ISIS used as an excuse to stifle dissent in Central Asia
A few days after the attack in late July, the Tajik President blamed an opposition party, banned in 2015, for the attack. Alleged extremists have...
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Young couple trying to prove human kindness killed by ISIS terrorists
An idealistic young couple, Jay Austin and Lauren Geogehan, both in their late 20s, were among four cyclists killed in Tajikistan in July in an...
Terrorist Threat: Families of ISIS terrorists return to North Caucasus
Since December 2017, following the military defeat of the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), several hundred Russian citizens,...
Kazakh woman is sentenced to nine years for planning to join ISIS terrorist group
A court in central Kazakhstan has sentenced a 30-year-old woman to nine years in prison on charges that she was planning to join the Islamic...
Taliban attack on Afghan hotel leaves 18 people dead and many others injured
A Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan's capital killed at least 18 people and pinned security forces down for more than 13 hours...
About 400 citizens of Kazakhstan were recruited by ISIS terrorist group
Approximately 400 young people in Kazakhstan have been recruited by ISIS, said Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan. "We are working with all the world, with
Report: Tracking Southeast Asia’s terror financing
As Islamic State targets the region as its next theater of destruction, authorities are grappling with how to stem its underground cash flows. Counterterrorism expert