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IS-Khorasan’s attacks in Russia, Iran point to an Islamic State resurgence | Analysis

March 26, 2024 admin

In June 2015, a few months after the Islamic State (IS) announced the establishment of its Wilayat Khorasan (Khorasan Province), the Taliban wrote a letter to the then IS chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, asking him to stop recruiting jihadists in Afghanistan. The letter, signed by the then political committee chief of the Taliban, Mullah Akhtar…

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Congress condemns terror attack in Moscow; says terrorism biggest threat to humanity, peace

March 23, 2024 admin

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Congress on March 23 condemned the “dastardly” terror attack in Moscow and said “we strongly stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Russia”. “Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on March 22 and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing more…

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Deadliest jihadist attacks in Europe since 2004

March 11, 2024 admin

A police officer inspects a deadbody after the shooting attack, outside the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, France, Friday, in 2015. | Photo Credit: AP On March 11, Spain marks 20 years since Europe’s worst Islamist attack when militants claiming to be acting on behalf of Al-Qaeda bombed commuter trains in Madrid, killing 192 people…

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Islamic State group claims responsibility for an explosion in Afghanistan, killing four

October 28, 2023 admin

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…

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French prosecutor says alleged attacker in school stabbing declared allegiance to Islamic State

October 17, 2023 admin

An empty classroom as schoolchildren and educators observe a moment of silence outside at the College Gaston Defferre in Marseille, southern France, on Oct. 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP France’s anti-terror prosecutor said Tuesday that a suspected Islamic extremist declared allegiance to the Islamic State group before fatally stabbing a teacher in a school attack…

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Blast strikes Shia mosque during Friday prayers in northern Afghanistan

October 13, 2023 admin

A blast struck a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in Afghanistan’s north, a police spokesperson said. He confirmed there were casualties but did not give a figure or other details about the incident. Taliban footage from the mosque in the city of Pol-e-Khomri, the provincial capital of Baghlan, showed debris strewn over a red-carpeted floor,…

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Mali military camp is attacked a day after 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed in assaults

September 8, 2023 admin

“A military camp in Mali’s restive north was attacked on September 8, a day after two separate assaults by al-Qaeda-linked insurgents killed 49 civilians and 15 government soldiers,” the military said. “Response and evaluation in progress,” the armed forces said in a brief statement about Friday’s attack on a Malian military camp in the Gao…

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