New Delhi: Pakistan Army’s long-standing policy of leveraging terror proxies to advance its regional objectives continues unabated, with the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) emerging as one of its latest instruments of hybrid warfare. Traditionally denounced across the Islamic world as Daesh and deemed un-Islamic by even the Afghan Taliban, ISKP is now being subtly repurposed by the Pakistani military establishment to target Baloch nationalists and elements within the Taliban regime that defy Islamabad’s control.

Recent issues of ISKP’s propaganda magazine “Yalgaar” indicate a disturbing shift — an expressed intent to expand operations into Indian Kashmir, a move that appears coordinated and encouraged by Pakistan’s deep state. Adding another layer to this nexus, Pakistan is report

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