ISKP's retooling from regional operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan to a focus on external attacks and operational plots has resulted in a surge of both foiled plots and successful attacks.

Iran punishes IS-K for bomb attack in Kerman at commemoration martyr general Qasem Soleimani, murdered by a coalition of the UK-Israel and executed by a U.S. missile attack on Baghdad in January 2020.

2488 Americans Died In Afghanistan 2001-2021 | 15 April 2021 |

Terror deaths increased exponentially post-9/11 during the Bush-Cheney administration initiation of War on Terror with horrible war crimes across Afghanistan and Iraq. To avoid loss of American lives by boots on the ground, Obama-Biden initiated NATO assisted proxy wars by bombing from the air and using Islamic jihadists doing the murderous tasks on the ground in Libya and Syria.

• Afghanistan: Deadly attack hits Kunduz mosque during Friday prayers | BBC News - 9 Oct 2021 |

  Bodies were seen scattered inside the Said Abad mosque, used by the minority Shia Muslim community.

  The Islamic State group said it was behind the attack. Sunni Muslim extremists have targeted Shias who they see as heretics.

  IS-K, the Afghan regional affiliate of the IS group that is violently opposed to the governing Taliban, has carried out several bombings recently, largely in the east of the country.

• IS group claims responsibility for Kandahar mosque bombing | France24 - 31 Oct 2021 |

  The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that killed at least 60 people and injured scores more.

Containing Transnational Jihadists in Syria's North West | Crisis Group |

Western leaders worry that rebel-held Idlib in north-western Syria remains an operating base for transnational jihadists. Some U.S. officials describe it as the world's largest al-Qaeda safe haven; others suspect collusion between Hei'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the former al-Qaeda affiliate that rules Idlib, and the Islamic State (ISIS), particularly after the US killing in February 2022 of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi in an Idlib hideout.

In reality, HTS has forsworn transnational jihad, gone after ISIS and al-Qaeda cells, and subdued most other jihadists. ISIS endures in Idlib only because HTS lacks the capacity to quash it fully. To prevent ISIS from rebounding if conditions change, foreign powers should endorse Türkiye's efforts to preserve the 2020 ceasefire and provide more aid to the region. Opening communication channels with HTS could deepen knowledge of ISIS activities, and improve the humanitarian response to emergencies, like the 6 February 2023 earthquakes across the Turkish border.

RFU OP: Tajikistan and Khorasan Deception Part 1 | 26 March 2024 |

A long time ago ... heavy involvement of America and NATO allies in Syria for "regime change" ... transporting global jihadists and munitions via Turkey into Northern Syria and supplying terror in Idlib district.

Pentagon: 'Kinetic Strike' Kills Khorassan Leader in Syria | @BooMan - 22 July 2015 |

In September 2015, Assad requests support from the Russian Federation to clear out terror cells after surpassing 400,000 deaths in the foreign aided assault on his regime.

Russia, Iran Prevail - Syrian Rebellion Ends | 14 July 2018 |

'Sapere aude'