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\u201cFor a year and a half, ISIS has significantly increased its propaganda and recruitment campaign built on pseudo-religious calls for the creation of a \u2018global caliphate\u2019, focusing on Afghan national minorities and people from neighbouring countries. <\/p>\n
\u201cTerrorists are inciting anti-Russian sentiments in the region, including in the context of the special military operation in Ukraine,\u201d Syromolotov said.<\/p>\n
ISIS\u2019s Afghan branch, Wilayat Khorasan, is now the most numerous and combat-ready terrorist group with developed international ties, the Russian diplomat added. <\/p>\n
To date, it consists of more than 6 000 militants.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the high concentration of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, especially along its borders with other Central Asian states, posed a potential risk to post-Soviet countries, with many militants trying to infiltrate Russia and its neighbors.<\/p>\n
Attempts to commit terrorist attacks in Russia have increased significantly in 2022 against the backdrop of the country\u2019s special military operation in Ukraine and related global instability. <\/p>\n
Monday marked the latest attempted terrorist attack prevented by Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service this year. <\/p>\n
ISIS supporters were detained in the city of Pyatigorsk located in Stavropol Territory for preparing an explosion in a local police department.<\/p>\n