A FILIPINO woman has been jailed in Kuwait for allegedly pledging allegiance to the Islamic State militant movement, local media reported Friday night.

Citing a statement from the Ministry of Interior, state-run Kuwait News Agency (Kuna) said the woman was accused of joining international terrorist network Daesh (Arabic acronym for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) and attempted to launch an attack.

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