Islamabad: Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) commander Muhammad Ehsani, also known as Anwar, was killed in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, security sources confirmed.
In Balochistan news updates, According to intelligence reports, in September 2025 Pakistani security forces carried out an operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that eliminated three ISIS-K militants, including one Afghan national.
Ehsani, of Tajik origin, was a key facilitator of the 2022 Peshawar Kocha Risaldar mosque bombing, a devastating attack that claimed 67 lives.
Officials say he was responsible for bringing Tajik suicide bombers into Pakistan and overseeing their training.
Security sources further noted that Pakistan’s ongoing Operation “Sarbakaf” continues to target ISIS-K and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) facilitators, aiming to dismantle remaining militant networks in the Bajaur region and beyond.
Over the past decade, Pakistan’s security operations have neutralized numerous high-profile militant leaders.
Among them were Mullah Fazlullah, chief of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (killed in a 2018 drone strike coordinated with Pakistani intelligence), Khalid Haqqani, a senior TTP leader eliminated in 2020, and several key ISIS-K planners targeted during nationwide counterterrorism campaigns such as Radd-ul-Fasaad and Zarb-e-Azb.
These operations have significantly weakened the command structure of both TTP and ISIS-K networks inside Pakistan and along the border.
Pakistani security agencies and independent analysts have repeatedly highlighted that militant violence inside Pakistan often has cross-border dimensions.
Elements operating from ungoverned or loosely governed areas of Afghanistan have provided sanctuary, financing, and logistical support to groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K).
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The lack of effective border management and intermittent instability in Afghanistan create conditions that these groups exploit to launch attacks inside Pakistan.
Pakistan has also accused India’s intelligence agency, RAW, of supporting or financing proxies to destabilize the country, citing cases such as the arrest of Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, whom Pakistan claims was involved in espionage and sabotage.
While India denies these allegations, Pakistani officials maintain that evidence—including recovered communication networks and financial trails—shows outside sponsorship of certain militant outfits.
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These concerns drive Pakistan’s emphasis on tighter border security, diplomatic engagement with Kabul, and calls for international scrutiny of any state or non-state actor enabling terrorism within its territory.
