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

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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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Nigerian Army rescues dozens of captives, including children, abducted by Islamic rebels

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“Nigerian security forces have rescued dozens of captives mostly women and children held by Islamic extremist rebels in the country’s hard-hit north-eastern region,” the Army said. The Nigerian Army said, on August 28, that 25 captives were rescued during “clearance operations” by its troops in Borno state’s Gwoza district, a hotbed for the jihadi violence…

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