The rise of Isis-K, the Islamist terrorist group with ‘merciless’ tactics

Last week it claimed responsibility for the ‘dramatic assault’ on Kabul airport – an attack that killed up to 170 people

Tributes to the victims of the 26 August suicide bombing at Kabul airport, displayed on a street in Mumbai
Tributes to the victims of the 26 August suicide bombing at Kabul airport, displayed on a street in Mumbai
(Image credit: Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images)

Until recently, few people had even heard of the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (Isis-K), said Raffaello Pantucci in The Daily Telegraph. The Islamist group – which takes its name from a historical region encompassing parts of Iran, Afghanistan and other bits of central Asia – is thought to have been behind “some of the most atrocious massacres in recent years in Afghanistan”.

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