With Islamic State announcing responsibility for the police academy attack in Pakistan’s Quetta on Monday, is ISIS firmly in a position in the Indian subcontinent or Khorasan as it terms it? In an interview with The Hindu, Islamic State expert Amarnath Amarsingam, a Fellow of George Washington University’s Program on Extremism in the US, says ISIS is increasingly working with local groups instead of recruiting themselves here.
Credibility of the claim is fair but more interesting is the collaboration between ISIS-Khorasan and LeJ-A. Although LeJ-A has no plans of pledging allegiance, both groups indulged in the attack.sword” (suicide operation). Planners now face the choice of interfering with or avoiding the attacks. I think LeJ-A and ISIS may collaborate only once.
ABSOLUTELY credible. There’s more to it than that. Establishing LeJ-A as a link between India and Pakistan.
The attacks in command /_in_combination_of_a_mission is not too new. It has been practiced by IS in Syria and Iraq. But operational measures can be more varied.
Moreover, attacks by the Quebec bomber and and were a matter of great interest.
Parallels to the ISIS attack at the Dhaka Café. The TTP Leader was a former member of the TTP, who was ultimately droned by the United States. ISIS is still determined to make attacks in the Indian subcontinent and possibly in other areas.
With the focus recently shifting away from Syria and Iraq, they will be more likely to attack areas where they have established operating bases for a shorter duration. This is also the reason for LeJ-A’s act.
So, government will be more concerned about the India-Iraqi talks and the Kashmir Issue. Diplomatic efforts are likely to gain more leverage.
