ISIL’s South Asia branch threatens Pakistan

[SrNair]

Mosad and western funding is behind ISIL and this threat needs to be dealt with right away. Israeli agents are openly funding and helping terrorists in Syria and India will not let any opportunity to cause damage to Pakistan. ISIL is also recruiting in India...

For toilet cleaning and cooking

 

[Hyperion]

Cheap shot, however, perfectly timed!

For toilet cleaning and cooking

 

[SrNair]

There is no solution to this now.

This Fitna has started and it will not end.

no matter what, be it Pakistan, India or anyone.

The time is here.

Dont try to bracket our nation in that league.Because 800 years of barabaric rule of invaders didnt change anything.
Then what is the chance in this current world when we have mighty set up to counter it.


On topic :That is a real challenge to PA.Very real challenge.

 

[itachiii]

In my country, poison of militancy has seeped so deep in the society that an ordinary mullah blatantly refuses to condemn cold blooded murder of 150 children and supports the killers, with the state powerless to do anything. Obviously, here murderous scum of the earth ISIS would find fertile recruitment ground.

what worries me more about pakistan is not the mullahs , but the next generation children and youth that grow under there watch...

Will all Sunni fighters pledge their allegiance to Shaykh Bhaghdadi? If that happens then only they are a threat to Pakistan.

why don't u lead the indian branch of isis ?? get all those people with a similar mindset of yours under your fold , so, that u would make it easy for the securuity forces to target u...

This Fitna has started and it will not end.
no matter what, be it Pakistan, India or anyone.
The time is here.

i second u on this , isis is here to stay for a long time, there growth in subcontinent depends mostly on what future holds for afghanistan and pakistan..

 

[QAMAR SHAZAD]

dogs isis and ttp lanat lanat lanat

 

[Solomon2]

Popularity of the militancy & support of the militants lies at the heart of Pakistan’s identity crisis where people Pakistanis claim to be Muslim first & Pakistani’s second. Thus anyone & anything which can exploit this dichotomy would find millions of supporters. Next Logical step is exploitation of religious feelings for anti-state and anti-social behaviour & hero worship of the people who are cold blooded killers.

Yep, you can't be "threatened" by an ISIS that you see fulfilling your deepest desires instilled in you since early school days and challenged by hardly anyone.

 

[tarrar]

I said this before & I will say thins again, these are scripted moves to keep PA busy. PA is close to defeating rented TTP & the foreign investors cannot see PA free, so they have decided to bring in IS.

 

[Sinnerman108]

i second u on this , isis is here to stay for a long time, there growth in subcontinent depends mostly on what future holds for afghanistan and pakistan..

Wrong,
ISIS is not dependent on that; their prime feed is the social disparity.
People who are at the bottom of the social structure those who are aggrieved have a real reason
to contest and change the statuesque.

This is the reason ISIS grows, for they provide ( in guise of religion ) a tool for under privileged to challenge the wealthy.

Dont try to bracket our nation in that league.Because 800 years of barabaric rule of invaders didnt change anything.
Then what is the chance in this current world when we have mighty set up to counter it.


On topic :That is a real challenge to PA.Very real challenge.

I doubt any other nation has changed as much as Hindu-stan.

You have started wearing clothes .. how is that for change ?
Look at the language ..
nevertheless

You problem is and your reply was prompted by your insecurity.
That is the general character of Hindu-stanis.

 

[SrNair]

Wrong,
ISIS is not dependent on that; their prime feed is the social disparity.
People who are at the bottom of the social structure those who are aggrieved have a real reason
to contest and change the statuesque.

This is the reason ISIS grows, for they provide ( in guise of religion ) a tool for under privileged to challenge the wealthy.



I doubt any other nation has changed as much as Hindu-stan.

You have started wearing clothes .. how is that for change ?
Look at the language ..
nevertheless

You problem is and your reply was prompted by your insecurity.
That is the general character of Hindu-stanis.

Lol

Insecurity ?
Look at topic ,talking about insecuritu

Oh yes ,you are right we didnt wore jubba that touch top to ankles like some fake Arab wannabe.And we didnt know the things the invaders taught you.

 

[PlanetWarrior]

do you really think so ?

Really ?

You have Pakistan on one side, Burma and Bangladesh on other with Malaysia and Indonesia further east.

We had them there before when other invaders arrived. We count on them to buffer us again from those threats

 

[niaz]

Even though extremely barbaric, one can understand beheading criminals and enemies of the State. As it had been a common practice in the tribal culture for long, but “Burning Alive”!!!

This was the sentence meted out to the witches & victims of Spanish Inquisition during the dark days of the Middle Age Europe. I have never come across such savagery even among the Mongols.

I don’t know what kind of Islam ISIS /Dae’ish followers believe in? ISIS even made a video and proudly circulated it! But in the supposedly fortress of Islam, we have idiots proudly engaged in wall chalking welcoming the Das’ish / ISIS.

I have no wards to describe my feelings after I saw the video. Calling followers & supporters of ISIS a ‘Human Being’ is an insult to humanity. Is this what Khilafat lovers want to happen in Pakistan? My heart goes out to the relations of the poor Pilot; however many brainless idiots in my own country support the followers of Dajjaal that call themselves ISIS.

Here is a better description of the ground realities.

Islamic State’s brutality
Editorial

A file handout image obtained by AFP, shows a reproduction of a photo of Maaz al-Kassasbeh, who was captured and later killed by IS.—AFP/File
IT remains to be seen whether the strong verbal reaction to the recent burning to death of a Jordanian pilot and the beheading of two Japanese hostages will translate into a punitive response to the so-called Islamic State’s threat to human values in the cradle of civilisation.

The barbaric form of death inflicted on Jordan’s Moaz al-Kasasbeh and the killing of the Japanese hostages are only two examples of IS brutality in a long list of crimes against humanity since the group began its murderous but unstoppable military advance from western Iraq to sweep into Syria and reach the Turkish border.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II vowed an “earth-shattering response”, Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz called the pilot’s murder an “odious crime”, Al Azhar denounced it as un-Islamic, while the UAE said this was “a brutal escalation” of the war by the terrorist group.

Know more: Jordan executes 2 Al Qaeda prisoners after IS kills pilot

An angry Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, pledged his government’s continued support to the war on terror, and US President Barack Obama promised “decisive action”. But, despite this diplomatic rhetoric, the situation on the ground hasn’t changed much, and the IS militia looks unbeaten.

The only setback the militants have suffered is their failure to take Kobane. But this relative success for the US-led coalition was due to the tenacity shown by the Kurdish fighters.

Jordan has responded by hanging two jihadists, but, as remarked by the dead pilot’s father, execution is no response, because what is missing is a concerted military offensive commensurate with the task involved.

In fact, it is surprising that, with such a massive military presence in the region, the US is unable to reverse the IS tide.

Also puzzling is Turkey’s aloofness from the events unfolding in its ‘underbelly’, as is the total absence from the scene of the Iraqi government.

The truth is that vast sections of people in the Middle East do not believe all parties in the US-led coalition have their heart in the fighting, and the Islamic State’s militants enjoy many parties’ tacit sympathy.

Published in Dawn, February 6th, 2015

Islamic State’s brutality - Newspaper - DAWN.COM

 

[TalibanSwatter]

NBC

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Hundreds of Taliban fighters have joined ISIS' new branch in Pakistan, according to three militant commanders in the country. The Pakistani government's 10-month onslaught in an area of the country once overrun by terror groups has pushed many fighters toward ISIS, one of the fledgling group's leaders told NBC News.


"The military operation in North Waziristan by the Pakistan army has helped us a lot," said Mufti Hassan Swati, who claims to be the deputy head of ISIS in Pakistan. "Hundreds of militants quit their groups and joined us [after it started]. Initially we had some problems of resources in running the organization but we have enough resources now."
Swati, who previously led the Pakistani Taliban's (TTP) branch in the city of Peshawar, was among a group of militants who opposed peace talks with the government. The group helped unleash a wave of suicide attacks that killed and maimed hundreds in the second half of 2013.

According to Swati, the new ISIS chapter was being led by Hafiz Saeed Khan from its headquarters in Baloshistan, a lawless and desperately poor Pakistani province. Khan was once a strong contender for the leadership of the TTP. However, he lost out to Maulana Fazlullah, who has taken credit for the horrific Pakistani school massacre that left 153 dead on Dec. 16 and whose fighters were blamed for the shooting of schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.

Swati and Khan were among six high-ranking TTP members to announce that they had defected to the new branch of ISIS in October. ISIS' media arm this week declared Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan to be one region called the province of Khorasan — the name given to a historic region that covers part of modern-day Iran, Afghanistan and India.

NBC News interviewed four commanders fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan, and two with the TTP. All spoke on the condition of anonymity.


Swati claimed that 10,000 fighters had joined the cross-border group's ranks and training camps had been established throughout the region, but could not provide any evidence to back up these claims. Militants in the region have a history of overstating their power and influence.
Members of the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban acknowledged that the new branch had attracted fighters, but said the number of adherents was in the hundred not the thousands. Most of the defections have come from the TTP, two commanders in the field told NBC News.

"Our people are now getting frustrated and asking us why did we fail in getting a space in Afghanistan to implement Shariah, despite the loss of thousands of people in their war against the U.S. and its allies."
"A few hundred militants affiliated with their commanders had joined Daesh," one TTP commander said, using the Arabic name for ISIS.

Pakistani officials would not publicly acknowledge the presence of ISIS on their territory, but one who spoke to NBC News on condition of anonymity said that a military offensive had been launched to eliminate the group.
Last year, NBC News revealed that ISIS had created a 10-man "strategic planning wing" with a master plan on how to wage war against the Pakistani military, and was trying to join forces with local militants.

 

[Al Bhatti]

9-Feb-2015

Islamic State commander killed in Afghanistan drone strike

A NATO drone strike in Afghanistan on Monday killed a former Taliban commander and Guantanamo detainee who was suspected of links to the Islamic State group, officials said.

The missile attack killed Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim along with his son-in-law and three others in their car as they drove through Kajaki district in the volatile southern province of Helmand, Afghan officials said.

Local sources in Helmand said Khadim, who returned to Afghanistan after being released from Guantanamo Bay in 2007, recently switched his fighters' allegiance to IS.

But a senior Taliban commander told AFP that Khadim had "not formally joined IS and IS had not recognised him".

A Pakistani militant commander told AFP Khadim had been a key liaison between various factions which have broken away from the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban movements in recent months.

A statement from Resolute Support, the new name for the NATO mission in Afghanistan, said "coalition forces conducted a precision strike in Helmand province today on February 9, resulting in the death of eight individuals threatening the force".

It was not immediately clear why there was a discrepancy between the death toll given by NATO and Afghan officials.

Mohammad Jan Rasulyar, the deputy governor of Helmand, told AFP the strike hit the militants' vehicle at around 10 am.

The National Directorate of Security, the Afghan intelligence agency, confirmed the death of Khadim in a statement.

A Taliban source in the area also confirmed the attack to AFP.

Locals say Khadim's men, numbering around 300, were often in conflict with Taliban officials in Helmand.

"He had deep differences with the Taliban (leadership), which had recently sent a delegation to bury the hatchet, but he was killed before this was settled," a Taliban commander told AFP.

There have been fears of IS making inroads in Afghanistan since US-led NATO forces ended their combat mission in late December, after 13 years of fighting insurgents.

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop warned last week of the dangers of IS jihadists expanding operations to Afghanistan, even though there was little evidence of a presence there now.

Islamic State commander killed in Afghanistan drone strike - Yahoo Maktoob News

 

[CENTCOM]

It is important to understand that these terrorist organizations share a common mission of imposing their rule and agenda through any means possible. It is in their best interests to pledge allegiance to each other, and at the same time, they would rather see our nations remain on the opposite sides of the fence. The fact of the matter is that we share a common stance against terrorism. It is also in our best interests to remain unified against those who threaten the safety of our lands. The recent meetings between our officials discussed the importance of communicating and coordinating to negate the common threat of terrorism. And we are confident of succeeding against our common enemies through mutual cooperation and assistance.

Ali Khan
Digital Engagement Team, USCENTCOM

 

[Al Bhatti]

@Irfan Baloch

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February 25, 2015

Pakistan soldiers stand before taking their positions during a counter-terrorism training demonstration on the outskirts of Karachi on February 24, 2015. Paramilitary troops, led by Pakistani army officers, have been deployed in Balochistan to fight a mix of ethnic Baloch rebels and extremist militants.

ISIL infiltrates militant networks in Pakistan

ISIL’s South Asia chapter is spreading from north-western Pakistan into Balochistan province, rapidly establishing a network of cells to feed off widespread anger there toward the central government.

The extremist group announced last month the formation of ISIL Khorasan and quickly formed a military alliance with other militant groups in the tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.

Khorasan is a historic geographical term used by militants to describe an area that includes parts of Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and India.

Mufti Hassan Swati, the chapter’s deputy governor for Pakistan, told American broadcaster NBC News on January 31 that the group’s objective was to establish its headquarters in Balochistan, the vast, largely lawless province that borders Iran.

Some 60,000 paramilitary troops, led by Pakistani army officers, have been deployed in Balochistan to fight a mix of ethnic Baloch rebels and extremist militants.

In a series of interviews in Karachi near the border of Balochistan, influential members of that shadow community said the ISIL cells had plugged into a decade-old logistics network shared by militants and criminals that enables them to smuggle people and weapons into Balochistan from Afghanistan, Iran and the north-western tribal areas of Pakistan.

Through a retired Afghan Taliban commander, The National was introduced to the head of an ISIL Khorasan cell in the Makran coastal district of Balochistan.

The ISIL cell leader, a middle-aged ethnic Baloch from Makran, introduced himself as “Rahim”, and said he had previously fought in Afghanistan for the Taliban.

His profile was typical of the kind of recruit ISIL is seeking in Balochistan, militants there said.

The group is seeking to attract veteran Pakistani militants whose association with Al Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban dates back to the mid-1990s, before those groups were declared terrorist by the international community.

Having initially fought Indian security forces in the disputed state of Kashmir, these experienced Pakistani militants trained alongside Al Qaeda Arab operatives at Taliban camps.

Their relationship with Al Qaeda members, as well as their shared ideology and hatred for Shiites, have made them primary recruitment targets.

“This kind of jihadi has become addicted to the thrill of the kill. That makes them ideal ISIL recruitment material,” said the retired Afghan Taliban commander.

Such militants are split between groups which have been fighting exclusively in Afghanistan, including Jaish-i-Mohammed and Harakatul Mujahideen, and sectarian terrorist organisations active in Pakistan, such as Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and Jundullah.

Having accessed the shared Balochistan-based network, ISIL Khorasan cells are quietly working to cause splits within those groups, starting with militants most susceptible to its promises of monetary and logistical support, the sources said.

ISIL Khorasan has sweetened the pot, they said, by telling militant faction leaders they were free to claim credit, under their existing identities, for any terrorist activities carried out on their own initiative or on the orders of the ISIL Khorasan leadership.

It has already implemented that strategy in the north-western tribal areas, where in January, it formed a military alliance with TTP and two other Pakistani militant factions against military forces advancing into the Khyber tribal area.

“ISIL isn’t looking for a quick propaganda hit. It is working on a long-term strategy, the stated aim of which is the establishment of a parallel state in Pakistan,” a Harakatul Mujahideen fund-raiser said.

Sources in Balochistan’s shadow community said ISIL was concurrently infiltrating operatives into legitimate political and religious organisations to establish its own network of intelligence gathering, recruitment and logistics support.

They said ISIL had already placed operatives in the Tableeghi Jama’at, a peaceable orthodox Sunni group of preachers and proselytisers active across Pakistan, and well represented throughout the civil service and military.

Similarly, it is also trying to infiltrate secular Baloch nationalist political parties represented in Pakistan’s federal parliament and the Balochistan provincial assembly, the sources said.

However, it is unlikely to make any serious inroads into Baloch nationalist groups, observers said.

“Separatists might make technical alliances with ISIL, but I doubt they would be able to infiltrate them because they are deeply secular,” said Amir Zia, editor-in-chief of a new English daily that will be launched this year by the Karachi-based Bol Network.

ISIL Khorasan is unlikely to become a major threat in Balochistan in the near future, because it is only seeking to play a peripheral role at present, the sources said.

Instead, it is positioning itself as a rallying point for anti-state groups as their organisational strength is further diminished by the Pakistani government.

Analysts said the Pakistani military’s zero-tolerance policy towards militant groups, adopted after militants executed 132 children at a Peshawar school on December 16, would make it very difficult for ISIL to establish any bases in vast, thinly-populated Balochistan.

“In the past, the military has allowed certain militant groups to operate, but now it’s clear the state machinery is not going to allow ISIL the space to become an immediate threat,” Mr Zia said.

ISIL infiltrates militant networks in Pakistan | The National