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Iraqi security forces interrogate top IS captive Qardash
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iraqi security forces have begun interrogating Abdel Nasser Qardash, a member of the Islamic State terror group tapped as its new leader, an armed forces spokesman told Sputnik on Saturday.
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7 ISIS terrorists escape prison in Syria
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Damascus [Syria], May 17 (Sputnik/ANI): Seven terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State have escaped a Kurdish-guarded prison in northeastern Syria, state media reported Sunday.
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The state of minorities in the Islamic State
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], May 6 (ANI): According to the State of Human Rights 2019 annual report published by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), "Religious minorities remained unable to enjoy the freedom of religion or belief guaranteed to them under the constitution...this has meant the
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Afghanistan refuses to handover ISKP chief, the mastermind behind Kabul Gu
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Afghanistan on Saturday turned down Pakistan's request to handover Aslam Farooqi, leader of the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), an affiliate of the militant Islamic State (IS) and the main conspirator behind the massacre of 27 Sikh worshippers
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Arrest of Aslam Farooqi brought ISKP's Pakistani connections into sharp fo
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 11 (ANI): The arrest of Abdullah Orakzai alias Aslam Farooqi, a key leader of the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP) has brought the terror group's Pakistani connections into sharp focus, a European think-tank has said.
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ISKP chief's arrest traces roots of Kabul gurdwara attack to Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
abul [Afghanistan], April 5 (ANI): Mawlawi Abdullah aka Aslam Farooqui, the so-called emir of Pakistan-sponsored module of the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), is under detention by Afghan forces for the massacre of 27 Sikh worshippers at Shor Bazaar Gurudwara in Kabul on March 25.
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UNSC condemns terror attack on Kabul gurdwara, underlines need to hold per
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 27 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday (local time) condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack conducted by the Islamic State terrorists on the Dharamshala Sikh Temple in Kabul on March 25, which resulted in
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Mother of Kerala woman who joined IS seeks Centre's help to get her back
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Bindhu Sampath, the mother of Nimisha alias Fathima who travelled from Kerala to Afghanistan to join the Islamic State (IS), has sought the Central government's help to bring her daughter back to India.
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No casualties in rocket strike on Baghdad military base: US official
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Feb 16 (Sputnik/ANI): The rocket attack on a military base in Baghdad hosting troops of the international coalition for Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) has resulted in no casualties, spokesperson for the US-led coalition against the Islamic State, Colonel Myles Caggins said
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US military resumes joint operations with Iraq against ISIS
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], Jan 16 (ANI): The United States military resumed joint operations with Iraq against the Islamic State (ISIS) on Wednesday after a 10-day pause that began following American airstrike that killed top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.
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Trump, Pompeo, Islamic State 'celebrating' Soleimani's death, says Iran's
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Iran on Wednesday said that US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and the Islamic State (ISIS) are "celebrating" the death of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a Pentagon-ordered strike in Iraq earlier this month, a
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Nigeria: ISIS affiliate executes 11 people to 'avenge Baghdadi's killing'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Dec 29 (ANI): An affiliate of the Islamic State in Nigeria has said that it has executed 11 people in retaliation for the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria in October.
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