AFTER the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Af-Pak region now faces the resurgence of the Islamic State’s Khorasan chapter, raising fears of another round of conflict. Both in Pakistan and Afghanistan, IS-K attacks have become a regular feature. After the emergence of IS in ex-Fata in 2015, its fighters were pushed across the border during the Zarb-i-Azb operation, but attacks continued despite the killing of IS chief Hafiz Saeed Khan (ex-TTP commander in former Fata) in a US drone strike.
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