Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Pakistan under Asim Munir has become an even more precarious security state, appeasing world powers, clashing with neighbours, and overseeing turbulence domestically, a report has detailed while highlighting that the roots of ongoing crisis in the country lie in the security and foreign policies implemented by its military leadership. Highlighting the February 6 suicide bombing that targetted a Shia mosque in Islamabad and killed 36 people, a report in leading British pol…
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Kabul, Feb 8 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Ministry of National Defence has rejected Pakistan’s allegations regarding the attack at a mosque in Islamabad, terming them “irresponsible and baseless” and urging Pakistani officials to take responsibility for their internal security shortcomings, local media reported. Afghanistan’s statement comes after Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, in a post on X, mentioned that preliminary findings indicate that the attacker had been on the move to and from Afgh…
Islamabad, Feb 7 (IANS) The death toll from the Islamabad suicide bombing rose to 36 on Saturday, local media reported, quoting a spokesperson of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).”A 21-year-old man, who was brought from the imambargah, died,” said Dr Aneeza Jalil while speaking to a leading Pakistani daily, Dawn.She further mentioned that nine of the injured are in “very serious” condition. Jalil also stated that in total, 149 injured people and 28 bodies were brought to Pims on…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) In 2019 there were an estimated 200 Indians who were part of the Islamic State, but some of the returnees during questioning had said that they were given menial jobs and looked down upon. However that has changed and now the Islamic State is moving most of its Indian origin operatives into Afghanistan, where the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) is wooing them through combat roles and propaganda glorifying them.Earlier, all these operatives had moved from India and …
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The plan to bring together the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) to fight against the Balochistan Nationalist Army (BLA) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) appears to have failed. The Pakistan army and ISI hatched a plan to bring the two terror groups together to battle the BLA and TTP, as the battle against these two groups was proving to be extremely hard.The BLA launched a series of attacks in Quetta and other places in “Operation Herof Phase…
Navsari/Ahmedabad, Jan 27 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti‑Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a youth from Navsari on suspicion of planning targeted killings aimed at “spreading terror and fear”.The accused, identified as Faizan Shaikh, a resident of Charpul in Navsari district, was taken into custody on January 25.Officials said preliminary investigations indicate that Shaikh, originally from Dundawala, Narpat Nagar in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh, had been radicalised by the extremist ideologies …
Kabul, Jan 26 (IANS) Pakistan’s engagement with militant groups, analysts argue, serves strategic purposes including deterring Chinese investment in Afghanistan to preserve Pakistani regional influence and pressuring the Afghan Taliban over Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) sanctuaries, a report said on Monday. It added that the January 2026 terror attack on a Kabul restaurant by the terrorist group Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) highlights the security challenges undermining foreign eco…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s ISI brought together the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) and Lashkar-e-Taiba to wage a battle in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) – against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has become the country’s worst security nightmare till date.However, the situation on the ground looks very different.The ISKP-Lashkar combine appears to be doing very little work, and the strikes are all being carried out by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). Under the pretext of fight…
United Nations, Jan 22 (IANS) The Security Council has condemned the terrorist attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul.In a press statement on Wednesday (local time), the members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack claimed by the Islamic State-Khorasan Province.The attack, which occurred at a restaurant in a commercial neighbourhood of Kabul, resulted in the killing of six Afghans and one Chinese national, as well as the wounding of several others,…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The ISI has strategically made Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) a launch pad for terrorists of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) and Lashkar-e-Taiba. The ISI got these two outfits together to fight the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is active in the region. The two outfits, which have been told to fight together first against the TTP and then against the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), will be headed by a single leader.The ISI has identified Hafiz Zubair Muwa…