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âš¡IS Khorasan Chief Who Plotted Kabul Gurdwara Attack Arrested in Afghanistan

By Team Latestly

Farooq, who also goes by the name of Mawlawi Abdullah, was appointed at the helm of ISKP in April 2019. The Islamic State, then led by Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, had decided to replace former emir of its Khorasan group - Abu Omar Khorasani - with Farooq. As per the reports, Farooq is a member of Mamozai tribe and resided largely in the Orakzai agency area on Pak-Afghan border.

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