Afghanistan Terrorism Report: March 2023

Following is the March 2023 installment of “Afghanistan Terrorism Report.” The authors provide a monthly analysis concerning the developing terrorist threat in Afghanistan as well as a comprehensive overview of that month’s al-Qaeda and ISIS-K...

"According to the nonprofit, international policy Counter Extremism Project, Hurras al-Din formed in February 2018 with the merger of seven Syrian rebel factions with 10 more groups, all affiliated with al-Qaida, joining shortly after."

"New evidence is emerging that terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan are stealing humanitarian donations intended for people suffering from disasters. Also, social media companies are turning a blind eye to their terrorist activities. In this...

ICYMI: 4R Network Launches Member Workshop Series

Last Wednesday, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) hosted the first in a series of 26 online workshops for members of the Radicalization, Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Recidivism Network (4R Network), a network of stakeholders that facilitates...

"'Violence is the underlying feature of all of this,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, an analyst for the Counter Extremism Project, a non-profit that combats extremist groups. 'If you're training people in combat sports in this capacity, it seems like a...

"Hany Farid, senior adviser for the Counter Extremism Project and a computer-science professor at UC Berkeley, provided me with a different car analogy involving a landmark case that wrought reform in the auto industry. The first round of Ford Pinto...

Extremist Content Online: Content Glorifying The Christchurch Terrorist Attack Still Available On Twitter

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located multiple posts glorifying the...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "While regulators and policymakers dither and try to decide if cryptocurrencies have a future in the economy, early adopters, including terrorists and violent extremists, are exploiting a law...

"The leaders of these active clubs also maintain connections with several pre-existing far-right groups, some of whom have perpetrated hate crimes. 'Violence is the underlying feature of all of this,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, an analyst for the...

"In 2022, Twitter found itself under pressure to cancel accounts linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. At first it resisted, telling the Counter Extremism Project that @igrciran hadn’t violated its policies, even though it had tweeted a...