Michael Lipin VOA News January 14, 2024 WASHINGTON — More than a week after Iran experienced its deadliest terror attack in decades, its Islamist rulers said one of the suicide bombers trained in Afghanistan with the Islamic State group that claimed responsibility for the attack. Iranian leaders have vowed to retaliate against the IS perpetrators of
8am: Local sources in Nangarhar have confirmed the killing of a Taliban fighter named “Kamardin” by ISIS militants. The incident occurred on Monday night, January 8th, at Kamardin’s residence in the Waygal area of the Dara-e Noor district. The victim, a member of the Taliban, had returned to his home in Dara-e Noor for personal
8am: The ISIS Khorasan (IS-K) has claimed responsibility for an attack on a passenger vehicle in the Dasht-e Barchi area of Kabul, resulting in five deaths and 15 injuries. The incident occurred on Saturday night at the Qala-e Naazir station in western Kabul, with all victims being civilians. The attack has sparked widespread condemnation, with
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 6, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A bomb blast ripped through a minibus in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, Saturday evening, killing at least two civilians and wounding 14 others. The attack occurred in the city’s western Dasht-e-Barchi Shiite Muslim neighborhood. Khalid Zadran, a spokesperson for the Taliban-led Kabul police, confirmed the casualties, saying the
Michael Hughes: Elements within the U.S. political and military establishment long shared with the Islamic State a common foe: Iran. More specifically, Qassem Soleimani, the ex-Quds Force chief assassinated by the U.S. on January 3, 2020 whose memorial service IS-K attacked earlier this week. One need not be a conspiracy theorist to submit that power
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 5, 2024 Iran said it is shutting its vast borders with neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan to increase security after the twin bombing that killed at least 89 people in the southeastern city of Kerman on January 3. The Iran Students News Agency (ISNA) quoted Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi as saying his government was
Ariana: Twelve Afghan citizens are among those who were killed in explosions at a ceremony in Iran’s Kerman city on Wednesday to commemorate commander Qassem Soleimani, Tasnim news agency reported. Nearly 100 people were killed and 284 others were injured in the attack that was claimed by Daesh. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Islamic Emirate’s [Taliban] spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that the Daesh has been suppressed in Afghanistan and that between 70 to 80 Daesh members are estimated to be based in Afghanistan, and they are being hunted. He said that the sanctuaries of the Daesh group have been eliminated in Afghanistan. Click here to
Ariana: Acting Minister of Defense Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid said on Sunday that citizens of other countries, including Tajikistan and Pakistan, were involved in Daesh attacks that happened after the Islamic Emirate seized power in Afghanistan… “This (Daesh) project has no roots and results in Afghanistan. The designers and sponsors of this project should understand this
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 8, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Taliban security forces in Afghanistan have reportedly killed an Islamic State operative and captured several others during overnight raids on the militant group’s bases near the border with Iran. “important network” of the regional branch of Islamic State known as Islamic State-Khorasan, or IS-K, said a Taliban-affiliated