During a private conversation, one of India’s topmost national security officers once explained how easy it was to shop for a jihadi in Pakistan who was ready to kill or get killed for money.

“By making Islamist terror the main pillar of its state policy, Pakistan has created a society where in every lane and bylane, one can find a jihadi willing to murder or a fidayeen prepared to blow himself up. It does not even cost much to hire one…a few thousand rupees sometimes," he said.

The nation was like a large terror factory, with killing outlets everywhere. Since the primary client, the Pakistani State, can only employ a certain number of jihadis at one point of time, the rest freelance for any client who comes by.

Over the last 16-and-a-half months, Bangladesh has recreated Pakistan within itself. The Muhammad Yunus government, backed by Jamaatis and other extremists, did not just cheer it on, but actively facilitated it by inviting Pakistan’s ISI to come and further indoctrinate and train young men and........

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