Armed conflict

Afghanistan: Islamic State

2015 – 2025 · 34.14° N, 70.48° E

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When
2015 – 2025
Kind
Armed conflict
Deaths
10,694
Coordinates
34.14° N, 70.48° E
Incompatibility
territory
Type of conflict
intrastate
Types of conflict
internationalized intrastate, intrastate
Territory name
Islamic State
Region
Asia
Location
Afghanistan

Placed at the middle of its 1,785 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).

Islamic State – Khorasan Province

Islamic State branch in Central Asia, Iran, and Northwest Pakistan

The Islamic State – Khorasan Province is a regional branch of the Salafi jihadist group Islamic State (IS) active in Central and South Asia, primarily Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. ISIS–K seeks to destabilize and replace current governments within the historic Greater Khorasan region encompassing modern-day Central Asian polities, with the goal of establishing a caliphate, governed under a strict…

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