New Delhi: Authoritative sources within Afghanistan’s intelligence apparatus have alleged that Pakistan continues to provide safe havens and operational space to the ISIS project inside its territory, warning that the network now poses a direct threat not only to Afghanistan but also to global security.

According to the information shared with this newspaper, Afghan intelligence believes Pakistan has turned a blind eye to the presence of ISIS-linked training and recruitment centers operating from parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. These centers, the sources claim, are being used to recruit fighters from various countries, train them in extremist ideology, and transport them onward through Pakistan’s western borders and airports in Karachi and Islamabad.

The sources described th

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