VOA News Ayaz Gul November 21, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Authorities in Afghanistan said unknown gunmen on Saturday kidnapped at least 20 bus passengers in a southern region where suspected loyalists of the self-named Islamic State (IS) group earlier this month beheaded seven civilian hostages, including three females. Police officers in the volatile Zabul province said militants stopped
Khaama Press November 20, 2015 New testimonies have emerged regarding the atrocities being committed by the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as the activities by the terror group have rampant to gain foothold and expand activities in Afghanistan. The latest horrific testimony regarding the atrocities of the terror group’s loyalists
Khaama Press November 20, 2015 At least 12 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, the militants were killed during a gun battle with the Afghan national security forces in Achin district. The district’s administrative chief
Press TV November 20, 2015 Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump says he would be open to having a “Muslim database” in America for security reasons. Trump made his latest controversial remarks about Muslims in an interview with Yahoo News, published on Thursday, in the wake of Paris attacks that left at least 129 people
VOA News Jamie Dettmer November 19, 2015 PARIS—In the rays of an unseasonable, autumnal Serbian sun, a dozen or so scruffy Afghani boys kick a discolored orange football around in a Belgrade park once notorious as a streetwalkers’ hangout but now renamed Afghan Park. The teenagers have little cash in the pockets of the jackets
In a special report, FRONTLINE correspondent Najibullah Quraishi reveals on film the degree to which ISIS is gaining a foothold in the country, and how they’re focusing their efforts on training a new generation of jihadists.
Khaama Press November 19, 2015 The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror group in Afghanistan are training children as young as 3-year-old as they are looking to expand their foothold in the country. The harrowing fact regarding the use of kids as new recruits in Afghanistan has been revealed in
Antiwar.com: Now and always, terrorism is politically motivated. Murdering French civilians does not achieve anything for ISIS in and of itself. Rather, it is designed to provoke a reaction. This was true for Al-Qaeda on 9/11, when they sought to provoke a military response to bleed America to bankruptcy. And it is true of ISIS
AntiWar.Com: The Islamic State (IS), also known as the ISIS and ISIL, has taken responsibility for the horrendous terrorist attacks on Paris that murdered 129 innocent people and injured hundreds more. The attacks have rightly outraged ordinary people everywhere. There is a feeling of solidarity with the people of France everywhere, and there should be.
Frontline: Now, it appears ISIS-allied fighters are gaining a foothold in Afghanistan as well. But who are they really? Do they take orders from ISIS’ leadership in Iraq and Syria? And could their ideology and grasp on territory spread like it did in Iraq and Syria? Here is what three experts had to say. Click