The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan, ISIS-Khorasan or ISIS-K, is intensifying its recruitment efforts amid the country's ongoing instability, leveraging economic hardship and the Taliban's challenges in consolidating power. The resurgence of ISIS-K has heightened fears among the U.S., United Nations, and regional stakeholders that Afghanistan could once again become a breeding ground for terrorism.…
A witness told state news agency IRNA that he "heard the cries of women" as evening prayers started, and that the "assailant entered the shrine and opened fire".
TEHRAN: At least 15 people were killed Wednesday in an attack on a key Muslim shrine in southern Iran, state media said, with the Daesh group claiming the assault.Pakistan has condemned the act of.