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Will Taliban check ISIS-K attacks on Shia community?
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): For decades, violence has torn through Afghanistan's Shiite community, perpetuated first by the Taliban -- who consider Shiites heretics -- and in more recent years by the Islamic State - Khorasan (ISIS-K).
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Anti-Taliban forces might gravitate towards ISIS-K in Afghanistan: Think t
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], November 9 (ANI): Anti-Taliban forces might gravitate towards Islamic State-Khorasan if the Taliban fail to contain the current bombing spree by the ISIS-K terrorists, said a Canada-based think tank.
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Taliban face hurdles while implementing law, order in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] October 21 (ANI): The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan but the affiliates of Islamic State-Khorasan, Syria and Iraq-based terrorist groups have emerged as a big problem to the public safety of the Taliban controlled country.
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Non-recognition of govt in Afghanistan is benefitting ISIS-K: Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 17 (ANI): The Taliban have said that not recognizing the new government in Afghanistan is benefiting Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K). However, the outfit dismissed concerns that the terrorist group was a threat to Afghanistan.
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ISIS-K claims responsibility for Kandahar mosque blasts
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], October 16 (ANI): Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) on Saturday confirmed that the Kandahar mosque blasts were carried by them.
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Biden discusses counterterrorism, Afghanistan evacuation with G20 leaders
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US] October 13 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday met virtually with the G20 leaders and discussed counterterrorism efforts, including threats emanating from the Islamic State-Khorasan terror group (ISIS-K).
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Perpetrators must be brought to justice: UN chief condemns horrific Shia m
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 9 (ANI): United Nations Security General Antonio Guterres has condemned the horrific attack at a Shia mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz, saying that the attacks targeting civilians, who are exercising the right to freely practice their religion, are violations of fun
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ISIS claims responsibility for blast in Afghan mosque
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 9 (ANI): Islamic State Khorasan, also known as ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province on Friday, according to New York Times.
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'Instability in Afghanistan will spill over to neighbouring countries, inc
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] September 10 (ANI): After the Taliban's messy takeover of Afghanistan last month, experts familiar with the region believe that the instability in the troubled country will ultimately spill over to neighbouring countries.
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Islamic State Khorasan is Pakistan's latest proxy, says analyst
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 8 (ANI): The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) is Pakistan's latest proxy while sheltering, funding, and training terrorist groups.
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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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