On the night of 26th to 27th August, the Islamic State militant group attacked Kabul Airport and carried out two consecutive bombings, killing 170 people, including dozens of Afghan civilians and 13 American soldiers, and injuring more than 200.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, after which the United States claimed to have killed the mastermind of the Kabul bombing in a drone strike on ISIS in Afghanistan. However, we are all aware of the growing influence and terrorism of the extremist group ISIS.
Earlier, the whole world was scared of the Taliban who are considered terrorists and this militant group proved its capabilities by occupying Afghanistan very fast. However, the situation has become tense due to the operation of ISIS and US intervention.
US drone strike and the loss of ISIS
Joe Biden became obsessed with addressing the nation after the ISIS attack. The oldest president in the history of the United States said two days ago that the United States will not forget or forgive the Kabul Airport attack but will be a victim of terrorists.
A spokesman for Central Command said US forces had targeted a hideout of ISIS fighters in the Afghan province of Nangarhar with a drone. As a result of the attack, ISIS fighters from Khorasan and the mastermind of the Kabul airport attack were killed, no civilians were harmed.
ISIS and Afghanistan
The extremist organization ISIS, which was born 22 years ago in 1999, is considered to be Iraq, not Afghanistan. Accepting responsibility for the Kabul airport attacks, ISIS said that our attacker broke the security fence of the American forces and blew himself up within 50 meters.
Suicide bombings are considered to be the biggest weapon of other modern terrorist organizations, including ISIS. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in an attack two years ago in 2019.
Three months ago today, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s right-hand man was arrested in Turkey. Security forces arrested ISIS fighters during an operation in Atashar. Pakistan and ISIS
In April 2021, CTD arrested 5 ISIS terrorists from Lahore and recovered hateful material from their possession. The terrorists caught near Bhatta Chowk included Nazimullah, Zia-ur-Rehman, Ishtiaq, Abdul Rehman, and Malik Kashif.
Afghanistan, Pakistan and terrorism
Incidents of cross-border firing and terrorism in Pakistan are not new and alarmingly target Pakistan Army and FC personnel. The firing took place at a military post on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border yesterday.
Hawaldar Gul Amir, 36, of Pak Army was martyred as a result of firing on a military post. Three months ago, in May, four FC personnel were martyred and six others were injured in cross-border firing.
According to ISPR, in the last 20 years, Pakistan has eliminated more than 18,000 terrorists and captured more than 1,100 terrorists for world peace.
US intervention in region and future of people
The Taliban had given the US and allied countries an August 31 deadline to evacuate, but after the attack on Kabul airport, the US claimed to have killed a militant by attacking ISIS without permission, calling it an open US intervention in the region. Can be given.
Worryingly, consultations are still underway for a new Afghan government, and US intervention threatens retaliation by the terrorist organization ISIS, which could target the Afghan people who have yet to recover from the effects of the 20-year Afghan-US war. Coins
The international community must play its part in protecting a country like Afghanistan from terrorism, where the worst effects of the worst civil war and political instability are felt in Pakistan.
