ISIS

Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) has taken responsibility for the shootings in Vienna on November 2. A video released on the official ISIS channel showed an armed man, Abu Dujanah Al-Abani, who involved in the attack and was killed by police. He had also served prison for trying to join ISIS in Syria. Reportedly, four people were killed and 14 were wounded in the firing. 14 people have been arrested in connection with the attack. 

United Nations official Edmund Fitton-Brown said Taliban is still having military-links with Al-Qaeda despite the US-Taliban agreement. The US had promised to recall its forces from the region if Taliban does not allow Al-Qaeda to use its land for plotting attacks. However, Taliban has said that it is fighting only to establish an “Islamic government” in Afghanistan, and it does not support any other extremists. 

Exodus of Afghanistan-born Sikhs and Hindus is consistently increasing due to a threat from Taliban and ISIS. Faced with acute discrimination, hardly 700 individuals are left in the country while the earlier count was 2,50,000. With their residences being snatched and temples destroyed by extremists, they blame government for not heeding their issue. While most left for India; for others, the communities' Canadian and European fraternity has… read-more

Abdur Rahman, a 28-year-old junior resident doctor in the Ophthalmology Department of Bengaluru's MS Ramaiah Medical College was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). During the interrogation, Rahman confessed that he was linked with Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS). He was also involved in the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) and other ISIS operatives in Syria. NIA stated that he was developing a medical app for… read-more