Taliban beats ISIS to become world’s top terror group in 2015 By KHAAMA PRESS – Tue Jun 07 2016

The Taliban group in Afghanistan has beaten the world’s most dangerous terror group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), to secure first place in the list of the world’s top terrorist group.
According to the annual terrorism survey by the State Department, the Taliban group conducted 1093 attacks in 2015 while the ISIS terrorist group conducted 931 attacks.
The number is relatively more higher as compared to ISIS terrorist group as the Taliban group conducts operations in Afghanistan only while the ISIS terror group is actively conducting operations in Syria, Iraq and some other countries, including Afghanistan.
The Boko Haram group has secured 3rd place in the list by conducting 491 attacks, while Maoists/Communist Party fo India-Maoist has secured 4th place by conducting 342 attacks.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) mainly conducting attacks in Turkey has secured the 5th place by carrying out 238 attacks, according to the survey report.
The number of terrorist attacks across the world dropped last year, the first dip since 2012, the report said, adding that the drop, which translated to 14 percent fewer terrorism-related deaths, was attributed to fewer attacks and deaths in Iraq, Pakistan and Nigeria.
Underlying the positive news, though, were some still-disturbing trends. ISIS continues to be a significant threat. Iran remains the “foremost state sponsor” of terrorism. And several countries saw increases in attacks and deaths, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, the Philippines, Syria and Turkey.http://www.khaama.com/taliban-beats-isis-to-become-worlds-top-terror-group-in-2015-01196