Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) has learned from news media and counterterrorist research organizations have reported a grenade attack reportedly by the ISIS so-called “Khorasan Province” (IS-KP) branch, based in the Afghanistan eastern Nangarhar province, on minority Shiite Muslims in a mosque in Johar Town, Pakistan. Two have been injured in the terrorist grenade attack.
The terrorist grenade attack on Shiite Muslims was initially described by News Tribe as an attack on “the imambargah Idara Minhaj ul Hussain” in “in Johar Town Phase 2.” The report continued to state “[a]ccording to police, unknown persons riding a motorcycle lobbed a hand grenade at the imambargah and sped away. Two people, who suffered wounds, were shifted to a nearby hospital.”
The Pakistan Tribune also reports that Operations DIG Haider Ashraf states: “We have obtained the CCTV footage and launched a search operation.”
The SITE Intelligence Group reported on December 19, 2015, that the ISIS IS-KP ground claimed credit for the Pakistan terrorist grenade attack on Shiite Muslims in Pakistan. SITE reported: “Khorasan Province of #ISIS claimed the grenade attack on a Shi’ite religious hall in Johar Town #Lahore #Pakistan, injuring two policemen.”
This appears to be part of a continuing trend of terrorism in both Afghanistan and Pakistan by the ISIS so-called “Khorasan Province” (IS-KP) branch.
The ISIS so-called “Khorasan Province” (IS-KP) branch, based out of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, has been expanding. In March 2015, the Long War Journal published a map of nearly 20 ISIS IS-KP branches in Afghanistan.
ISIS IS-KP – Screen shot of Video of Extremist Rally
The U.S. Department of Defense recently reported about this new ISIS so-called “Khorasan Province” (IS-KP) group gaining influence in Afghanistan, as R.E.A.L. has previously reported.
Nangarhar Province, with a capital of Jalalabad, on the eastern border of Afghanistan with Pakistan
This new report of the Johar Town attack would indicate that IS-KP is continuing to extend its terrorist activities across the border of Afghanistan into Pakistan.
On December 5, 2015, another ISIS IS-KP terrorist grenade attack was reported in Punjab. On December 5, the SITE Intelligence Group reported that this same ISIS IS-KP group claimed credit for a grenade attack on the Sargohda offices of Express News, which is in the Pakistan Punjab province.
On November 7, 2015, a reported public beheading of seven Hazara ethnic Shiites in Afghanistan was reportedly attributed to ISIS. Hazara.net reported “There are seven Hazara victims —including a 13 year old boy, two women and 9 year old girl— all from the village of Damarda, Jaghori district of Ghazni province. According to interview by victim’s father (9 year old Shukria), the abductees were captive for 27 days before they were ‘beheaded’.” Some Hazara Shiites are uncertain whether the responsibility for this crime is exclusively ISIS or ISIS and Taliban.
Funeral of Hazara Ethnic Shiite Child Murdered by Terrorists
On October 9, 2015, another ISIS IS-KP terrorist attack targeted a Shiite religious hall in Kabul, Afghanistan. SITE Intelligence reported that this same IS-KP group attacked a Shiite religious hall in Kabul. The SITE Intelligence Group is providing subscription level reporting on ISIS IS-KP attacks.
In April 2015, the Associated Press reported that: “Mohammad Mohaqiq said two former Taliban leaders, who switched allegiance to the rival ISIS group, were responsible for the abduction of 31 members of the minority Shiite Hazara community on Feb. 24 in southern Zabul province.”
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