Gujarat ATS arrests three with links to Islamic StateThe ATS said they acted on a tip off and arrested the men-identified as Ubed Nasir Mir, Hannan Hayat Shol and Mohammad Hajim Shah, all resi...
11 Jun, 2023, 12.14 AM IST
ISIL-K threatened to launch terrorist attacks against embassies of India, China, and Iran in Afghanistan: UN reportThe report said that ISIL-K had positioned itself as the "primary rival" to the Taliban and was reportedly set to portray the Taliban as in...
09 Feb, 2023, 10.36 AM IST
Taliban size up the threat from a tenacious IS-KThe latest atrocity claimed by Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) killed at least 19 people Tuesday, including a senior Taliban commander at a m...
03 Nov, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
Taliban size up the threat from a tenacious IS-KIslamic State in Khorasan is a broader Islamic State group. It was officially founded in 2014, when Sunni extremists fighting insurgencies ...
10 Oct, 2021, 06.19 PM IST
The looming threat: Taliban-IS-K-Haqqani cocktail sets alarm bells ringing in IndiaThere are strong links between IS-K and the pro-Pak Haqqani network, which is closely linked to the Taliban. The man now in charge of secur...
01 Sep, 2021, 02.48 PM IST
Why India must be watchful against the ‘Islamic State vs Taliban’ narrativeThe speed with which US sources have been blaming the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) — the self-proclaimed branch of IS active in the Khoras...
27 Aug, 2021, 11.41 PM IST
What is the Islamic State Khorasan?Here’s what we know about the group that claimed credit for the attack.
27 Aug, 2021, 09.04 PM IST
Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?President Joe Biden cited the threat of Islamic State attacks in sticking with a Tuesday deadline for pulling U.S. forces out of Afghanista...
27 Aug, 2021, 02.46 PM IST
What is the Islamic State threat in Afghanistan?The bombings, claimed by the regionally based Islamic State-Khorosan or IS-K, killed scores of people including 13 US soldiers, and were ca...
27 Aug, 2021, 10.54 AM IST
Government has info that some individuals, including from South, joined IS: MoS HomeUnion Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered 17 cases related to the presenc...
16 Sep, 2020, 01.22 PM IST
Afghanistan refuses to extradite regional Islamic head chief to PakistanPakistan had requested his custody for further investigation as the leader of leader of the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), an a...
14 Apr, 2020, 03.28 PM IST
Delhi Police detains couple linked to ISIS for instigating anti-CAA protestsThey (couple) have been identified as Jahanjeb Sami and his wife Hina Bashir Beg, said Pramod Singh Kushwah, Deputy Commissioner of Police ...
08 Mar, 2020, 05.23 PM IST
Indians among ISIL-K foreign fighters who surrendered to Afghan authorities: UN reportThe UN Security Council's 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee in May last year blacklisted Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan (ISI...
03 Feb, 2020, 03.19 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh train blast: 'Mastermind' Al-Qasim, a self-proclaimed India 'emir' of ISIS 'Khorasan group'The "mastermind" of the train terror strike has been identified as Atif Mujaffar alias Al-Qasim, a well-off engineering student from Aligar...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.42 PM IST
Government bans new offshoots of al-Qaeda, ISIS under anti-terror lawTwo terror outfits were suspected of radicalising youths for 'global jihad' and encouraging terror acts on Indian interests.
21 Jun, 2018, 05.49 PM IST
Islamic State: The rise and the attacks worldwideThe ‘Khorasan Province’ of the Islamic State caliphate engulfs India, Pakistan and other neighbouring nations. It sees itself to be a world...
26 Nov, 2015, 04.46 AM IST
New terror group 'Khorasan' could pose more direct threat to US, Europe: OfficialsMembers of the cell are said to be particularly interested in devising terror plots using concealed explosives. It is unclear who, besides ...
21 Sep, 2014, 06.37 PM IST