Militant outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and Tehreek-ul-Mujhadeen on Saturday distanced themselves from the Islamic State, saying “they see no scope for the IS and al-Qaeda in Jammu and Kashmir”.
“Kashmiri people don’t want aid and support from an external group. They are capable enough to fight against the Indian aggression themselves,” LeT spokesperson Abdullah Ghaznavi told a local news agency. He described the IS as “production of anti-Islamic Western countries”.
“To link our struggle with the IS is mere propaganda unleashed by India,” said the LeT spokesman. General Officer Commanding, 16 Corps, Lt. General R.R Nimbhorkar on Thursday expressed apprehensions that “the IS joining hands with the LeT to launch attacks in India can be a possibility as the motive of the terrorists is to spread their propaganda”.
