Washington, Jan 8 (IANS) The expanding operational reach of the terror group Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) within the South Asian security landscape – combined with its declared hostility toward US interests – poses a risk that Washington cannot ignore. The existence of safe havens within Pakistan provides the terrorist organisation with strategic depth, operational resilience, and access to wider recruitment networks, a report said on Thursday.“The arrest of Mehmet Goren, a senio…
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New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) With ties with the Afghan Taliban falling to an all-time low, Pakistan is now plotting a regime change in Afghanistan, Intelligence Bureau officials say. The plan to effect a regime change has always been on Pakistan’s mind, but the urgency to go ahead with the plan comes in the wake of China pressurising Pakistan to mend ties with Afghanistan. The Taliban that rules Afghanistan is in no mood to mend ties with Pakistan. There have been several tense exchanges between th…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Beijing appears to be running out of patience with Pakistan and has expressed its displeasure over the progress made with regard to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Project (CPEC).Islamabad is under immense pressure to deliver on its commitments relating to the CPEC for multiple reasons. It has not been able to raise enough funds for the completion of the project. On the other hand, it has been an ongoing battle with the Balochistan Nationalist Army (BLA) and Tehreek-…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Jamaat-e-Islami’s subcontinental hawala network, which has been the main fund-raising front for many terror groups, has become active once again before elections, Intelligence inputs suggest.The hawala network of the Jamaat, which was lying low for some time, has become fully active once again owing to multiple reasons. While plenty of funds are being pumped into Bangladesh ahead of the elections, it is also raising money to revive the terror infrastructure of group…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday charge sheeted four more CPI (Maoist) cadres in connection with the murder of a ‘Gopniya Sainik’ of the Bijapur district police in Chhattisgarh. The four accused, identified as Raju Kursam, Sukku Kursam, Shankar Kursam and Mannu Kursam, have been charged under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, said a statement.This takes the total number of accused charges…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday chargesheeted three more accused in the 2023 Bengaluru prison radicalisation case linked to the proscribed terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). In its second supplementary charge sheet, the agency named Anees Fathima, Chan Pasha A, and Dr Nagaraj S. under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UA(P) Act), the Explosive Substances Act, the Prevention of Corruption…
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) Pakistan’s potential participation in the US-initiated postwar Gaza ‘International Stabilisation Force’ (ISF) could undermine efforts aimed at dismantling Hamas’s military infrastructure, a report said on Thursday. It warned that a mission designed to stabilise Gaza and dismantle Hamas, entrusting security responsibilities to Pakistan, which openly legitimises the terror group– risks turning the stabilisation force into a disguised risk for Hamas’s survival.“Israeli…
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The alliance that the ISI stitched between the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) and the Lashkar-e-Taiba could turn out to be a security headache for India, Intelligence agencies have warned. The primary aim of the ISI was to have these two groups fight together against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan Nationalist Army (BLA). The Pakistan army has been facing severe losses at the hands of these two outfits. The alliance with the ISKP was also for…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Two of Pakistan’s most favoured and powerful terror groups, the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammad, will keep their focus not just on re-grouping but building stronger outfits in the coming year, intelligence agencies have learnt. The year 2026 would be majorly about re-grouping and also making the outfits doubly lethal, an officer said.Both these groups were hit the hardest during Operation Sindoor, launched by the Indian armed forces to avenge the Pahalgam atta…
Washington, Dec 27 (IANS) Pakistan’s labour corridor to the Persian Gulf, marked by isolated compounds and informal religious networks, serves as a breeding ground for radicalisation and transnational recruitment, combining sectarian influences with worker vulnerabilities, a report said on Saturday. It added that returnees reinforce Pakistan’s terror ecosystems like Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Taiba, while onward migrants through Turkey-Balkans or Libya routes create blind spots in E…