India's security agencies apprehend terror threats after Kabul airport attack

India's security agencies apprehend terror threats after Kabul airport attack
August 28, 2021, 5:33 am

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The We For News reported that after twin blasts in Kabul airport by the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (IS-KP), the Indian security agencies have been put on high alert, apprehending terror threats over India.

A senior official in the security set up said: “Though our security forces on high alert and have raised extra-vigil on the western and northern borders with Pakistan, the Kabul blasts on Thursday have raised a security concern for us.”

He added that additional steps has be taken in view of the Taliban and now the IS-KP.

According to the Indian media outlet, a former research associate of Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MPIDSA) and teacher of International Relation in Delhi University Prof Sanjeev Srivastava also opined that with the entry of IS-KP in Afghanistan was an alarm bell for Indian agencies which needed to revisit the strategies in view of changed scenario.

Srivastava said: “Though both ultra outfits were against each other in the past and its entry in the war ravaged country is not a good sign for India. The Narendra Modi government has adopted zero tolerance against terrorism but we need to be on highest alert.”

Reacting on the IS-KP entry to Afghanistan, the former diplomat Vishnu Prakash said, “Any rival of Taliban, whether it is ISIS, ISKP or any kind of extremist organization of Afghanistan, this is an additional threat to India, but we are quite capable of handling them.”

Source: wefornews

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