One of the most important ISIS affiliates in recent months is ISIS-K, or
ISIS Khorasan. The Group is based out of eastern Afghanistan, but is
claimed as the ISIS affiliate for a vast amount of central and southern
Asia. On Wednesday, ISIS issued a statement announcing it is being
split.
ISIS is turning ISIS-K into three distinct territories. ISIS Khorasan
will remain as a territory encompassing Afghanistan and theoretically
part of Iran. ISIS Pakistan will be covering Pakistani territory, and ISIS India Province will be intended to cover India and Kashmir.
It’s not clear how powerful ISIS forces are in either of these new
territories. ISIS Pakistan, however, has issued a statement claiming to
have attacked Taliban forces in Quetta, the main city for the Taliban’s
forces in Pakistan.
India is even more uncertain, though ISIS has in the past claimed
attacks in Kashmir, and the group will almost certainly remain
Kashmir-centric, given how important that region is for Islamist
factions in the region.
ISIS powerful? We have tohave our heads examined! No such irregular military can exist without a huge financial support. Period. To collact an army of believers or disbilievers — takes money. Not just money — but connections to have access to weapons, food, shelter, transpirtation, fuel and today — telecom.
All we have to do is ask — WHO PROFITS.
It is not hard to imagine who does not want stability in Afghanistan, and mysterious ISIS-K has been useful instirring things up. But to now talk about India and Pakistan — tells me of a desparation. Pakistan is getting independent, having good relations to both Iran and Saudi Arabia. Proposing to be mediator. India, with all the talk of joining anti-China club, is not really joining. And as it looks like Modi will cement the rule — and cement hold on elites, allowing India more space for maneuver.
Clumsy as this is — just sponsoring groups whose only purpose is to brutally kill civilians in order to gain compliance through fear — is a despicable act.
Find sugar daddy, and find any locality where such cells are located, and the problem is solved.
One thing is sure — this time Gulf money is NOT sponsoring those. So, it remains first to find regional factors capable of such organization. And the only ones that have the capacity to pull if such organizing are Pakistani terror barrons. They have been taken out of busines and are eager to use their skills. They have proud history of setting up maddrassas to recruit young men for Taliban army. Taliban means students, and ghat is what recruiters told them they were. But ever since Saudis and other Gulf spomsors abandoned them, the only slim pickings have in finding money to support Kashmir irregular militias.
Now — somebody must be offering some good money for their skills, and the media advertisement for the awesomness of ISIS-K already started. So, more places to pursue ISIS. How touching.
But this us also the sponsoring eager beaver’s mistake. By getting Iran, Pakistan and India threatened at once — gives them political maneuvering space to coordinate actions.
As if these countries have no clue what is happening on their territory. It is one thing for a terror barron to recruit from the shadows, to run supply channels, but without willing tribal/local government participants, these warriors do not have a territoria base. All such groups can do is to have hideouts in city warehouses or take over few farms. Even that, not likely to escape notice of police or army, in spite of typical bribery. This will be fhe test for both Pakistani and Indian militaries.
So when do we invade India? How many troops do we think it will take? I assume we’ll just start ferrying troops in by land, sea, and air whether India invites us or not, right? It was good enough for Syria, why not India?