A network of the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) terrorist group has been dismantled in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
A top Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) official told reporters here on Wednesday IS-K had started becoming active in the province after May this year.
The militant outfit wanted to sow fear and disrupt investments in the province by attacking police personnel and polio security staff, DIG Javed Iqbal said.
But CTD successfully thwarted the IS-K’s plans to carry out major terrorist attacks in the province, the official added.
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Source: Pajhwok Afghan News