ISIS-K’s modus operandi in Afghanistan appears to be the triggering of a sectarian conflict there ISIS-K stated it was responsible for a suicide attack last Friday at a Shiite mosque in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz that was allegedly carried out by an ethnic Uyghur. Al Jazeera reported that the group …
Read More »Pakistan condemns ‘dastardly attack’ on mosque in Afghanistan | The Express Tribune
Pakistan has condemned the “dastardly attack” on a mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz, which killed at least 55 people on Friday. Scores more victims from the Shia minority community were wounded in the blast, which has not been claimed but appears designed to further destabilise Afghanistan in the …
Read More »Taliban seize two more Afghan provincial capitals | The Express Tribune
The Taliban captured two more provincial capitals on Sunday as they gained ground in their fight to take over Afghanistan’s cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months. The insurgents have snatched up four provincial capitals since Friday in a rapid offensive that appears to have overwhelmed government …
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