Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP)
Islamic State’s Wilayat Khorasan, referring to the historic region in Central Asia (parts of Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), is also known as Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) or ISIS-K.
ISIS spokesperson Mohammad al-Adnani accepted the bayyah, or pledge of allegience, from ISKP’s then leader Hafez Saeed Khan, in January 2015, and proclaimed Wilayat Khorasan to be the Afghanistan/Pakistan wing of ISIS Central.
Despite early attempts by the United States and Pakistan to rout the group, ISKP was able to gain a foothold in parts of Afghanistan, including in the Taliban’s southern stronghold Helmand, provinces in the north like Jowzjan, Sar-e-Pul and Farah in the west, and parts of eastern Nangarhar province.
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Mar- 2018 -23 MarchAsia Pacific
French female ISIS fighter captured in Afghanistan
A French woman fighting for Islamic State in Afghanistan has been detained, Afghan officials said, amid fears that ISIS militants fleeing Syria and Iraq are finding their way to the country
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Casualties reported after suicide bombing in Kabul’s Hazara neighborhood
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Dec- 2017 -18 DecemberAsia Pacific
Militants storm spy training center in Afghan capital
Militants stormed an intelligence agency training center in Kabul on Monday in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
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Afghan forces to launch operation against ISIS in the north
Afghanistan's military plans to launch a major operation to stop the Islamic State group making inroads into the country's northern provinces, officials said Tuesday
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