AQ's global network includes remnants of Afghanistan and Pakistan, al-Nusrah Front Syria, other AQ-linked extremists Syria, AQ in Arabian Peninsula, AQ in Islamic Maghreb, Jama'at Nusrat al- Islam wal- Muslimin, al-Shabaab, and AQ in Indian Subcontinent.. ..…
The displacements occurred as Afghan forces continue to battle the Taliban and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Daesh, ISIL or ISIS) group. Fighting surged this year during ongoing talks between the US and the Taliban about a political solution for the conflict. . ..…
Sirajuddin Haqqani is the leader under Taliban, Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, and is associated with Qaida. According to the UN ISIL, Al- Qaida and Taliban Monitoring Team, quoted in blog post by former to the commander of International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan,..…
Every day that the US military stays in Afghanistan is indeed a victory for the Taliban and terrorist groups like ISIL and Al-Qaeda. ..…
And, the recent Global Terrorism Index from the Department of Homeland Security clearly states that, not Iran, but 'ISIL, Boko Haram, the Taliban and al-Qaeda' are the biggest terrorist threats. ..…
The war on monuments that has broken out in the world, from Taliban and ISIL* terrorist group to Poland, Baltic States and USA, gives lot of food for thought.. ..…
Russia has overtly lent legitimacy to the Taliban. And their narrative goes something like this: that the Taliban are the ones fighting Islamic State [ISIS/ISIL], not the [U.S. ... The Taliban has been combating ISIL-K for territory and influence since the group..…
Danesh conceded that Afghanistan continues to face serious security challenges, particularly from the ever-resilient Taliban and growing the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch in the country. . ..…
. — The Khorasan province, a branch of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, has declared victory over the Taliban in the most recent edition of its propaganda magazine, Dabiq. . ..…
In October, the president decided to keep more than 5,000 troops stationed in Afghanistan after he leaves office to check a resurgent Taliban and budding “IS” branch. . “This new ISIL dynamic is quite troubling and they have their eyes toward Central Asia,” Thomas Johnson, an expert..…
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