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U.S. AIRSTRIKE KILLS LEADER OF ISLAMIC STATE IN AFGHANISTAN

A U.S. airstrike last month killed Hafiz Sayed Khan, the head of the Islamic State's branch in Afghanistan, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday...

13th August, 2016 1341

aljazeera.com

IN AFGHANISTAN, TALIBAN AND ISIL FIGHTERS HAVE BATTLED OVER TERRITORY IN NANGARHAR, THOUGH BOTH HAVE RECENTLY BEEN MORE BUSY DEFENDING AGAINST US AND AFGHAN ASSAULTS.

Instead, ISIL leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan Hafiz Saeed Khan was killed in the strike...

13th August, 2016 358

seattletimes.com

US DRONE STRIKE KILLED ISLAMIC STATE LEADER IN AFGHANISTAN

Khan had previously been a Tehrik-e Taliban commander, but last year pledged loyalty to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi...

12th August, 2016 0

THE MEMBERS OF THE NAQSH DUO ARE NOT THE FIRST IRANIAN MUSICIANS TO PERFORM INTERNATIONALLY.

By releasing their work through ECM, the Naqsh Duo broke new ground for Iranian musicians on the international scene...

13th June, 2016 94

YOUR TWO DEPUTIES, OF COURSE, ARE MULLAH MOHAMMAD OMAR'S SON, MULLAH MUHAMMAD YAQOUB, AND SARAJUDDIN HAQQANI.

To the new Taliban leader What to expect...

MULLAH AKHTAR MOHAMMAD MANSOUR

AL-QAEDA

MULLAH AKHTAR MOHAMMAD

26th May, 2016 356

IRAQ'S SHI'ITE RIVALRIES RISK TURNING VIOLENT, WEAKENING WAR ON ISLAMIC STATE

After a string of deadly bombings in Baghdad last week claimed by Islamic State, politicians from Badr and Sadr's bloc accused each other of complicity...

RIVAL SHI'ITE MILITIAMEN

SADR

17th May, 2016 37

AL QAEDA RE-EMERGES AS CHALLENGE FOR U.S., NATO IN AFGHANISTAN

Unlike al Qaeda, Islamic State is fiercely opposed to the Taliban and has directed most of its attacks against them rather than Afghan forces...

15th April, 2016 62

Trending News Headlines : Khorasan

AFGHAN INTELLIGENCE COMMANDOS

WE'VE BEEN CLEAR THAT COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS REMAIN A PART OF OUR MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN, REAR ADM.

On Saturday, coalition officials announced that a precision strike resulted in the death of two individuals threatening the force in the Achin district of eastern Afghanistan...

OFFICIAL

AMERICAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS

12th February, 2015 2705

HE WAS RELEASED IN 2005, AND JOINED THE PAKISTANI TALIBAN BEFORE DEFECTING TO THE NEW ISLAMIC STATE BRANCH.

Below her village Bagh in the Maamand Valley in eastern Afghanistan has been gutted by the Islamic State militants who overran it three months ago...

ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS

13th October, 2015 2511

LEADER OF QAEDA CELL KILLED IN AIRSTRIKE IN SYRIA PENTAGON SAYS

His death was announced in a Pentagon statement describing Thursday's operation which American officials said was a drone strike...

18th October, 2015 1583

AFGHAN INTELLIGENCE COMMANDOS

QAEDA LEADER IN SYRIA IS KILLED IN AIRSTRIKE US SAYS

Officials fear that the Khorasan militants could provide these sophisticated explosives to their Western recruits, who could sneak them onto United States-bound flights...

22nd July, 2015 1010

WE'VE BEEN CLEAR THAT COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS REMAIN A PART OF OUR MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN, REAR ADM.

On Saturday, coalition officials announced that a precision strike resulted in the death of two individuals threatening the force in the Achin district of eastern Afghanistan...

OFFICIAL

AMERICAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS

13th February, 2015 706

SANAFI AL-NASR THE HIGHEST RANKING LEADER OF THE NETWORK OF VETERAN AL-QAEDA OPERATIVES SOMETIMES CALLED THE KHORASAN GROUP WAS KILLED THURSDAY THE PENTAGON SAID.

U.S. Al-Qaeda leader killed in Syrian airstrike...

SENIOR KHORASAN GROUP

SANAFI AL-NASR

SYRIA

18th October, 2015 585

TRADITIONAL ANTI-WESTERN STANCE

WASHINGTON THE LEADER OF THE AL-QAEDA AFFILIATE IN SYRIA WITH A HISTORY OF ATTACKS AGAINST U.S.

Officials said Khorasan, an al-Qaeda offshoot, was in the final stages of preparing attacks on American or European targets...

21st July, 2015 194

ACHIN FELL TO FIGHTERS LOYAL TO SAEED LAST MONTH AFTER HEAVY CLASHES WITH TALIBAN MILITANTS.

According to Afghan intelligence agency Hafez Saeed was killed late on Friday in the Achin district of Nangarhar province late on Friday...

13th July, 2015 68

SUICIDE BOMBING AT PAKISTANI POLIO CENTRE KILLS AT LEAST 15, OFFICIALS SAY

The Pakistani Taliban also claimed responsibility in a statement released by their spokesman, Mohammad Khorasani...

13th January, 2016 37

japantimes.co.jp

PENTAGON SAYS KHORASAN GROUP LEADER AL-NASR KILLED IN SYRIAN AIRSTRIKE

Al-Nasr was a longtime jihadi experienced in funneling money and fighters for al-Qaida...

AL-NASR ORGANIZED ROUTES

SANAFI AL-NASR

18th October, 2015 32

japantimes.co.jp

SENIOR KHORASAN GROUP LEADER IN SYRIA TAKEN OUT BY U.S. AIRSTRIKE PENTAGON

Al-Fadhli was a leader of the Khorasan Group, a cadre of al-Qaida operatives who were sent from Pakistan to Syria to plot attacks on the West...

22nd July, 2015 11

LIKE THE PARLIAMENT, THE ASSEMBLY IS IN THE HANDS OF HARD-LINERS.

Supporters of Rouhani, who championed the nuclear deal, are pitted against hardliners close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...

ALI KHAMENEI

IRAN

AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI

SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI

PARLIAMENT

27th February, 2016 1

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AMERICAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS

TALIBAN SPOKESPERSON ZABIHULLAH

BY BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE, THE AFGHAN MILITARY WERE MORE SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR AGAINST THE TALIBAN THAN IN 2015, WHEN THEY LOST 5,000 MEN, NICHOLSON SAID.

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10th August, 2016 50

BY LAUNCHING STRIKES LIKE THE ONE IN KABUL, THE MILITANT GROUP MAY BE TRYING TO GAIN ATTENTION AND SUPPORT FROM THE ISLAMIC STATE'S LEADERSHIP IN SYRIA.

Globally the Islamic State has proven its ability to launch terror attacks even as it is losing territory...

25th July, 2016 6

VIDEO EMERGES OF GERMAN TRAIN ATTACKER PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO ISILA

A purported video of the teenage Afghan refugee who attacked passengers on a German train with an axe has emerged...

TEENAGE AFGHAN REFUGEE

19th July, 2016 811

GHANI HAS ACCUSED PAKISTAN OF HARBOURING TALIBAN LEADERS, AN ALLEGATION THAT ISLAMABAD DENIES.

Afghan official No plans to revive Taliban peace talks...

ISLAMABAD

14th July, 2016 20

REPORTS TALIBAN SUICIDE ATTACK ON AFGHAN POLICE CONVOY KILLS UP TO 40

A Taliban suicide attack struck a police convoy outside the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 50, according to media reports...

TALIBAN SPOKESMAN ZABIHULLAH

PAKISTAN

TALIBAN SUICIDE ATTACK

30th June, 2016 52

NAMING OF NEW TALIBAN CHIEF SEEN DIMMING OBAMA'S HOPES FOR AFGHAN PEACE TALKS

Late last year, Obama announced he would keep 9,800 U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan through most of 2016...

UNITED STATES

TALIBAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

26th May, 2016 72

nbcnews.com

MULLAH ABDUL JABBBAR, A TALIBAN COMMANDER IN NANGARHAR, SAID VILLAGERS HAD BECOME TIRED WITH ISIS BECAUSE OF ITS HARSH TREATMENT OF CIVILIANS.

ISIS Fighters in Afghanistan Defect Over Violence Taliban...

AFGHAN ISIS COMMANDERS

ISIS

15th May, 2016 3

MR. GHANI HAS TAKEN PAINS TO PERSUADE PAKISTAN'S LEADERSHIP, PARTICULARLY ITS POWERFUL MILITARY, TO BRING THE INSURGENT LEADERS TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.

But the Taliban were quick to respond their spokesmen posted on Twitter live during Mr. Ghani's address...

PRESIDENT ASHRAF GHANI

25th April, 2016 187

aljazeera.com

IT COMES TWO DAYS AFTER ISLAMABAD HOSTED A MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES TO RESTART A PEACE PROCESS WITH THE TALIBAN.

Nine civilians, including seven children, were killed in August 2013 when suicide bombers targeted the Indian consulate in Jalalabad...

7th March, 2016 120

DOHA PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN'S TALIBAN WANT TO BE REMOVED FROM A U.N.

Taliban want removal from U.N. blacklist before peace talks...

AFGHANISTAN

TALIBAN LEADER MULLAH

23rd January, 2016 78

smh.com.au

SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS AT LEAST 10 IN NORTHWEST PAKISTAN, TALIBAN CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY

Photo AP Last month, a suicide bomber attacked a government office in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 23 people...

PAKISTAN

TALIBAN SENIOR COMMANDER

TALIBAN SPLINTER GROUP

19th January, 2016 2

PAKISTANI CAPITAL ISLAMABAD

ONE DAY ONLY OFFICIALS FROM AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES MEET.

Post to Facebook Four-way Afghan peace talks to resume One day only Officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States meet...