ISIL unable to mount large-scale attacks in India: U.N. report

UN report highlights resilience of ISIL and Al-Qaida, with ISIL-K posing a serious threat in Afghanistan and beyond.

Terror group Islamic State was unable to mount large-scale attacks in India but its handlers tried to incite lone-actor attacks through supporters based in the country, a U.N. report has said.

According to the 35th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities, these terror groups and affiliates remained resilient and adaptable to external counter-terrorism pressure.

Aided by less centralised organisational structures, the threat they posed remained undiminished.

ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) is a terrorist group that aims to establish a caliphate in West Asia. It's also known as the Islamic State and Da'esh.

“ISIL (Da’esh) was unable to mount large-scale attacks in India. However, its handlers tried to incite lone-actor attacks through India-based supporters. The pro-ISIL (Da’esh) Al-Jauhar Media continued to spread anti-India propaganda through its publication Serat ul-Haq,” the report said.

The report also added that with over two dozen terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan, U.N. member states assessed the security threat emanating from the country as a continuing driver of instability in the region and beyond.

“Despite the loss of territory and attrition among senior and mid-tier leadership figures, the presence of terrorist organisations in Afghanistan posed a serious challenge to the stability of the country, as well as to the security of Central Asian and other neighbouring States,” it said.