The Afghan government has informed the Indian counterpart that Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba is shifting base inside the country. This new development comes even as the Taliban makes territorial advances in the country and the fear that ungoverned areas may be captured by international terror groups.
India has been in many private meetings with various regional capitals raising this issue, especially the use of these places by Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed. “The trend we have seen for last one year is that Pakistan has been trying to shift, all these international terror groups out north and south Waziristan into Afghanistan”, officials said.
Earlier this month, publicly lambasting Pakistan, Afghan President Ghani pointed out that more than 10,000 jihadi fighters entered the country from Pakistan in the last month.
Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China have all been concerned about ungoverned places in Afghanistan that may be used by international terror outfits. Uzbekistan is worried about territory might be used by militant Islamist group Islam Movement of Uzbekistan, China is worried about ETIM or East Turkestan Islamic Movement gaining a foothold in these ungoverned places.
