The Eastern front ignites: Pakistan’s ISI prepares a new 26/11 |
For Pakistan’s deep state, terrorism is not an aberration – it is doctrine. While the world remains distracted by diplomatic theatrics and hollow pledges of reform from Islamabad, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has quietly reactivated its most lethal playbook: proxy jihad against India. Timed ominously with India’s Republic Day celebrations, fresh intelligence reveals that the ISI is orchestrating a multi-layered campaign of terror, subversion, and ideological warfare – stretching from West Bengal to Bangladesh, and extending into Indian diplomatic missions across the West.
Indian intelligence agencies issued a nationwide alert on January 17, warning of imminent threats to New Delhi and other major cities. Behind this alert lies a disturbing picture: special operational cells of the ISI – most notably a “Dhaka Cell” – are coordinating with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Khalistani extremist networks, segments of the Rohingya population, and so-called “Stranded Pakistanis”. The objective is not limited to bombings alone. It includes orchestrated unrest, symbolic attacks, and anti-India demonstrations outside Indian missions in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and beyond – hallmarks of Pakistan’s hybrid warfare doctrine.
At the heart of the plot is eastern India. Intelligence inputs indicate that LeT, under ISI direction, is preparing coordinated attacks targeting iconic landmarks in West Bengal, including Kolkata’s Victoria Memorial and the Kalighat Kali Temple. The planned use of gel-based improvised explosive devices (IEDs) – designed to evade conventional detection systems – signals a dangerous escalation in tactical sophistication. Urban eastern India, historically spared from large-scale jihadist violence, is now being deliberately drawn into Pakistan’s terror map.
This evolution follows a familiar pattern. After last year’s Delhi blasts, arrests revealed networks stockpiling potassium nitrate and other explosive materials, even involving professionals........