Officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, reaffirming Al-Mirsaad’s consistent reporting, have confirmed that ISKP operates multiple training centers within Pakistan. These facilities are utilized to train fighters before deploying them to Afghanistan and other neighboring countries.
In a recent development, a media outlet affiliated with Pakistan’s military propaganda apparatus, citing sources from the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD, verified the existence of ISIS suicide training camps in Peshawar city and its vicinity. These camps are actively being used to train ISIS operatives.
The outlet, known as Khyber Chronicles, revealed that some of the trained fighters from these camps were being assigned missions to carry out attacks on political figures and other designated targets within Pakistan. Notably, Al-Mirsaad had previously reported in October that ISIS was planning to assassinate prominent religious and political personalities in Pakistan, particularly those known for opposing the current regime.
Khyber Chronicles shared these details in a report covering the recent arrest of three ISIS members in Peshawar. According to the report, the apprehended individuals were linked to the operational planning of targeted assassinations and other terror-related activities.
This media platform is known to have close affiliations with the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of Pakistan’s military and security agencies, and is financially supported by the same institution. As its name suggests, the platform focuses primarily on the political and security landscape of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the tribal regions. Similar to other ISPR-sponsored platforms, it indirectly covers only the military’s narratives on its website and social media accounts without publishing other content.
The acknowledgment of ISIS training camps on Pakistani soil raises serious questions about the state’s role in enabling, tolerating, or failing to curb the presence of extremist networks within its territory. It also strengthens the position of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which has long asserted that cross-border elements trained in Pakistan pose a threat to Afghanistan’s stability.
