ISLAMABAD (SW): Media reports suggest recruitment of pro-Daesh militants has been underway in Pakistan to fight in Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s ARY TV has quoted a Ministry of Interior report that said around 40-50 people have been sent to join pro-Daesh rebels in Afghanistan. Based on the report the men were promised a monthly salary of up to Rs. 50, 000 ($ 500). The men are said to be sent from Peshawar’s Shamshato Camp of Afghan refugees.
It added the men were brainwashed were given the training to use weapons in Afghanistan. According to the report, different militant groups have joined hands to provide manpower for Daesh and a recruitment head for Daesh in Pakistan and Afghanistan has also been appointed.
According to the report, the militants have produced and published up to 53 propaganda CDs in Arabic language that also included material related to the Paris attacks and other militants activities. It also asserted that 40-50 female too have left Shamshato to join militants in Afghanistan.
Many Pakistani Taliban militants too have switched to Daesh as a number of their leaders have pledged allegiance to this militant group.
Daesh had earlier in January announced its organisational structure for “Khorasan” (Pakistan and Afghanistan). The group’s leadership for the region went to the Pakistani Taliban.
Few days back, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Pakistan’s Punjab province claimed that it had busted a cell of Daesh operating in Sialkot City, arrested eight suspects and seized weapons, explosives and laptops, as well as a large number of compact discs containing publicity material.
According to Dawn News, investigators claimed that the suspects had taken an oath to “overthrow democracy and introduce Khilafat in Pakistan through armed struggle”.
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