BIG tension for India after Lashkar-e-Taiba and Islamic State join hands in Pakistan… ISI plans move to…

Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI, has facilitated a friendship between Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Islamic State (Khorasan) in the Balochistan province. This has given rise to a new terrorist alliance in Pakistan, which could increase tensions in India.

The Pakistani military and its intelligence agency, the ISI, have long used terrorist organisations as tools for their regional policies. Recent reports indicate that Pakistan is now using the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) as a tool in its hybrid warfare to target Baloch nationalists and Afghan Taliban factions that are not under Islamabad’s control.

Recent articles published in ISKP’s propaganda magazine, “Yalgar,” offer a worrying signal. The organization has now openly declared its intention to expand its terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. According to security experts, this move comes under the direct inspiration and patronage of Pakistan’s “deep state.” As the latest development in this dangerous scheme, evidence has emerged of a covert alliance between Lashkar-e-Taiba and ISKP in Pakistan.

ISI has created a new terror infrastructure

According to sources, the ISI has created a new structure to bring the two organizations together, sharing their networks, funding, and arms supplies. A recently surfaced photograph has exposed this terrorist alliance. In it, ISKP’s Balochistan coordinator, Mir Shafiq, is seen presenting a pistol to Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Rana Mohammad Ashfaq. This photo is being seen as further evidence of the ISI’s deep role in Pakistan’s terrorist infrastructure.

Lashkar-e-Taiba’s new terrorist bases in Pakistan

The main character, Rana Mohammad Ashfaq, is currently the “Nazim-e-Aala” of Lashkar-e-Taiba, establishing new centers for the organization across Pakistan. Meanwhile, Mir Shafiq is the son of former acting Chief Minister of Balochistan, Nasir Mengal. He has been considered a key ISI ally for the past decade. Since 2010, he operated a private “death squad” on ISI orders, which assassinated Baloch nationalist leaders and activists. He became the main contact for the ISKP since 2015, establishing terrorist bases in Mastung and Khuzdar districts. He was named in a Pakistani Joint Investigation Team report in 2015.

Islamic State found two camps in Balochistan

The report states that by 2018, the ISKP had two major operational camps in Balochistan with direct support from the ISI. Shafiq was “in charge” of these camps and was responsible for the supply of weapons, money, and terrorists. After the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the ISI strengthened the ISKP in Balochistan. The Mastung camp was tasked with attacking Baloch insurgents, while the Khuzdar camp remained active in cross-border attacks into Afghanistan.