From Offshoot To ‘Spearhead’: The Rise Of IS-K, Islamic State’s Afghanistan Branch
By Abubakar Siddique March 26, 2024 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Since its emergence a decade ago, the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) militant group has largely focused its attacks on Afghanistan and Pakistan. But IS-K, the Afghanistan branch of Islamic State (IS), has carried out an increasing number of mass-casualty attacks outside its stronghold in South Asia in