ISIS franchise operating from Afghanistan

In an early morning attack on Friday, a group of terrorists from Afghanistan ambushed an FC security post in the Khyber agency in which two soldiers were martyred. The effective response from the security personnel also killed many attackers. “Pakistan Army effectively responded to the aggression and killed six terrorists in retaliatory fire. On the information that Mangal Bagh chief of banned Lashkar-e-Islam was in Khyber Agency, PAF jets heavily pounded the miscreants’ positions in Khyber Agency destroying their hideouts, killing several of them and wounded others,’ the ISPR communiqué said. Though ISIS does not have any chain of command in Pakistan or for that matter in Afghanistan, splinter groups from Lashkar-e-Islam, Jamiatul Ahrar and banned Tehrik-e-Talban Pakistan (TPP) having affiliation with ISIS are operating from Afghanistan. In view of recent terror attacks in Pakistan, it is clear that Afghan-based terror outfits have the support of Raw-NDS-CIA-MOSSAD nexus.
However, Afghanistan is under greater threat, as ISIS apart from other terror attacks claimed attack on a military hospital in the Afghan capital. More than 30 people died after terrorists disguised as doctors broke through the building’s gates and gunned down patients and medical staff. More than 70 others were wounded. The strike in one of Kabul’s most secure neighborhoods set off clashes with Afghan forces continued for hours, with some patients climbing out of the building and sheltering on window ledges. While many fighters are disillusioned by the war and the Taliban leadership, according to Farrell, it is still by far the largest of some 20 militant groups thought to be operating in Afghanistan. These groups challenge the government and control in up to 35 percent of the country, according to the U.S. military. The Taliban is believed to have roughly 25,000 fighters, according to Foreign Policy magazine.
ISIS or Daesh in Afghanistan does not have direct link with its leadership in Iraq and Syria; but
this is not to say that ISIS doesn’t pose a threat – it does. With some 700 fighters, according to NATO, they have claimed vicious attacks both in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. Early on, Afghan Taliban commanders and fighters disillusioned with their own leadership defected to ISIS, which also teamed up with TTP elements as well as militants from Chechnya and Uzbekistan. With some 700 fighters, according to NATO, they have claimed vicious attacks both in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In October 2016, the ISIS franchise cooperated with a radical organization called Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in an assault on a police academy in the Pakistani city of Quetta that left 63 people dead. Amaq, a news agency affiliated to ISIS, claimed the jihadi group had carried out the attack at Sehwan Sharif shrine on 16th February.
On 13 February 2017, a suicide bombing took place on the Mall Road in Lahore where a group of chemists and pharmacists was holding a protest at Charing Cross near Punjab Assembly. Fifteen people were killed including several police officials, and at least 87 were injured. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a faction of the banned TTP claimed responsibility for the attack. Efforts by the Afghan intelligence service NDS and RAW to woo Pakistani militants in Nangarhar including Lashkar-e Islam, TTP and other groups have been successful. As of July 2016, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) group has established a secure footing in four districts of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. Those outfits are supported by NDS and RAW nexus, yet India persistently blames Pakistan for terror acts in Afghanistan. Despite having reasonable proofs of Indian involvement in fostering terror within country, Pakistan has not been persistent at diplomatic level.