Tag: jihadist

A mysterious writer making propaganda for an Afghan branch of ISIS claimed to be based somewhere in Canada which, experts say, could be cause for concern for authorities. Voice of Khurasan, an online publication used by the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISIS-K), which is suspected of being behind the Moscow attack ...

With the Israel-Hamas war now in its third month, the UN General Assembly vote this week demanding a ceasefire in Gaza shows how global opinion is shifting as the civilian death toll continues to rise.In late October, Canada abstained when another resolution calling for a humanitarian truce in Gaza ...

Officials said initial investigations suggested Islamic State could be behind the attack, and officers were still investigating. The explosion coincides with a visit to the country by a senior delegation of Chinese officials. Source link

#Pakistan News 37-year-old Islam Shakhbanov, who came to Syria from Dagestan, one of the autonomous republics of Russia, in 2015 and fought against the regime forces for five years as part of the Faylak al-Sham group, hanged his gun and opened a sushi restaurant in Idlib. According to the ...

After the FATF announced on June 17 that it was satisfied Pakistan had done enough to warrant removal from its “grey list” by October, Khar was asked by journalists whether Islamabad would stick to its commitment to shut down anti-India groups like JuD, or allow them to resurface after ...

Islamabad , May 9 (ANI): The Pakistani Army is using jihadist assets to target separatist groups in Balochistan who have been opposing the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for exploiting the province's resources and denying locals any share. However, the recent killing of three Chinese workers in the Karachi ...

A fast-escalating wave of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan by the regional chapter of Islamic State (Isis) suggests the jihadist group is methodically exploiting political opportunities to establish itself as the pre-eminent resistance to the Taliban regime in Kabul and its allies in Pakistan.Since the departure of United ...

Eight days after a suicide bomber slaughtered scores of people at Kabul airport, the Taliban allowed a cricket match to be played in the Afghan capital. Players were drawn from among the best Afghan cricketers. Some 4,000 spectators attended—each patted down at the gates by Taliban guards. The enthusiastic ...

There is growing concern among Pakistani officials about security in neighbouring Afghanistan, as the Taliban tries to form a government and stabilise the country following the departure of US and other foreign forces.Islamabad is particularly worried about militant fighters from a separate, Pakistani Taliban group crossing from Afghanistan and ...

The Taliban’s military victory in Afghanistan is only the start of the group’s problems. The new government will fail because the Taliban cannot be pragmatic and ideological at the same time. Efforts by the Afghan jihadist movement to strike a balance will be exploited by ISIS—a transnational jihadist movement—and ...