New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Islamic State has launched an aggressive anti-India propaganda campaign following the recent reset in relations between New Delhi and Kabul.Through its magazine Al Azaim, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has targeted Indian media narratives and urged its supporters to challenge them. The publication has raised a range of issues in recent editions as part of its broader campaign against India.The ISKP has particularly focused on Indian media coverage of iss…
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Islamabad/Kabul, June 13 (IANS) Pakistan spent decades pursuing a doctrine of strategic depth, using proxy fighters to maintain influence in Afghanistan and ease pressure along its Western frontier.The situation has since shifted dramatically, with relations with the Afghan Taliban deteriorating into open hostilities marked by frequent border clashes, including cross-border air strikes earlier this year and some of the most serious confrontations in recent years, a report has said.According to a…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The Pakistan establishment’s reported move to enlist the support of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) in its fight against the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) appears to be yielding unintended consequences, with signs that the strategy may be backfiring.The ISKP, which operates as the Islamic State Pakistan Province (ISPP) in Pakistan, seems to have backtracked from its plan of helping the security forces.An official …
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has never revolted against the Pakistan establishment, is a changed outfit today. Indian Intelligence agencies have been stating that all is not well within the outfit, and the Pakistan establishment’s push to indulge the outfit in activities contrary to its ideology has only widened the rift further, the agencies have noted.Now, the Pakistan army finds itself in a spot of bother with US President Donald Trump asking the country to be part of…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The recent United States and Israeli strikes on Iran risk creating conditions conducive to long-term terrorist expansion, with consequences likely to extend beyond Iranian territory. The emergence of the terror group Islamic State – Khorasan Province in Iran would have far-reaching regional consequences, a report said on Saturday.Writing for India Narrative, Peter Knoope, an expert in diplomacy and international cooperation, said that such instability affects n…
Kabul, March 10 (IANS) Afghan intelligence analyst and counterterrorism expert Ajmal Sohail, in an exclusive interview with a leading international affairs magazine, has accused Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of increasingly targetting Chinese infrastructure and investment projects in Afghanistan. Sohail, co-founder and co-president of the Counter Narco-Terrorism Alliance Germany, emphasised that the move mirrors Islamabad’s concern that Beijing’s expanding engagement with Ka…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Pakistan’s ISI has made several efforts to disrupt Chinese investments in Afghanistan as Islamabad feels that it is soon losing control. India and Afghanistan have reset ties, and the country’s foreign minister recently visited New Delhi to signal the same.This was a sour point for Pakistan as it felt that it had the Afghan Taliban under its control. India and Afghanistan have agreed on several points, including cooperation on trade and security. The Taliban is no l…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) With the people of Afghanistan rallying behind the Taliban in the fight against Pakistan, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has been instructed by the ISI to carry out widespread attacks. The Afghan people, many of whom were not in favour of the Taliban, are now backing the regime as they feel that Pakistan has been too aggressive. Further, the people also feel that their country cannot be dictated by Pakistan, and any role of Islamabad in Afghanistan means the…
Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) The Islamic State Khorosan Province’s (ISKP) suicide bombing targetting a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s Islamabad, which claimed 36 lives and injured over 160 others during February 6 Friday prayers should raise concerns within the state on several levels as it indicates the possible emergence of another militant front in the country. “The attack punctured what is routinely described as the country’s most fortified zone, signalling that the operational capacity of the te…
Dhaka, Feb 17 (IANS) India must exercise its economic and political strength to pursue a strategy of soft deterrence, blending preventive and re-engagement diplomacy, allowing it to negotiate with Bangladesh from a position of strength on both fronts. From safeguarding its interests to advancing them, the responsibility should rest on Dhaka, a report said on Tuesday. “The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has returned to power after decades, with strong electoral influence and numbers in the …