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A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan targeting the region’s Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch in their stronghold of eastern Nangarhar province killed top Pakistani Taliban-linked jihadist Umar Khalifa on July 9 along with four other terrorists, according to the Pentagon and officials from Pakistan.

Afghan forces deployed to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have reportedly taken heavy artillery from Pakistani troops amid intensifying clashes between the two countries that have killed at least two people and wounded nearly 25 others.

A 21-year-old Afghan was “skinned alive” by the Taliban, who also ripped out his eyes, in “retaliation” for the death of one of its former commanders allegedly at the hands of a distant relative of the victim, The Washington Post (WaPo) has learned from a local lawmaker.

The “covert” relationship between Sunni Taliban jihadists in Afghanistan and Shiite state-sponsor of terrorism Iran has endured as a “marriage of convenience” for over a decade, primarily due to their mutual disdain towards the United States, according to various reports.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is attempting to expand its presence in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reports, citing a lawmaker from the eastern Afghan province Ghazni.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is reportedly seeking to recruit individuals with sophisticated skills as it expands its foothold in Pakistan.

U.S. Army Gen. John W. “Mick” Nicholson has assumed command of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan in the midst of a vicious Taliban resurgence and a growing Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) presence.

The United States has reportedly conducted nearly a dozen operations in the past three weeks against jihadists linked to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch in Afghanistan known as the Khorasan Province (ISIL-K), a testament to the U.S. military’s ongoing combat mission in the country.

A group of armed men brutally pummeled local freelance reporter Yahya Jawahar Sunday night when they attacked his residence in northern Afghanistan’s Balkh province.

A large number of people in India are ready to join the brutal terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and wage jihad against their own country, the second most populous in the world, reports Zee News, citing unnamed sources.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. military fighting the war in Afghanistan, now in its 15th year, has been drawn into combat against a resilient Taliban a year after President Obama said American troops had ceased their combat mission in the country, reports a watchdog agency appointed by Congress.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani vowed, in an exclusive interview with BBC, to “bury” the growing Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch in Afghanistan, known as the Khorasan Province (ISIL-K).

The White House has granted the Pentagon legal authority to take offensive action against the Islamic State (ISIS/IS) branch in Afghanistan called Khorasan Province (ISIL-K), reports The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing unnamed senior Obama administration officials.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Khorasan province, a branch of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, has declared victory over the Taliban in the most recent edition of its propaganda magazine, Dabiq.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Nangarhar, which has become the jihadist group’s primary stronghold in the country.

Russia is cooperating with the Taliban to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Afghanistan, Interfax news agency reports, citing a senior Russian diplomat.

Protesters in Afghanistan stormed the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday, carrying the coffins of seven civilians from the Hazara Shiite minority, recently beheaded by Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)-linked terrorists.