Afghanistan Regains Its Crown as Terror Central
FP: The Taliban’s jihadi friends are back to threaten global security. Click here to read more (external link).
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How Afghanistan’s Militant Groups Are Evolving Under Taliban Rule
Jeff Seldin VOA News March 20, 2022 WASHINGTON — Intelligence agencies worldwide are warning that Taliban rule in Afghanistan is radically reshaping terrorist and militant groups in South Asia and around the world. Specifically, intelligence and counterterrorism officials say that despite Taliban promises to sever ties with al-Qaida and oppose terror groups such as the Islamic
What Happened to ISIS’s Afghanistan-Pakistan Province?
The Diplomat: The so-called Islamic State’s Khurasan province (ISIS-Khurasan), which includes Afghanistan and Pakistan, remains a notional entity a year after its establishment. It consists mainly of peripheral Afghan and Pakistani Taliban defectors who have fused with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and are clustered in remote portions of northeastern Afghanistan bordering Pakistan. Click here