[DAWN] As Pakistain takes its battle against Lions of Islam to its logical end in its tribal borderlands, another virulently violent and deadly threat is rearing its head on the country's western borders in Afghanistan, where local residents and journalists say the self-styled Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
or Daesh [Islamic State] has gained a toehold to spread its influence on both sides of the borders.
The group has resources and manpower and found safe havens in the foothills of the White Mountain (Speen Ghar) on the other side of the Durand Line, where it has virtually established its writ. |