Afghan special forces arrest Pak-trained top Daesh terroristsSpecial forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have captured key Daesh members involved in various attacks, seizing weapons and explo...
30 Sep, 2024, 08.48 PM IST
Russia says Islamic State behind deadly Moscow concert hall attackRussia has confirmed that Islamic State coordinated the March concert hall attack in Moscow, the deadliest terror attack in two decades. Th...
24 May, 2024, 12.41 PM IST
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
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
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
Jaishankar represents India at swearing-in of Iran’s President RaisiJaishankar is on a two-day visit to Tehran, his second visit to the Iranian capital in less than one month, reflecting attempts by New Delh...
06 Aug, 2021, 12.22 PM IST
Jaishankar to represent India at Iran president inauguration on Aug 5New Delhi and Tehran have been in close touch over the last few weeks since the Taliban surge in Afghanistan, trying to increase coordinati...
06 Aug, 2021, 09.01 AM IST
UN warns of expanding threat from Daesh, al Qaeda in AfghanistanA new report by the UN Security Council, published on Thursday, said that despite territorial, leadership, manpower and financial losses du...
25 Jul, 2021, 08.11 PM IST
Iran president-elect Ebrahim Raisi has a special connection with IndiaDuring his presidency, Raisi is expected to focus on building wider ties with India including in the economic sphere that could boost New D...
11 Jul, 2021, 09.53 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
National Investigation Agency files charge sheet against five for alleged links to ISIS affiliateThose charge-sheeted include Jahanzaib Sami of Delhi; Hina Bashir, a native of Kashmir; Abdullah Basith, a resident of Hyderabad; and Sadiy...
02 Sep, 2020, 07.25 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
Keralite among Af gurdwara attackers, did it for ‘Muslims in Kashmir’, says ISMuhsin, sources in Indian agencies said, was named in the IS message as Abu Khalid al-Hindi — which also claimed the bombing as an act of r...
28 Mar, 2020, 10.42 AM 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
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
Existence of terror safe havens affect US-Pakistan ties: PentagonThe Pentagon has withheld $300 million in Coalition Support Fund to Pakistan for the current fiscal year ending September 30.
18 Jun, 2016, 10.27 AM 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