New Delhi: The dreaded terror outfit,Islamic State has said that Al Qaida are the allies of the nationalist Kashmir factions whose advances and withdrawals are only by the order of the apostate Pakistani army.
“In India, they (al-Qaeda) are the allies of the nationalist Kashmir factions whose advances and withdrawals are only by the order of the apostate Pakistani army,” said an article in the latest issue of IS mouthpiece Dabiq.
The comment is seen as a harsh criticism of al-Qaeda's role in Khorasan, a region that includes Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and parts of northwestern and western India.
Two militant outfits, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Tehreek-ul-Mujhadeen (TuM), have distanced themselves from the Islamic State (IS) saying “they see no scope for IS and al-Qaeda in Jammu and Kashmir”.
“Kashmiri people don't want aid and support from an external group. They are capable enough to fight against the Indian aggression themselves,” LeT spokesperson Dr Abdullah Ghaznavi told a local news agency.
A local news agency KNS quoting LeT chief Mehmood Shah's emailed statement, said: “Daish (IS) is an anti-Islam group created by the West, and India is also involved in its creation.” “Our aim is to fight Indian Army in Kashmir, and not to attack innocent civilians within India. The assertion made by the army is propaganda to defame us which India has been doing for several decades,” Shah said.
General Officer Commanding of the 16-Corps had on Thursday expressed apprehensions that “the IS could join hands with LeT to launch attacks in India can be a possibility as the motive of the terrorists is to spread their propaganda.
Though the IS has had limited presence in India till now, security agencies estimate that around two dozen people from the country have joined the outfit in Syria and Iraq.
The IS' black flag has also appeared during anti-India demonstrations in Kashmir in recent times.
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