AP: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban killed eight militants of the Islamic State (IS) group and arrested nine others in a series of raids targeting key figures in a spate of attacks in Kabul, a senior Taliban government spokesman said on January 5. Zabihullah Mujahid said the raids in the capital city and western Nimroz Province on
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 2, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Islamic State said Monday its Afghanistan-based affiliate was behind Sunday’s suicide bomb attack outside the military airport in the country’s capital, Kabul. The bombing was the third high-profile attack in the city in the last month claimed by the terror group’s regional branch, IS-Khorasan. The morning blast
Akmal Dawi VOA News December 15, 2022 Following this week’s Islamic State attack on a guesthouse in Kabul, U.S. officials say the terrorist group is recruiting a multiethnic force that threatens security in neighboring countries and that the Taliban need to do more to eliminate the threat. While the Taliban claim they have restored peace
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 13, 2022 ISLAMABAD — China confirmed Tuesday that five of its nationals were wounded in a deadly bombing-and-shooting attack targeting a hotel in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, the previous day. Islamic State claimed responsibility for Monday’s violence, saying its regional affiliate, Islamic State Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K, carried out the attack and
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 10, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said Saturday its security forces had intercepted and killed four Islamic State operatives in a remote mountainous district near the Afghanistan border. The provincial counterterrorism department said the slain men were linked to Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), a regional affiliate of the self-proclaimed Islamic State
dpa: Five people were killed after the Taliban attacked a suspected hideout of the Islamic State (IS) militant group overnight in the northern part of the Afghan capital, Kabul, Taliban authorities announced on November 13. Click here to read more (external link). Related Taliban Claims It Killed 5 ISKP Members in Last Night’s Operation in
8am: The gunfighting took place on Tuesday morning (October 18th) in the alley of Deputy Jumaaldin of the second district of Kunduz city and continued for four hours. According to the sources, a group of ISKP fighters had moved into a house in this neighborhood, and after revealing their location, they started fighting the Taliban.
Akmal Dawi VOA News October 5, 2022 Amid an intensified terror campaign by the Islamic State Khorasan (ISK) group in Afghanistan which has killed dozens of civilians this week, Taliban authorities claim they have captured the group’s liaison for Europe. On Tuesday, the Taliban’s intelligence agency released a video confession of an alleged ISK member
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 2, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber struck a packed mosque in western Afghanistan Friday, killing at least 18 worshippers, including a prominent cleric loyal to the ruling Taliban. Police officials said the influential slain scholar, Mujibur Rahman Ansari, was leading afternoon prayers at his Guzargah Mosque in the city of
By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 24, 2022 As the Taliban intensifies its war against Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K), religious clerics associated with the rival militant groups are being caught in the crossfire. IS-K militants have been blamed for the assassination of several pro-Taliban clerics in Afghanistan in recent weeks. The Taliban has also been