Islamic State – Khorasan Province

Islamic State – Khorasan Province
الدَّوْلَةُ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةُ وِلَايَةُ خُرَاسَانَ
LeadersWali:
  • Hafiz Saeed Khan † (2015 – Jul 2016)
  • Abdul Haseeb Logari † (2016 – Apr 2017)
  • Abdul Rahman Ghaleb † (Apr–Jul 2017)
  • Abu Saad Erhabi † (Jul 2017 – Aug 2018)
  • Abu Omar al-Khorasani Executed (Aug 2018 – Apr 2019)
  • Mawlawi Aslam Farooqi Executed (Apr 2019 – Apr 2020)
  • Shahab al-Muhajir (Apr 2020 – Present)

Known leaders:

  • Sultan Aziz Azam[1]
  • Maulawi Rajab[1]
  • Maulawi Habib ur Rahman
  • Dawood Ahmad Sofi
  • Ishfaq Ahmed Sofi
  • Mohamed Zahran
  • Mufti Nemat Surrendered
  • Qari Hekmat †
Dates of operation26 January 2015[2]–present
HeadquartersAchin District, Afghanistan (de facto, originally)
Active regions
Size4,000–6,000 (UN)[3]
Part of Islamic State[4]
AlliesSubgroups
  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (since 2015)
  • Jundallah (2014–2017)
Groups
  • Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (claimed by Tajik government)
  • Tehreek-e-Khilafat (Pakistan)[5]
  • Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (Aug 2014 – Mar 2015)
  • National Thowheeth Jama'ath (2016 – May 2019)
  • Gansu Hui Group (China)[6]
OpponentsNon-state opponents

State opponents

Battles and warsOperation Khyber
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
  • Nangarhar offensive
  • Mohmand Valley raid
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • Balkhab uprising

ISIS-K (Arabic: الدَّوْلَةُ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةُ  وِلَايَةُ خُرَاسَانَ) is a branch of the Islamic State militant group active in Asia, mostly in Afghanistan. ISIS-K's goal is to overthrow governments in the Khorasan province and form a Islamic state under Islamic law. The group formed from a merger of 137 militant groups who then went to join the Al-Nusra Front and later returned back to the Khorasan area to spread Islam and do jihad in the area.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 "US sanctions four ISIS-K operatives working in Afghanistan". alarabia.net. 22 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "IS announces expansion into AfPak, parts of India". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Spotlight on Global Jihad (June 15–21, 2023)". Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Centre. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Afghanistan airport attack: Who are IS-K?". BBC News. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Pakistani Terror Group Declares Allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's Caliphate".
  6. ↑ "Wilayat Khorasan: Past and Present Dynamics in the Af-Pak Region". 12 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "TTP blames Pakistan's puppets "ISKP" for deadly Bajaur attack".
  8. ↑ "Turkistan Islamic Party leader criticizes the Islamic State's 'illegitimate' caliphate".
  9. ↑ "ISIS reportedly moves into Afghanistan, is even fighting Taliban". 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "IS claims responsibility for Quetta attack, 31 killed". India Today. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Alokozay, Khalid; Mashal, Mujib (13 January 2016). "ISIS Claims Assault That Killed 7 Near Pakistani Consulate in Afghanistan". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Hawramy, Fazel (8 June 2018). "Iran faces new threat as Kurdish jihadis join IS in Afghanistan". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  13. ↑ "Islamic State: renewed bay'ah from Khorasan province – IFI Monitoring". 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019.
  14. ↑ "UK says 'ready' to launch strikes against ISIS-K in Afghanistan". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "Australian National Security Website". Australian National Security Website.
  16. ↑ "Currently listed entities". Public Safety Canada. December 16, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  17. ↑ Giustozzi, Antonio (August 2018). The Islamic State in Khorasan: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and The New Central Asian Jihad. United Kingdom: C. Hurst & Co. ISBN 9781849049641.
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