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Territory of the Islamic State in Afghanistan at its peak On 29 January 2015, Hafiz Saeed Khan , Abdul Rauf and other militants in the region swore an oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Khan was subsequently named as the Wāli (Governor) of a new branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan called Khurasan Province , named after the historical ...
The Isis Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State (Reprint ed.). New York City: St Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1250112644. Nance, Malcolm (2017). Defeating ISIS: Who They Are, How They Fight, What They Believe. New York City: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1510711846. Warrick, Joby (2015). Black Flags: The Rise of ...
[35] [36] The caliphate's claimed territory at its peak controlled 12 million people. At its height, ISIS ruled territories in various countries including Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Nigeria, Libya, the Philippines, Afghanistan, Congo, Yemen, and the Sinai region in Egypt, in addition to running guerrilla cells in many other countries.
The total force size at its peak was estimated from tens of thousands to over 200,000. IS's armed forces grew quickly during its territorial expansion in 2014. The IS military, including groups incorporated into it in 2014, openly operates and controls territory in multiple cities in Libya and Nigeria .
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Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi – Canadian IS recruit, returned to Canada in 2016. [46] Sharmeena Begum – British school girl who travelled to join ISIS after her mother died of cancer. [47] Abu Muhammad al-Italy, who edited an article of Voice of Khorasan. [48] [better source needed] Muhammed Amin, oldest jihadist in IS and member of the uyghurs. [49]
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In that instance, a 15-year-old boy, a Swiss national of Tunisian descent, declared his allegiance to ISIS in a video, saying he was “responding to the call of the Islamic State to its soldiers ...