BAGHDAD – The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday. “The Iraqis continue their impressive victories over the forces of darkness and terrorism,” Prime Minister Minister … Read more
Afghan men walk near the site a day after a suicide bomber triggered explosives in front of the General Directorate for Monitoring and Follow-up of Decrees and Directives, in Kabul on September 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility Tuesday (September 3, 2024) for this week’s suicide bombing at … Read more
“Despite not being able to conduct large-scale attacks in India, ISIL-K seeks to recruit lone actors through their India-based handlers and released a booklet in Urdu magnifying Hindu-Muslim antagonism and outlining its strategy as regards India,” U.N. reports said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Terror group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant — Khorasan … Read more
Islamabad: The recent deadly attack on Chinese workers in Pakistan has shaken their confidence and some of them are planning to leave the country over security reasons, according to a security analyst. Muhammad Amir Rana in an article published in Dawn newspaper on Sunday wrote that the terrorist attack on the Chinese engineers’ vehicle on … Read more
Islamic State terror group killed nine Syrian soldiers in the war-torn country’s vast Badia desert on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, a war monitor said. “Nine Syrian soldiers were killed and three wounded” when they had gathered in the east of Hama province in central Syria, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. IS has stepped … Read more
Pakistan Interior Ministry highlighted the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s reorganisation and operational expansion during the peace talks in 2022, which has significantly increased its militant activities. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan, which is witnessing an influx of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists in significant numbers in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s tribal districts, is also facing a threat from … Read more
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an explosion in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul that killed at least four people. Seven others were critically wounded in the attack on October 26, according to Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul police chief. Islamic State affiliates claimed responsibility for the attack in … Read more
Image use for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s military says security forces have raided two militant hideouts in regions near the border with Afghanistan, triggering intense shootouts that left six insurgents dead during the Eid holidays. A military statement said the two raids were conducted earlier on June 30, in Tank and … Read more
File photo of smoke rising from burning aircraft inside Khartoum Airport during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum, Sudan | Photo Credit: Reuters Sudan Army, rival extend truce, despite ongoing clashes Sudan’s Army and its rival paramilitary said on April 30 they will extend a humanitarian cease-fire a further … Read more
A blast hit the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Saturday, police said, killing one person and wounding five a few days after the death of the province’s governor in an explosion claimed by Islamic State. “A blast has taken placed in the second police district of Balkh,” said Mohamad Asif Waziri, Balkh’s police … Read more