Islamic State Khorasan And The Threats To Sufis

On August 17 2022, a huge explosion targeted the Siddiqiya Mosque in Kabul, claiming more than 20 lives and injuring over 30 others, including the khatib, Maulvi Amir Muhammad Kabuli. While no group claimed responsibility for...

War Of Narratives: Usmani’s Remarks On Armed Struggle In Pakistan Stir Up A Debate

The last two weeks of January were marked by a heated verbal confrontation between religious scholars, jihadist ideologues, and militant leaders. This was sparked by remarks made by Pakistan’s Grand Mufti, Taqi Usmani, regard...

Iqbal Shani Bali Khiara: Pakistan’s Most Wanted Militant Lynchpin Killed

Khiara was a prominent militant commander and planner of several high-profile attacks in Pakistan who used to work for multiple major jihadist outfits in the region. While he had been eluding security forces for years, he was...

TKD EXCLUSIVE – Interview with the Founder of Syria-Based Muhojir Tactical

In November 2022, announced on various social networks and messaging platforms, a new tactical group was founded by Uzbek fighters in the Idlib governorate area, namely Muhojir Tactical.Propaganda concerning Muhojir Tactical ...

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 Afghanistan...