ISIL unable to mount major attacks in India but tried to incite lone-wolf strikes: UN report

The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant could not carry out large-scale attacks in India but has attempted to incite lone-actor attacks, a United Nations report has said, reported PTI on Sunday.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant is a terrorist group that aims to establish a caliphate in West Asia. It is also known as the Islamic State and Da’esh.

“ISIL [Da’esh] was unable to mount large-scale attacks in India,” read the 35th report of the United Nations’ Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team. “However, its handlers tried to incite lone-actor attacks through India-based supporters. The pro-ISIL [Da’esh] Al-Jauhar Media continued to spread anti-India propaganda through its publication Serat ul-Haq.”

The report concludes that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Al-Qaeda and their affiliates have remained resilient and adaptable despite external counter-terrorism efforts, in large part due to their decentralised structure.

The report noted that over two dozen terrorist groups are active in Afghanistan, with United Nations member states viewing the country’s security threat as a persistent source of instability.

“Despite the loss of territory and attrition among senior and mid-tier leadership figures, the presence of terrorist organisations in Afghanistan posed a serious challenge to the stability of the country, as well as to the security of Central Asian…

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