NEW DELHI: After intelligence reports that terror groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) have shifted to Afghanistan’s Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan and Kandahar provinces of Afghanistan, India’s diplomatic missions in Kandahar and Kabul have been put on high alert, according to a report.
The Pakistani terrorists have shifted their training camps following the Indian Air Force’s strike on the Balakot terror camp, according to a report on Hindustan Times.
It should be recalled that Indian Air Force Mirage jets had attacked JeM’s Balakot terror camp in Pakistan as a retaliatory attack to the February 14 attack by a Jaish suicide-bomber on the Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pulwama.
According to the report, the Pakistan-based banned groups have already joined hands with the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network, across the Durand Line which separates Pakistan from Afghanistan. Reports said that these groups have been undergoing training their extremist cadres in Afghanistan.
Indian security agencies believe, as the report suggests, the terrorists’ shift could be to avoid black-listing of Pakistan by the Financial Action Task Force in its Paris conference later this year.
The report further said that even as Pakistan was launching its actions, Indian diplomatic establishments such as the embassy in Kabul, among others have been under threat from JeM terrorists led by Haji Abdul Safi.
Intelligence reports, as referred by the Hindustan Times, indicate that the Taliban and the Haqqani Network have offered shelter to Jaish emir Maulana Masood Azhar in Afghanistan in February 2019. However, he felt safer under the protection of Pakistani Army based in Bhawalpur. (Agencies)
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