Many of the offshoot groups have carried out lethal attacks. Islamic State-Khorasan, an Afghanistan-based group, is one of the most lethal currently. Attacks linked to that affiliate include the ...

With praise or condemnation, the Central Asian affiliates of both the Islamic State and al-Qaida are exploiting the recent assassination of a Hamas political leader for their own mercenary purposes.

After suffering a string of major defeats in 2019 and 2020, the Islamic State in Khorasan (IS-K) was well past its peak in August 2021 when the Taliban seized control ...

The Islamic State in ‘Khorasan Province’ issued a nearly 12 minute video on March 17 confirming the death of Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim, the jihadist group’s former deputy governor for ‘Khorasan ...