Turkish police arrested Afghan national on suspicion of Islamic State links
The Turkish police and intelligence agency announced on Sunday the arrest of a close aide of the late leader of the Daesh extremist group Abu...
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Eight people killed at Taliban funeral in bomb attack blamed on Islamic State branch in Afghanistan
A bomb attack on the funeral of the Taliban spokesman’s mother yesterday killed at least eight people in an apparent escalation of the Islamic State’s...
Terrorist groups could rebuild as soon as early spring in Afghanistan
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley on Wednesday said there is “a real possibility” that al Qaeda or ISIS could reconstitute in Afghanistan...
Al-Qaeda terrorist group could flourish with new strategy under Taliban rule
Afghanistan’s Taliban militants have promised the world for years that they wouldn’t allow their country to be used as a terrorist base. In an agreement...
Tajik woman gets lengthy prison term for allegedly fighting with Islamic State terrorist group In Afghanistan
A Tajik court has sentenced a local woman to 12 years in prison for allegedly fighting alongside Islamic Sate (IS) militants in neighboring Afghanistan...
Islamic State and Al Qaeda terrorist groups could reconstitute in Afghanistan in 6 to 36 months
There is "a real possibility" that al Qaeda or ISIS could reconstitute in Afghanistan in the next six to 36 months, US chairman of the...
Taliban gears up to uproot Islamic State branch from Kabul and Nangarhar
The new rulers in Afghanistan launched an operation on Wednesday to root out ISIS-K, another radical Sunni Muslim group vying for control...