Tag: Daesh
US blacklists three in push against Daesh finance
The US Treasury on Friday placed three men it said were part of Daesh's global financial network on its sanctions blacklist, as it seeks...
Word ‘Daesh’ written on bridge in Peshawar: report
PESHAWAR: Word ‘Daesh’, written with red paint, was spotted on a bridge located on the peripheries of Peshawar on Tuesday, reports a local English...
Key Daesh member killed in Afghanistan airstrike
KABUL: A key member of the Daesh terror group was killed in an airstrike of the US forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan,...
PKK injures 12, Daesh bomber intercepted in separate incidents
AZAZ: Twelve people were injured Friday in attacks by the PYD/PKK at two hospitals in a district of Syria on Turkey’s border.
The PYD/PKK terrorist...
Turkey detains seven suspected Daesh link terrorists
VAN: Seven suspected Daesh terrorists, who were detained late December, were remanded in custody on Thursday, security officials said.
According to a statement from the...
Daesh cells operate in capital of Afghanistan
KABUL: Middle-class Afghans turned extremists have assisted Daesh’s expansion from its stronghold in Afghanistan’s restive east to Kabul, analysts say, and helping to make...
Afghanistan claims Haqqani network behind big attacks in cities, not Daesh
KABUL: Kabul has claimed that big attacks in Afghanistan were being conducted by Haqqani network under the name of Daesh, according to Tolo News.
“For...
Top US commander wants more aggressive Afghan push this year
WASHINGTON: The top American commander for the Middle East wants a more aggressive Afghan military pressuring Taliban and other insurgents over the normally quieter...
US soldier killed, four others wounded in Afghanistan
KABUL: One US soldier has been killed and four others wounded during a "combat engagement” in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, the US military...
Police kill five suspected Daesh terrorists in Karachi
KARACHI: According to reports, five suspected Daesh terrorists were killed on Saturday in a police encounter in Ayub Goth, Karachi.
The suspects were arrested after they...
Surge in violent activities in Balochistan is alarming: analysts
‘Afghanistan, RAW responsible for violence in the province’
'IS through its sympathisers and supporters managing to make roots in Balochistan'
QUETTA: Quetta, the provincial...
French fighters appear with Daesh in Afghanistan
KABUL: French and Algerian fighters, some arriving from Syria, have joined the ranks of the Islamic State group in northern Afghanistan where the militants...
Iraqi PM declares ‘end of war against IS’ in Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday declared victory in a three-year war by Iraqi forces to expel the militant Islamic State (IS) group...
Afghan, US special forces to target insurgents in North Afghanistan
KABUL: Pentagon officials said the United States forces in Afghanistan along the Afghan National Army's (ANA) Special Forces are preparing to eliminate Daesh militants...
IS adopts new strategy to gain foothold in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The Islamic State—also known as Daesh, ISIS, and ISIL—has adopted a new strategy to gain a foothold in Peshawar, according to security forces.
Security...
Teen Daesh supporter caught plotting attack on Bieber concert in UK
LONDON: A British teenager was found guilty of plotting to drive a car into a crowd in the Welsh capital Cardiff, with a Justin...
Islamic State beheads 15 of its own fighters
JALALABAD: Islamic State beheaded 15 of its own fighters due to infighting in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar.
Nangarhar, on the porous border with Pakistan,...
