It has been revealed that the Islamic State group, which attacked the Crocus concert hall near Moscow, is also recruiting new members in the UK.
Through its Amaq news agency, group Claimed responsibility for last Friday’s incident Concert Hall Brutality At least 139 people died.
U.S. intelligence sources pointed to ISIS-K, or the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, as the most likely responsible.
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Branch groups formed in the East Afghanistan Tribes formerly linked to the Taliban declared allegiance to Islamic State in January 2015, when the Syria-based group was at the height of its power.
ISIS remains the group of choice for Western jihadists, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to enter Syria, and instead some of the UK’s new recruits are trying to make their way to Afghanistan.
Two brothers were jailed last November after filling out an application form to join ISIS-K online after making a homemade video and pretending to be suicide bombers.
Haleem Heyder Khan, 21, and his brother Hamzah Heyder Khan, 18, both from Ward End, Birmingham, had studied traveling to Turkey and Iraq. But this turned out to be too difficult, and attention turned to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The brothers used Instagram to contact Islamic State recruiters, who sent them forms to fill out in Arabic and codes to access messages on the encrypted WhatsApp messaging service.
Haleem Heyder Khan (left) and his brother Hamzah Heyder Khan were jailed last November for filling out an application form to join ISIS-K.Picture: Anti-terrorism policing
They purchased and packed clothing and equipment, researched how to travel to Afghanistan and obtained travel documents to Pakistan.
Detective Chief Superintendent Mark Payne, the head of counter-terrorism policing in the West Midlands, warned at the time that the brothers were bent on becoming martyrs and could be “redeployed back to the UK”.
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ISIS-K recruitment form.Picture: Anti-terrorism policing
Mother accused of trying to radicalize her children
A mother-of-two from the Midlands was also arrested and accused of trying to radicalize her children and join the group, emulating other families’ journeys to Syria.
She allegedly established online connections with the group to obtain official approval to travel to Afghanistan.
Intelligence agency groups have broader ambitions
MI5 has been concerned about the “ungoverned space” in Afghanistan since the fall of the Western-backed regime in August 2021.
ISIS-K has launched a series of attacks in Afghanistan and has claimed responsibility for attacks across the border with Iran.
Although most of their attacks occurred within Afghanistan, Western intelligence agencies were aware that they had broader ambitions.
During Afghanistan’s chaotic evacuation, ISIS-K launched a suicide bombing and gun attack on a queue outside Kabul International Airport, killing 13 U.S. troops and 170 Afghans.
In January, Khorasan Voice, an English-language online magazine with links to ISIS-K, referred to Britain as the “Kafir Kingdom,” a term used to refer to nonbelievers and draw attention to the country’s role in the Middle East . East, dating back to the Crusades in the Middle Ages.
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