The situation for Pakistan has become critical as on the one hand Islamabad is facing the Tehreek-e-Taliban threat and on the other hand, the Islamic State Khorasan Group has rung alarm bells.
The TTP has already ended ceasefire and carried out terror activities in Quetta and KP, while the recently, ISKP has claimed attack on the Pakistani embassy in Kabul.
Despite Hina Rabbani Khar’s recent high-octane diplomatic charm offensive to Kabul and Pakistan’s outreach, there have been relentless attacks on Pakistani interests along with TTP’s unilaterally shredding the paper-tiger peace agreement.
On ISKP, Pakistan’s government had, in September 2021, provided empirical evidence to Afghanistan, a 131-page dossier and a CD with audio and video recordings, exact GPS coordinates of five Indian-funded and managed ISIS (ISKP) terror training camps with suspected use of chemical weapons. Pakistan responsibly shared with the world detailed War Crimes perpetrated by the Indian Occupation Forces. There have been no meaningful crackdowns on these Indian-funded ISKP training camps.
Recent attacks by TTP in Nowshera, November 13 Chaman Border bloodbath, and Indian-funded BLA, BLF attacks in Kech, Panjgur and Mand (Balochistan) are an imminent threat to Pakistan. India’s external intelligence wing R&AW are fully training, funding and arming TTP and ISKP while the Afghan Taliban are merrily providing shelter to TTP, ISKP and AQIS.
All these recent attacks are logical tell-tale signs of Indian proxy involvement in Afghanistan. TTP would be motivated to further coalesce with ISKP and AQIS even more since the US State Department designated TTP and their leader Qari Amjad as terrorists.
Afghanistan’s Taliban are not living up to their promise of keeping their land terror free; on the contrary, extremist attacks have increased manifold. Swifter investigations and apprehensions must be intensified by Afghanistan’s Taliban with a sense of urgency. All TTP and ISKP terrorists must be handed over to Pakistan for swift justice. The onus is now on Afghanistan’s Taliban.
