kazakhstan are ISIL fighters, they have...
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Taliban overtakes Islamic State as world’s deadliest terrorist group
The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday published the 2019 edition of its Global Terrorism Index. The survey of terrorist...
Islamic State terrorists are moving from Nangarhar to adjacent Kunar and Nooristan
Fighters loyal to the Daesh terrorist group are moving from Nangarhar province (their main haven) to its neighboring provinces of Kunar and Nooristan in the...
The Taliban were deadlier than the Islamic State in 2018
Attacks by the Taliban were deadlier than those committed by any other group in 2018, according to a report released by an international think tank...
Islamic State’s backbone is broken in Afghanistan as hundreds terrorists surrender
Hundreds of Islamic State fighters have surrendered after separate operations by government forces and the Taliban hemmed them into the mountainside in the country’s south,...
US officials sanctioned five entities and four individuals in Turkey, Afghanistan and Syria over Islamic State links
Last month, US President Donald Trump announced that Daesh* leader al-Baghdadi died during a US raid on his hideout in Syria. The United States has...
Taliban say they freed US and Australian hostages for three terrorist figures
The Taliban said they freed on Tuesday an American and an Australian hostage held since 2016 in exchange for three top Taliban figures who were...