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On May 11, 2016, ISIS captured 45 of its own fighters as they attempted to flee a battle in Kirkuk. To discourage deserters, ISIS punished the 45 men by burying them alive in Nineveh, Iraq. 
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On May 8, 2019, a suicide bomber attacked an entrance for female visitors at Data Darbar, located in Lahore, Pakistan. At least 13 people were killed and 24 others were injured in the attack at South Asia’s largest Sufi shrine. A Tehrik-i-Taliban splinter group claimed responsibility. 
In their own words
Mullah Muhammad Omar Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) showed that Afghans will never bow down before any foreigner and will give precedence to Islamic values above anything else. 
Taliban, Taliban statement Apr. 23, 2020
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On May 6, 2018, ISIS bombed a mosque that was being used as a voter registration center in Khost Province, Afghanistan. The attack left 21 people dead and 33 injured. 
In their own words
From Yemen the faith to Lebanon’s resistance, salute to the well-being of Yemen. Death to America, death to Israel, curse the Jews.
Houthis, Video announcing the Houthis raised $300,000 for Hezbollah July 20, 2019
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 On May 4, 2016, al-Nusra Front attacked Khween Village in Syria’s Idlib province, killing 15 civilians, including four children, and destroying residential buildings.   
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 On May 1, 2019, the Taliban attacked a village in Samangan, Afghanistan, killing a civilian and three pro-government militia members, and injuring two others militia fighters. 
In their own words
The brave and Mujahid of Afghanistan rejects disbelief, apostasy, democracy, and slavery! Last half century proves that this land was and will be the land of Islam and Jihad.
The Taliban, Taliban propaganda video Sep. 28, 2017
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On April 30, 2016, a car bomb exploded amid a group of pilgrims traveling to the Kadhimiyah shrine in a southeastern suburb of Baghdad, Iraq. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which left 38 people dead and 86 wounded.