Rising International Threat: Islamic State Khurasan Plots Foiled in Kyrgyzstan, Austria, Germany

Over the past few days, multiple Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP)-linked external operations have been foiled, demonstrating a further expansion of the branch’s ambitions to internationalize and strike enemies located outside of its Afghanistan-Pakistan base. ISKP-connected plots have been disrupted in India, Iran, Germany, Austria, Spain, the Maldives, Qatar, Turkey, and Kyrgyzstan. ISKP has successfully conducted attacks inside Iran, and it is likely that more will slip through over time in other countries.