A spokesman for the Afghan ministry of interior (MoI), after two U.S. drone strikes killed an estimated 49 terrorists linked to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Afghanistan, recognized that the jihadist group poses a major threat to his country.
The Obama administration’s mad push for an Iranian nuclear deal has Iran throwing all sorts of last-minute spoilers onto the table, knowing that Obama will not, cannot, walk away. The President wants his historic diplomatic achievement, Secretary of State John Kerry is eyeing a Nobel Peace Prize, and there is no way the Obama team would hand its real adversaries–their domestic political opposition–a huge victory by scuttling the Iran deal.
Attackers on a motorcycle threw acid into the faces of three teenage girls on their way to school in western Afghanistan’s Herat province on Saturday, according to officials.
India’s intelligence agencies believe the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) might spread its caliphate and horror into India as they inch closer to Afghanistan/Pakistan held territories.
Alex Rodriguez made one Marine veteran and his son very happy on Wednesday at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
American troops in Afghanistan raided the home of a local anti-Taliban commander and proceeded to blow up a munition cache inside his home, an action that shows U.S. forces are carrying out combat missions beyond their stated train, advise, and assist role, reports The New York Times (NYT).
Islamic State fighters have taken substantial areas of Afghanistan for the first time, displacing the Taliban to become the new masters of parts of the east of the war-torn country. Known commonly by the acronym ISIS, encompassing their initial territorial
As Greece’s politicians work to agree on a deal with its European creditors that will keep it from default, and the Greek people struggle with newly-imposed capital controls and an increasingly dire economic situation, thousands of migrants from Syria, Afghanistan, and African countries continue to land on Greek shores, pressuring an already crippled economy.
The Saudi embassy in Islamabad has been in contact with the Haqqani Network, a Sunni Islamist organization that operates along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and is considered the most lethal and sophisticated group targeting U.S. and Afghan forces, documents released by WikiLeaks reveal.
Members of Afghanistan’s intelligence service have accused a Pakistani intelligence officer in the country’s infamous Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) unit of helping the Taliban launch a sophisticated attack on the Afghan Parliament in Kabul on Monday.
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A Taliban suicide bomber and at least six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament as lawmakers voted to endorse a new defense minister. “A woman and a 10-year-old girl were killed and 31 civilians were injured,” reports USA TODAY. Some news outlets report that seven gunmen were involved in the assault while others say six.
A Taliban suicide bomber and gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday, shattering windows, wounding at least 19 people and sending a plume of black smoke across Kabul, as a second district in two days fell to the Islamist group
According to the State Department, the number of terrorist attacks worldwide increased by one third in 2014, with 80 percent more fatalities. The report also stated the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has replaced al-Qaeda as the world’s largest terrorist group.
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KABUL — As he listened, Wali Mohammad Darwazi’s worst fears came true. His 23-year-old son, Mohammad Rafi, had vanished two months before with several former classmates from Kabul University. Now, Darwazi was on the phone with one of the classmates, whom he had reached in Syria.
The Taliban reached out to Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi calling for unity between the two jihadist factions, a letter posted online Tuesday by a Taliban supporter shows. IS victories have translated into increasing appeal for its brand even in Afghanistan where the Taliban has been the leading jihadist group for the past two decades.
The Taliban in Afghanistan sent a direct message to Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Tuesday, warning the ISIS “Caliph” that his jihadi group should refrain from encroaching upon the Taliban’s insurgent operation.
A series of attacks in Afghanistan this weekend have left top Taliban officials, a district governor, and multiple police officers dead. The Taliban launched a summer offensive and has not relented despite the government’s desperation to negotiate peace.
The Islamic State beheaded at least 10 Taliban militants in Afghanistan this week in a remote area in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar region, where the jihadist groups are locked in an intense battle for control over many of the surrounding provinces.
(Reuters/AFP) Gunmen have killed nine Afghan aid workers during an overnight raid on their guesthouse in northern Afghanistan, officials say.
The travel ban for the five Taliban honchos traded to secure the freedom of accused Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl was due to expire on June 1 but, according to CBS News, the government of Qatar has agreed to temporarily extend the ban and keep the “Taliban 5” under what amounts to house arrest.
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Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov, trained by both Russian and American special forces to head up the elite OMON police force of Tajikistan, has defected to the Islamic State.
