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No US soldiers to be punished over Afghan civilian drone strike deaths, sa
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 14 (ANI): Pentagon on Monday (local time) said that it will not punish any troops over an errant drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians on August 29.
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US blacklists 3 leaders of Islamic State's Khorasan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 23 (ANI): The US on Monday (local time) blacklisted three key members of the Islamic State's Khorasan Province (Daesh) also known as ISIS-K.
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Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, ISIS-K stronghold, is a no-go zone for T
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Chaparhar [Afghanistan], November 20 (ANI): Though the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in mid-August, there are areas that are a no-go zone for them, especially Nangarhar province, which is an Islamic State- Khorasan (ISIS-K) stronghold.
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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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Will Taliban check ISIS-K attacks on Shia community?
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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2 civilians, 4 ISIS-K terrorists killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): At least two civilians and four Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K) terrorists were killed during a large-scale operation in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Monday, local media reported.
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Taliban launch operation against ISIS-K in Kandahar after their escalated
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): The Taliban on Monday launched operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K) branch in Kandahar province after the group recently escalated their attacks in Afghanistan.
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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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Intel officers of former Afghan regime join ISIS-K to fight Taliban: Repor
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 1 (ANI): Members of the previous Afghan government have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan branch (ISIS-K) in order to fight against the Taliban, revealed a recent report.
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ISIS-K aims to go global to impose Sharia law, says report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kunar [Afghanistan], October 30 (ANI): Afghanistan's ISIS Khorasan (ISIS-K) also known as Daesh, has said that its hardline goal remains the implementation of Sharia law and warned that whoever in the world went against Islam and the Quran will have to face the terror group's wrath.
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US leaves Afghanistan, ISIS-K cashing opportunity?
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nanangar [Afghanistan], October 27 (ANI): The US exit from Afghanistan ending its 20 year-long war has left people to suffer Taliban hardliner rule with the emergence of ISIS Khorasan (ISIS-K) on its soil.
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Taliban face hurdles while implementing law, order in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 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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