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UP ATS probe reveals Gorakhnath Temple attack accused 'was in touch with I
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 1 (ANI): The accused in the Gorakhnath Temple attack case was in touch with the fighters and sympathisers of the proscribed terror outfit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), said Prashant Kumar, Additional director general of police (Law and Order)
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IS claims responsibility for blasts in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 29 (ANI): The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the twin explosions in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, local media reported.
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Afghans living in dystopian nightmare sandwiched between Taliban, Islamic
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Dr Sajjan Gohel, International Security Director of the Asia-Pacific Foundation, said that the Afghans are living in a very dystopian nightmare as they are sandwiched between the misogynistic Taliban and the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP), an
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UNSC condemns string of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 23 (ANI): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the string of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan on April 21, including the attack against the Seh Dokan Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif and a separate attack in Kunduz, claimed by Islamic State. Read More
IS claims responsibility for explosions across Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 23 (ANI): Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the explosions in different Afghan cities that killed more than 40 people, media reports said on Friday.
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Kanakamala ISIS case: NIA court sentences accused to three-year imprisonme
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 23 (ANI): A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kochi sentenced Siddiqul Aslam, an accused in the Kanakamala Islamic State (IS) module case, to three years of imprisonment.
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Sri Lankans dressed as the dead demand justice for victims of Easter bombi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): A group of Sri Lankan people dressed as the dead staged a peaceful protest walk from Aluthkade to Galle Face demanding justice for the deaths of more than 260 Sri Lankans in Islamic State-inspired bombings on Easter Sunday three years ago.
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2 soldiers killed in IS attack in western Iraq
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], April 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and another wounded Saturday in an attack by the militants of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a security source said.
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Taliban claims of restraining Islamic State's violent activities in Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 5 (ANI): The Taliban on Monday claimed that it has restrained the violent activities of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan district Governor flees Taliban custody after being arrested f
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): The Taliban's District Governor of Takhar province in Afghanistan who was arrested by the group on charges of cooperation with the Islamic State (Deash) has escaped, local media reported citing sources.
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ISIS-K continues to grow in Afghanistan: US CENTCOM chief
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): The Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K) continues to grow unabated in Afghanistan with the reigning Taliban regime finding it difficult to counter the threat, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) chief General Kenneth McKenzie said on Friday.
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Afghanistan: US planning to ramp up attacks on ISIS-K in summer
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): General Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday (local time) said that the US will ramp up attacks on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan branch (ISIS-K) in summer as they are re-constituting itself and will b
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