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COVID-19 increased IS, al-Qaida threat in conflicts including Afghanistan: UN experts

15th February, 2021 · admin

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1TV: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the threat from the Islamic State and al-Qaida in conflict areas including Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, UN experts said in a new report. The report to the UN Security Council said that the threat continued to rise in conflict zones in the last half of 2020 because “the pandemic inhibited forces of law and order more than terrorists” who were able to move and gather freely despite COVID-19 restrictions. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Al-Qaeda, Anti-Government Militants, ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Afghanistan |
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