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The mother of one of the suspects in the bloody attack on a concert hall near Moscow last month wept as she talked about her son.
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The mother of one of the suspects in the bloody attack on a concert hall near Moscow last month wept as she talked about her son.
Less than a year after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan following the chaotic US withdrawal in 2021, US president Joe Biden vowed the country that once harboured Osama bin Laden...
There has been a wave of attacks across Pakistan in recent weeks by militant groups operating in the region that have widely varying objectives.
The devastating March 22 terrorist attack on a packed concert hall in the Moscow suburbs brought Afghanistan abruptly back into the spotlight, as suspicions quickly fell on the ISIS branch in the country.
Two and a half years into their reign, the Afghan Taliban have cemented their ultra-conservative rule across the war-torn country but have yet to turn their fighting force into a traditional military.
The Moscow terror attack could mark the beginning of an even more brutal phase in Russia’s war in Ukraine — even if Ukraine had nothing to do with it. It's also a sign that ISIS-K is making a global comeback.
Sanaullah Ghafari, the 29 year old leader of the Afghan branch of Islamic State, has overseen its transformation into one of the most fearsome branches of the global Islamist network...
The militant group violently opposes the Taliban leaders of Afghanistan, where it is based. It is increasingly targeting foreign foes.
The death toll from an attack on a concert hall in Moscow continues to rise. U.S. officials say they believe an organization known as ISIS-K, or the Islamic State Khorasan Province...
The Islamist group Isis was quick to claim responsibility for Friday’s bloody attack on a Moscow concert hall — yet in his address to the nation after the assault, President Vladimir Putin...