SOURCE: TIMES NOW
Intelligence agencies have flagged that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency could be planning attacks on Indian establishments in Afghanistan while India is engaged with China at other frontiers.
Security agencies of Afghanistan and India have been alerted that Pakistan-sponsored terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) may carry out vehicle-borne attacks on the Indian Consulate in Jalalabad and use improvised explosive devices.
“Four suicide attackers from the LeT have been sent to Kunar province. They are planning a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad,” the Indian intelligence agency said.
The alert comes after the Chinar Corps of the Indian Army foiled terrorist attempts to infiltrate weapons across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir on August 31.
Pakistan remains insecure about the Indian influence on Afghanistan. It is alluring Indian Muslims to seek jihad. It has also turned Afghanistan into a breeding ground for such Indians. “So they may use proxies/sponsor terrorists groups to target Indian personnel and infrastructure,” the intelligence officer said.
Pakistan has also engaged the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) to execute attacks on ethnic minorities in Kabul. They have started targeting Hindu and Sikh communities in the war-torn nation.
Meanwhile, Hind Wilayah — the Indian ISIS affiliate — — that was announced on May 10, 2019, already has around 180 to 200 members present in Kerala and Karnataka, the UN Security Council stated recently.
The current security situation in Afghanistan remains volatile with both the Taliban and the ISKP stepping up attacks across the country.
The Afghan Security Forces attacked Taliban and retook control of Khamab district of Jawzjan province on April 18 this year. They had for long controlled the Yumgan and Jurm districts of Badakhshan Province.
