Resurgence of Terrorism in #Pakistan
A recent spate of attacks is adding weight to fears that the #Taliban takeover in #Afghanistan poses a security nightmare for Pakistan.
A recent spate of attacks is adding weight to fears that the #Taliban takeover in #Afghanistan poses a security nightmare for Pakistan.
The last two weeks has raised major red flags for Pakistan’s security apparatus, especially in Balochistan where the Pakistan army lost several of its soldiers in three different major terrorist attacks.
In January alone, several terrorist incidents rocked Pakistan as terrorists targeted major cities including Islamabad and Lahore. In another terrorist attack, unidentified motorcyclists shot a Christian priest and injured his companion in Peshawar.
Police suspect the Islamic State to be behind the attack. Based on the trends emerging from and tactics employed in recent terrorist attacks, security experts believe that a TTP-BLA-IS nexus is in the making.
The three terrorist groups have supposedly clubbed their resources and ambitions for a pitched battle against the state machinery.
This theory was supported by Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad during his appearance on a TV talk show. Ahmad said, “I think that TTP, Daesh [the local name for IS] and other separatist groups are carrying out these activities in collaboration.”
In another development, National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf visited Kabul to convey Pakistan’s concern regarding sleeper cells of the TTP and other insurgent groups in Afghanistan.
He was assured that Afghan soil would not to be used to plan or conduct attacks against Pakistan. However, just a few days after Yusuf’s visit to Kabul, at least two soldiers of the Pakistan Army were killed in gunfire from across the Afghan border.
Islamabad-based security expert Muhammad Wali believes that Afghanistan’s political situation is still in limbo as not a single country has accepted the Taliban regime so far.
He added that the Afghan economy is on the verge of collapse, and the country is still believed to be a haven for different terrorist outfits. Wali argued that all these developments should be a concern for Pakistan.
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