military officer for operations in Afghanistan, made a passing reference to the "operationally emergent" group, bolstered by some foreign fighters, during congressional testimony as a part of his argument for why the U.S. should send more troops to Afghanistan. This came despite objections from ...
On September 18, ISIS-K fully resumed operations, according to Ex-Trac, with 22 attacks in just 11 days that primarily targeted the Taliban and civilians. The violence "proves the claims wrong that the Taliban's military ascendency has ended the war in Afghanistan," former Pakistani lawmaker...
but these final operations are taking place under extremely dangerous conditions. 但这些最后的行动在极其危险的条件下进行。 President Biden is warning that another terrorist attack in Afghanistan is highly likely. 拜登总统警告称,阿富汗很可能再次发生恐怖袭击。 This follows the attack on Thursday at the...
the “commander” said “instead of currently operating, we have turned to recruiting only, to utilize the opportunity and to do our recruitment. But when the foreigners and people of the world leave Afghanistan, we can restart our operations.” ...
Nagata, now a distinguished senior fellow on National Security at the Middle East Institute, witnessed the rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria first-hand in 2014 while serving as the commander of U.S. Special Operations Forces in the Middle East. He said that a Navy Seal he knows summed up ...
People gather around a destroyed vehicle where rockets were fired from in Kabul. Credit: AP “The president was informed that operations continue uninterrupted at HKIA, and has reconfirmed his order that commanders redouble their efforts to prioritize doing whatever is necessary to protect our forces...
In a press briefing last week, General Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, said the U.S. was closely monitoring the threat of a vehicular suicide bomb in a small car or a large truck. Afghanistan: The New Reality More Kabul explosion kills Afghan Taliban regime's ministe...
“After I deleted it, he would contact me with another username.” Several of the detainees refer to Rustam as an external operations and explosives director for ISIS-K. Last week, 13 of the accused in this case were sentenced for between six to 10 years for involvement in the p...