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Financial Tribune
April 17, 2018
About 532,000 tons of commodities worth over $150 million were exported from the northeastern Iranian province of North Khorasan in the last fiscal (ended March 20, 2018), registering a decrease of 27% in terms of volume and an increase of 59% in value compared to the year before. The announcementÃâà...
Samaa Web Desk
April 16, 2018
The Khorasan branch of the so-called Islamic State, also known as Daesh Khorasan, has claimed responsibility for all three attacks. Security forces deny the organized presence of the IS in Balochistan. “No organized network of Daesh exists in Balochistan,” DIG Quetta Abdul Razzaq Cheema told SAMAAÃâà...
Tehran Times
April 16, 2018
Upon an agreement reached between the Louvre and the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization, the exhibit will be transferred to the Khorasan Great Museum in Mashhad, northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, after it comes to an end in Tehran, CHTN quoted Mohammadreza Kargar,Ãâà...
Washington Examiner
April 16, 2018
Afghan Special Security Forces, accompanied by U.S. special operations troops, killed 22 Islamic State-Khorasan fighters in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 11, according to the headquarters for U.S.-Afghanistan forces. “The recent Afghan and U.S. special operations raid will lead to the tactical defeat of IS-K inÃâà...
Tehran Times
April 16, 2018
The ancient mosque is adjacent to the ruins of a caravanserai, a public bathhouse, a bazaar and other historical sites in Razavi Khorasan Province. Most of the architectural elements of the site date from the Ghaznavid era (977–1186). Sang-Bast is where Iran's earliest brick minaret stands, the report said.
New York Times
April 9, 2018
Mr. Hekmatullah was a key commander of the Islamic State in Khorasan, or IS-K, as the Afghan and Pakistani branch of the Islamic State is known. General Nicholson described the killing as a joint operation between American Special Operations troops and Afghan Special Security Forces, and said it wasÃâà...
The Jamestown Foundation
April 6, 2018
IS-Khorasan chose to base itself in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province, a strategic location bordering Pakistan's tribal areas. Its recruits came from both sides of the porous border and could easily escape a surgical strike or military operation by fleeing to either side of the Durand line. It took them only a fewÃâà...
Financial Tribune
April 3, 2018
Abolfazl Mokarramifar, director of Khorasan Razavi's ICHHTO office, declared that his province is fully prepared to welcome tourists and pilgrims from Georgia and intends to introduce its capacities in a weeklong cultural event in that country. Premium. To continue reading this article log in to your account,Ãâà...
ABC News
March 30, 2018
ISIS-K, which stands for ISIS-Khorasan, is the branch of the terrorist group operating in Afghanistan. "The tactical defeat of ISIS-K fighters in Jowzjan is the most recent in a series of Afghan and U.S. [special operations forces] counterterrorism successes targeting ISIS-K in northern Afghanistan this year," theÃâà...
smallwarsjournal (blog)
March 29, 2018
Afghan officials have been warning for months about the flow of 3,000 foreign fighters, many of whom had been coming from Pakistan and Uzbekistan to join the Islamic State terror group's Afghan affiliate, IS-Khorasan. Now, officials are warning of a new surge of jihadists, many coming to Afghanistan from places like IraqÃâà...
CNN
March 29, 2018
Washington (CNN) Dramatic new video released by the US military on Tuesday reveals rare footage of American special operators and Afghan Special Security Forces conducting a nighttime raid targeting ISIS-affiliated fighters in Afghanistan -- footage that the Pentagon said documents the latest in a stringÃâà...
The Hindu
March 27, 2018
In Afghanistan, ISIS members and sympathisers have already set up a wilayat called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant — Khorasan Province in the eastern Nangarhar province. The group has carried out several suicide attacks, mainly targeting Shias in the already troubled country. It's from KhorasanÃâà...
Long War Journal
March 22, 2018
The Islamic State's Khorasan “province” (also known as ISIS-K) has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near the Sakhi shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan earlier today. The jihadist group says 100 people were killed or injured in the bombing. The Afghan government reports that more than 30 peopleÃâà...
The National Interest Online
March 21, 2018
However, in the aftermath of Operation Enduring Freedom, Al Qaeda has focused on its regeneration, ISIS-Khorasan has become “operationally emergent,” and the Haqqani Network is now “externally enabled.” The rise of these terror threats signals the need for improvements in U.S. counterterrorismÃâà...
Iran Human Rights Monitor (blog)
March 13, 2018
The Deputy Prosecutor of the Khorasan Razavi Public and Revolutionary Court, Judge Hasan Heidari, said that a divorced couple who were members of dissident groups and had lit fire to a mosque were arrested. “According to a verdict issued by the court of first instance, the woman, 37, was sentenced toÃâà...
New York Times
March 12, 2018
Two of the men, according to the charges, said they were working with the Islamic State Khorasan in Afghanistan; one said he received authorization from the Afghanistan group for the planned attacks. Most of the concerns about safe havens focus on the Islamic State's move into Afghanistan. The IslamicÃâà...
Newsweek Pakistan
March 9, 2018
A 25-minute propaganda film released by the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-K) on March 4 promotes I.S. strongholds in Afghanistan's north and east as an “option for immigration,” the SITE Intelligence Group said on Tuesday. “O you Muslims in every corner of the world! Immigrate to Khorasan!
The Nation
March 8, 2018
KABUL - The Islamic State group in Afghanistan is inviting Muslims worldwide to come to the war-torn country if they cannot reach Syria or Iraq, as it seeks to expand its foothold. A 25-minute propaganda film released by the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-K) on March 4 promotes IS strongholds inÃâà...
New Straits Times Online
March 8, 2018
Immigrate to Khorasan! If you are incapable of immigrating to Iraq and Sham (Syria), come to Khorasan,” a fighter said on the video. The name Khorasan refers to a historic region which includes parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and neighbouring countries. The video comes amid growingÃâà...
STRATFOR
March 8, 2018
The presence of the Islamic State-Khorasan chapter in Afghanistan will compel Iran to continue offering support to the Taliban. At the same time, Tehran will maintain its outreach to the Afghan government because of their cooperation on the Chabahar port project. Afghanistan's instability will ensure Iran'sÃâà...
Kuwait Times
March 7, 2018
A 25-minute propaganda film released by the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-K) on March 4 promotes IS strongholds in Afghanistan's north and east as an “option for immigration”, the SITE Intelligence Group said Tuesday. “O you Muslims in every corner of the world! Immigrate to Khorasan! If you areÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 7, 2018
KABUL (AFP) - The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in Afghanistan is inviting Muslims worldwide to come to the war-torn country if they cannot reach Syria or Iraq, as it seeks to expand its foothold. A 25-minute propaganda film released by the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-K) on March 4Ãâà...
Tehran Times
March 3, 2018
TEHRAN – Some 1.7 million foreign nationals visited Khorasan Razavi province, northeast Iran, during the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2017). A total of 28.5 million travelers and pilgrims arrived in the province during the period, IRNA quoted Abolfazl Mokarramifard,Ãâà...
Middle East Media Research Institute
February 27, 2018
On February 27, 2018, the Islamic State (ISIS) Khorasan Province released a pictorial report showing a crowd stoning to death a man who had been accused of committing adultery in the city of Wazir Tangi in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. According to the pictorial report, which was posted on multipleÃâà...
Financial Tribune
February 27, 2018
The House of Humanities Thinkers in Tehran is organizing a 5-day program to celebrate the music of Khorasan region. Ethnic music from the provinces of South Khorasan, North Khorasan and Khorasan Razavi will be played at Ferdowsi Hall of the cultural institute from March 5-9. The venue is located atÃâà...
DAWN.com
February 26, 2018
The PTDC chief and the director general of the Pilgrims Cultural Affairs Directorate General of Khorasan Razavi Province will be focal persons for organising and coordinating tourism affairs. Within maximum three months of signing agreed minutes, parties will duly establish a joint committee. Inspecting theÃâà...
Financial Tribune
December 31, 1999
Foreign investors injected $11.5 million in industrial projects in Khorasan Razavi Province in the last Iranian year (March 2017-18), the managing director of Khorasan Industrial Estates Company announced. Masoud Mehdizadeh Moqaddam added that 148 industrial units worth 3.15 billion rials ($75,000)Ãâà...
Financial Tribune
December 31, 1999
Khorasan Razavi Province saw the highest amount of investment in tourism and the pilgrimage industry in the country in the last Iranian year (ended March 20), a top official at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism said. According to Hassan Zamani, deputy for investment at the provincialÃâà...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
The contract on granting a donation of €68,459 to Rural Cooperative Organization in Khorasan Razavi Province regarding “The project for introduction of sewing equipment for rural women in Khorasan Razavi province”. The Embassy of Japan has supported the projects proposed by various bodies suchÃâà...
TASS
December 31, 1999
Wells said that Moscow and Tehran allegedly propose to consider the possibility of interaction with the Taliban movement in order to neutralize the strengthening of the local branch of the IS in Afghanistan. The US diplomat specified that she means the Khorasan terrorist group. Over the last few monthsÃâà...
Times of India
December 31, 1999
A 25-minute propaganda film released by the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-K) on March 4 promotes IS strongholds in Afghanistan's north and east as an "option for ... The name Khorasan refers to a historic region which includes parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and neighbouring countries.
