This analysis of IS-K was published in 2018 and is not being updated. For a more recent analysis of Islamic State Khorasan from the Transnational Threats Project, please click here. Islamic State ...

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 ...