Islamic State terror group draws half its recruits from tiny Tajikistan
Young migrants from the former Soviet republic were accused of an attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed 145 people
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Young migrants from the former Soviet republic were accused of an attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed 145 people
ISIS-K killed over 130 people and set a rock concert venue on fire last month, sparking fears that the West could be targeted next.
Lucas Webber, the co-founder and editor of militantwire.com, discusses the horrific attack in Russia, and the links to Islamic State’s Afghan branch, also known as ISKP.
Russian politicians, pro-Kremlin pundits and media, and online voices and bots have fed the notion that the attempt by the suspected gunmen involved in the Moscow attack to flee to Ukraine cast doubt on whether they were really members of Islamic State.
A person calling himself "the Canadian" who writes propaganda for an Afghan branch of ISIS claims to be based somewhere in Canada, which, experts say, could be cause for concern for authorities.