ISIS
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Afghan military
Taliban Defense Minister: ISIS Controls No Territory in Afghanistan
DID Press: Afghanistan’s caretaker defense minister, Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, said in an interview with Al Jazeera that the country poses no threat to others and that the Islamic State (ISIS) currently holds no territory in Afghanistan. Mujahid stated that Afghanistan’s…
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Government
Revealed: Links between Pakistani Security Agencies and ISIS in Balochistan
DID Press: Pakistani security agencies are leveraging extremist groups, particularly ISIS, to suppress nationalist forces and government critics in Balochistan, claimed an Afghanistani analyst, citing field evidence and media reports. Sangar Pikar, an Afghanistani expert, explored the alleged relationship between…
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News
Four ISIS Members Detained in Uzbekistan
DIDPress: Several members of a group linked to ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) were idedentified and arrested in Namangan city, reported Uzbek security officials. The group was allegedly organized by a 19-year-old girl who had previously studied in Istanbul. According to the website…
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News
ISIS-K Threatens World with “Bloody Battles”
DIDPress: In the ninth issue of its extremist magazine “Voice of Khorasan,” ISIS Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) has once again vowed to wage violent attacks, threatening regional countries and the West. The ISIS-K terrorist group, in the latest publication of its…
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Analysis
Is ISIS Losing Its Power?
DIDPress: The Diplomat magazine reported that, with few exceptions, 2025 has been a relatively quiet year for ISIS-Khorasan (ISKP), the official regional branch of the terrorist group ISIS in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This year, ISKP’s propaganda output has sharply declined,…
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News
ISIS-K Officially Enters the Conflict in Pakistan’s Balochistan
DIDPress: In an op-ed published in Dawn newspaper, analyst Mohammad Amir Rana writes that the gradual and calculated entry of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) into the conflict in Balochistan has further complicated the province’s already fragile security situation.…
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News
Senior ISIS Leader Arrested on Afghan-Pak Border
DIDPress: A senior and wanted leader of the ISIS terrorist group Özgür Altun detained near Afghanistan-Pakistan border in a rare joint operation by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Turkish media reported that Altun, who was…
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Afghanistan
ISIS Claimed Passenger Bus Blast in Capital Kabul
DID Press: At least 7 people were killed and 20 more were injured in an explosion in west of capital Kabul, says Kabul Security Command.
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Afghanistan
Growing Threat of ISIS in Afghanistan and South Asia
ISKP’s “core” territory remains Afghanistan and Pakistan. Although ISKP first emerged as a Pakistani-dominated network, it soon focused on Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Suicide Bombing on Memorial service in Badakhshan
The Islamic State terror group (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a memorial service in northeast Afghanistan that killed at least 18 people and wounded 30 others.
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