The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, officially as the Islamic State, and by its Arabic language acronym Daesh, is a Salafi jihadist militant group and former unrecognised proto-state that follows a fundamentalist, Salafi doctrine of Sunni Islam. Read More
The first-ever 'Loya Jirga' or grand assembly of religious scholars and elders on Saturday called for national support for the Taliban-run "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" and international recognition of the administration. ...
Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday said that the talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will be held only under the framework of the Constitution. ...
India on Monday condemned in the strongest terms the recent "cowardly attack" at the Sikh temple in Kabul, Afghanistan and said it's time that the UN Member States condemned hatred against non-Abrahamic religions as well. ...
Four militants of the Islamic State (IS) group, including the group's leader in Anbar Province, were killed on Sunday in an airstrike in western Iraq, the Iraqi military said. ...