Afghanistan excluded from US Security Threat List despite Alleged ISIS Presence - Khaama Press

Afghanistan-China: New Games Around Wakhan Corridor As US Mulls Return

In the days after being sworn in for his second term, US President Donald Trump hinted at returning to Afghanistan. That maybe on the cards given US disquiet over the free play China seems to have with the Taliban regime The post Afghanistan-China: New Games Around Wakhan Corridor As US Mulls Return appeared first on StratNews Global.

US intelligence report warns of expanding ISIS-K threat

WASHINGTON — The Islamic State’s Khorasan branch, or ISIS-K, remains the most capable and dangerous faction of the extremist group, with growing ambitions to strike targets in the West, including the United States, according to the U.S. intelligence community’s 2025 annual threat assessment. The report, released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, warns that despite suffering setbacks in the Middle East, the Islamic State con…

Afghanistan excluded from US Security Threat List despite Alleged ISIS Presence - Khaama Press

The U.S. National Intelligence Agency recently published its annual threat assessment, notably omitting Afghanistan from the list of national security threats. Last year’s report highlighted Afghanistan and the Taliban multiple times, but this year’s report made no mention of them, raising concerns about the current U.S. assessment of regional security. While the report highlighted terrorist threats, including Al-Qaeda’s presence in Iran, Somali…