CEP reports on the security situation in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s takeover of the country in August 2021, focusing on the risks emanating from the country and implications for global terrorism. CEP also monitors online content from affiliates of al-Qaeda and ISIS, particularly Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP).
September 12 ISIS-K massacre, between Daikandi and Ghor provinces in central Afghanistan, of Hazara Shiites who were returning from a pilgrimage to Karbala. Attacks on Pakistani police officers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who have been protesting the lack...
September 2 attack on the Taliban public prosecutor's office. The head of the Taliban's prison system announced that they were holding 11,000 detainees, including 1,000 women and 800 children. The Taliban falsely claimed to have killed an ISIS-K...
A Taliban vehicle was attacked on August 22 in Nangarhar, killing and wounding several. Explosions occurred in Kabul which were reported on August 17 and August 22. Shiites were killed by unknown individuals in Herat and Ghor. The United Arab...
One person was killed and 13 injured in an attack on a bus in Kabul. ISIS claimed responsibility, asserting that they had killed Shiites. Taliban and Pakistani border guards fought in the Torkham area. The Taliban condemned a commander who advocated...
The Taliban have received funding from the international community and continue to seek to please international donors. The Taliban want friendship and cooperation with Russia, the United States, and China. The Taliban lie about attacks committed...
Posts accuse the Taliban of committing extrajudicial executions and torture.
Pakistani Shiites have been fighting with Sunnis in Parachinar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Taliban protects Shiites in Afghanistan. Unidentified gunmen attacked United Nations personnel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Taliban members are accused of drug use and...
The Taliban want friendship and cooperation with Russia and Iran. Posts accuse Afghan Shiites of killing Sunnis in Syria. The Taliban mimic the U.S. in their raiding of homes and embrace of capitalism. The Taliban have arrested Uyghur fighters in...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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