### [2025-12-22](/feed/2025/12/22/index.md)

##### Turkey–Islamic State conflict
# Turkish intelligence agents capture a senior member of the Islamic State – Khorasan Province along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border. 




### Sources:

1. [AP](https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/12/22/turkish-agents-capture-an-is-member-on-the-afghan-pakistan-border/)

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