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China's ambitious CPEC falls into Pakistan's crosshairs of state-sponsored
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 15 (ANI): China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the ambitious project of Beijing and Islamabad, has trapped into Pakistan's worsening security situation, the rise of terror attacks in the country and domestic unrest leading to slow progress of the project which has
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After Taliban took power in Kabul, terror attacks in Pakistan surged
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 5 (ANI): After the Taliban took control of Kabul and Afghanistan, terror attacks in neighbouring Pakistan have surged, contradictory to Prime Minister Imran Khan's claims of having defeated terrorism.
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Pakistan counter-terrorism wing claims to defang IS-K in Khyber Pakhtunkhw
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 30 (ANI): Pakistan counter-terrorism department (CTD) in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa claimed that it dismantled the network of the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) terrorist group in the northwestern province.
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IS-K expanding to nearly all Afghan provinces, Taliban unable to stop them
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US] November 18 (ANI): Deborah Lyons, UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, has said that the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) is now expanding to nearly all Afghan provinces and the Taliban are unable to stop them, reported Sputnik.
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China's Afghanistan dilemma: What's bad for Washington isn't necessarily g
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 14 (ANI): Afghanistan has long been considered a graveyard for conquerors--Alexander the Great, the British Empire, the Soviet Union and now the United States. Now China has entered the graveyard and some in Beijing claimed that China would succeed where the United
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IS-K, Al-Qaeda to use Afghan refugee's flow to sneak its members into US,
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 7 (ANI): The Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) and al-Qaeda will try to use Afghan refugees' flow to sneak their members into the US and European countries, security experts have warned.
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IS members, ex-military personnel barred from joining Taliban in eastern A
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 4 (ANI): The Taliban's eastern military wing has barred former Afghan soldiers, police officers, and members of the Islamic State from joining the group, eastern Nangarhar province's governor office announced on Saturday, a media report said.
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Mideast conference attendees discuss ISIL threat amid Afghanistan crisis
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], August 29 (ANI): At an international conference hosted by Iraq, leaders and ministers from nine Middle Eastern nations and France on Saturday discussed efforts to eliminate the threat of the Islamic State (ISIL) amid the volatile situation in Afghanistan post-Taliban takeover
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Haqqani-IS (K) alliance threatens regional security, fear observers
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): As India keeps a close eye on the formation of a new government in Afghanistan, there are fears that deep connivance between the Haqqani network and Islamic-State Khorasan (IS-K) may not only pose an immediate threat to Afghanistan but is also a potenti
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IS-K has links with Taliban, Haqqani network, says Amrullah Saleh
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): The self-proclaimed 'caretaker' President of the Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh on Friday said that the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-K) has links with the Taliban and the Haqqani network, particularly the ones operating in Kabul.
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3 militants killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 16 (ANI): At least three militants belonging to Islamic State (IS) group's offshoot IS Khorasan (IS-K) have been killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province.
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Afghanistan: 6 militants killed in US drone strikes
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jun 9 (ANI): At least six militants, affiliated with Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K), have been killed in US drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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