An Assessment Of Islamic State’s Threat To Pakistan: Propaganda And Reality

On April 24, the English language branch of Islamic State Khorasan (ISKP) Al-Azaim Media – the official mouthpiece of the outfit – published a new 25-minute-long video titled “The Unrestrained Metastasis within the Body of th...

BNA’s Lynchpin: Shambay Arrested in Intelligence Based Operation – The most high profile arrest in decades

Gulzar Imam alias Shambay, a “high-value target”, “hardcore”, leader and founder of a key Baloch insurgent group, Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA), responsible for dozens of violent attacks in Pakistan, was arrested in a success...

Timeline of Insurgency In Balochistan

A violent insurgency with separatist tendencies broke out in southwestern Balochistan province in the early days of its accession to Pakistan. Baloch-dominated regions of the province, ever since, faced waves of violence with...

A Timeline of ISKP attacks on Shias in 2022

The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) continued its sectarian campaign against Shias in 2022, both in Afghanistan and Pakistan.According to The Khorasan Diary’s database, ISKP has claimed 18 attacks so far that targeted ...

TKD EXCLUSIVE – There Are Only Some Pakistani Refugees in Afghanistan, No Militants: Haqqani

The Afghan Taliban’s Interim Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani, spoke to The Khorasan Diary highlighting the return of Afghans to Afghanistan, denying reports on foreign Jihadists in A...

Marking Targets – Islamic State Khorasan (ISKP) Continues to Vilify Turkey’s Role in the Middle East and Afghanistan

In early December last year, Turkey announced the arrest of two Islamic State (IS) militants accused of plotting an attack inside the country on New Year’s Eve. The detained persons, said to be foreign nationals fro...

Leadership Chaos in AL-Qaeda After Zawahiri

Al-Qaeda is passing through a difficult succession process after the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri in a US drone strike in Kabul on July 31. The appointment of the next leader is the crucial stage as it may pave the way to cre...

ISKP's Uzbek chapter releases latest news bulletin

Islamic State Khorasan (ISKP) mouthpiece Al-Azaim, Uzbek chapter, has published an hour-long audio news bulletin, featuring several speakers as guests.The audio statement is divided into 8 parts, with a brief introduction and...

TKD EXCLUSIVE – Peace process disrupted over Kabul drone attack: TTP chief

Noor Wali Mehsud: “My demand from the Pakistani government is to roll back the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and give FATA a status that was promised by Quaid-i-Azam Mu...