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Deceased ISIS-Khorasan Province leader was trained in US-blacklisted madra
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], May 13 (ANI): On May 7, 2017, U.S. forces in Afghanistan confirmed that Abdul Hasib, the chief of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) , also known as Wilayat Khorasan (WK), in Afghanistan, was killed in a combined Afghan/US rai
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Afghanistan IS head Hasib killed
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] May 8 (ANI): Head of Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan Abdul Hasib has been killed in a raid led by US Special Forces in eastern Nangarhar, said Afghanistan government in a statement.
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ISIS looking to seize Pakistani youth 'online'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] May 7 (ANI): While increasing internet accessibility has been regarded as a boon, there comes an alarming issue with regards to accountability of what is shared on the platform. As there is a flipside to every coin, recent reports have mapped the increasing presence of
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Kabul: ISIS claims responsibility for attack on NATO convoy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 (ANI): The ISIS-Khurasan, an offshoot of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror group, has claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide attack that targetted a convoy of the Resolute Support Mission forces led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (
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ISIS attack on refugee camp kills 32 in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], May 3 (ANI): As many as 32 persons were killed and several others injured in a suicide attack by Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria (ISIS) militants on a refugee camp in Syria's Hasakeh province, local media reports said.
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U.S.-led fight on ISIS have killed 352 civilians: Pentagon
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (U.S.), May 1 (ANI): As many as 352 civilians have been killed in U.S.-led strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in 2014, the U.S. military said in a statement on Sunday.
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Daesh most dangerous phenomenon facing Afghanistan: Envoy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 25 (ANI): The Daesh (or Islamic State) is the most dangerous phenomenon Afghanistan is facing today, said the country's envoy to India, Shaida Abdali on Tuesday.
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Paris shooting: ISIS claims 'fighter' carried out attack
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], Apr 21 (ANI): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) has issued a statement, saying an Islamic State 'fighter' carried out an attack into the Champs-Élysees in Paris.
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Reports of Baghdadi's capture not true: Syrian President
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr 20 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied reports of the capture of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi stating that Syrian borders with Iraq are still very much under the control of the militant group.
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Afghanistan: Five Pak militants killed in Nangarhar air strike
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): At least five Pakistani militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group offshoot, ISIS Khurasan, have been killed in an air strike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province.
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ISIS claims attack on police checkpoint near Egypt St. Catherine's Mo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Apr 19 (ANI): The Islamic State (ISIS) group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a police checkpoint near Egypt's St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai late Tuesday.
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Woman held after Lahore encounter had visited Syria to join ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore/Hyderabad [Pakistan], Apr. 17 (ANI): A woman, who was arrested after the Lahore encounter, had earlier visited Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.
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