Tag: ISIL
In Pakistan, wounds of Peshawar school attack reopen each winter
Ajoon Khan remembers that brisk December morning in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar vividly, as if it were yesterday, Al Jazeera reported.
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Christians claim they are being forced out of Quetta by ISIL...
QUETTA: Christians say they are being driven from one of Pakistan’s major cities after a string of deadly terrorist attacks claimed by Islamic State...
Pakistan, Afghanistan ISIL’s next target: Iranian intelligence minister
TEHRAN: Iranian Intelligence Minister Seyed Mahmoud Alavi warned that the ISIL terrorist group which has sustained heavy defeats in Iraq and Syria is now...
Bangladeshi NYC subway attacker ‘was inspired by ISIL Christmas attacks’
NEW YORK CITY: The Bangladeshi suspect in Monday’s pipe bomb explosion beneath New York’s Times Square is an angry former limousine driver who learned to...
Documents reveal how ISIL ran areas under its control in Iraq
Documents from ISIL-held areas in Iraq have shed light on the armed group's tough rules of internal governance and the fate awaiting fighters who...
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.
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Islamic State’s growing influence in Afghanistan threat to Pakistan
PESHAWAR: The militant organisation Islamic State (IS)—also known as Daesh, ISIL, ISIS—has begun armed resistance against the Afghanistan government in almost all 15 districts of...
Why do Europeans join ISIS?
Why do Europeans join ISIS or ISIL? That’s a question that keeps coming up and bewilders governments, intelligence agencies, and counter-terrorism experts alike.
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