ISIS movements in Afghanistan and its potential threat to Pakistan.
Referring to 30 ISIL terrorist operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past five years, the State Institute for Political Studies in the Pakistani capital said the presence of the terrorist group posed a serious challenge to the Taliban as well as a potential security threat to Islamabad.
The Islamabad Political Research Institute (IPRI), ranked first in Pakistan and 74th in the world, today reviewed ISIL terrorist attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan from 2016 to the present, according to the International News Group. Kurd: ISIL will be an important security challenge for Islamabad as well as for the Taliban.
The report states: Eight bombings and armed operations were carried out by ISIL elements between 2016 and 2021, killing at least 515 people and injuring 893 others. In Afghanistan, 912 people were killed and 1597 wounded in 22 ISIS attacks.
The Pakistani think tank added: “Members of the ISIS sub-branch are present in Pakistan and Afghanistan and are carrying out terrorist operations. This situation has created a serious security challenge for Islamabad as well as any new government in Afghanistan led by the Taliban.”
The ISIS terrorist group officially claimed responsibility for last Thursday’s terrorist bombings at Kabul airport on its Telegram account. Two suicide bombers and several gunmen attacked a large crowd in front of Kabul Airport. The attacks killed 60 Afghan civilians and 12 US troops, and wounded 140 others.
The Pakistani government has expressed concern over recent events in Afghanistan and warned of new movements by terrorist elements such as ISIS and the Taliban to carry out attacks against Afghanistan’s neighbors.
The Pakistani foreign minister, who paid an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran last Thursday during his regional tour with the agenda of examining developments in Afghanistan and strengthening bilateral relations, said earlier that the ISIS threat in Afghanistan was a common concern of Tehran and Islamabad that should not be ignored.
“Iran and Pakistan have long common borders with Afghanistan, and we share the potential threat of ISIS in that country,” Qureshi said in a speech to the Pakistani parliament in mid-March.
Pakistani government and security officials have always denied the existence of ISIS and even the traces of their accomplices in the country, while the Pakistan Counter-Terrorism Department announced on May 28 that four ISIS terrorists had been killed in Punjab province.
