Islamic State

Southern African leaders agree to extend military mission in Cabo Delgado province

Blasts at Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital underline insecurity under Taliban rule

Intelligence agencies say Islamists in Afghanistan could attack US in six months

‘Good election machine’ propels Mahdi Army leader and Reform bloc Sadrists to success

Rwandan troops and a military mission have been in Cabo Delgado since June and July to help the Mozambican army restore peace

Alexanda Kotey was part of terror group cell of four Britons known for its extreme brutality

There had been fears the group would strike Taliban fighters, US troops and Afghans and foreigners

Emergence of Isis-K a taste of things to come in wake of calamitous withdrawal of allied forces

Fundamentalists in neighbouring Central Asian countries likely to be boosted by success

Assimi Goïta vows to uphold republican regime and democracy in Mali

Taliban’s 85,000 fighters poised to battle way back to power after US and Nato forces leave

US secretary of state tells Afghan president that partnership is ‘changing but enduring’

Both Syrians and foreigners suspected of supporting terror group caught in sweep

Civilians given authority to take law into their own hands to stop spread of militant violence

Terror group recruiting veterans as country’s economy falters and Covid-19 spreads

Abu Bakar Bashir, suspected mastermind of the attacks that killed 202, served 10 years in jail