While Islamist militants have often carried out abductions of foreigners in Pakistan either for ransom or to publicise their agenda, separatist groups have openly admitted to targeting CPEC.
Source/Credit: The News
By Dr. Talat Farooq | June 18, 2017
On May 24, two Chinese language teachers were kidnapped from the supposedly secure zone in Quetta. The militant Islamic State group later claimed responsibility for the abduction. Now, Chinese and Pakistani officials are saying that the two abductees could have been killed. These unfortunate developments raise some decidedly disturbing questions. Last week, security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation against the IS-Lashkar-e-Jhangvi nexus in Splinji, Mastung, as part of Operation Raddul Fasaad. According to reports, a number of top commanders of the IS from different parts of the country had assembled in the Mastung area for a meeting when the raid began, killing at least a dozen commanders and capturing others.
According to a news report, ‘the level of the IS leadership claimed to have been taken out, when confirmed, indicates that it could be the biggest operation against the militant outfit since Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader Malik Ishaq was killed along with his associates in Punjab in 2015, who were then said to be close to joining the IS.’
This reveals the unpleasant truth that the IS is not a peripheral threat, as many officials would have us believe, and that the evolving local militancy in Balochistan continues to pose a serious security risk to the state in general and CPEC in particular. To be fair, the security situation in Balochistan has improved in recent years. The army must be commended for this as well as for the various development projects it has undertaken over the years. However, as the recent event shows, violent groups continue to be a potent menace.
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