ISIS seeks to spread terror around the world again through its Central Asian subsidiary. After the loss of territory in Iraq and Syria, the branch known as “Khorasan province” gains weight with attacks in countries such as Iran and Turkey.

ISIS-K gained international attention with the brutal attack at the Kabul airport that left 183 dead during the evacuation of US troops in the summer of 2021. The most serious was the blowing up of a plane covering the Sharm el Sheikh-Saint Petersburg route, killing its 224 occupants in 2015.