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Abdul Basit
Associate Research Fellow A(RF)
International Centre for Political Violence and
Terrorism Research (ICPVTR), RSIS
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
18 February 2015
Overview
Background. .
Militant Islamist Groups Allied with ISIS.
Foreign Fighters in ISIS Ranks.
No. of Foreign Fighters.
Latest Updates of Foreign Fighters.
Major Questions
Will ISIS pick a bone with Pakistan given the fact that Pakistan is not part of the US-led anti
ISIS coalition?
Is the group or its local affiliates capable of doing it?
What is the magnitude of ISIS footprint in South Asia, in general, and Pakistan in particular?
How the South Asian Islamist Militant Organizations have reacted to ISIS Growing Influence?
What does it all mean for South Asia, in general, and Pakistan in particular?
Background
Libya
Ansar Al-Shariah
Islamic Youth Shura Council
Nigeria
Boko Haram
Afghanistan
Salafai Taliban
Pakistan
Islamic
State
Jandullah
Shahidulah Shahid Group
Tehrik-e-Khilafat
Jamia Hafsa Students
Uzbekistan
Islamic Movement of
Uzbekistan (IMU)
Egypt
Philippines
Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF)
Gamah Islamiyah
Ansar Bait-ul-Maqdis
The most important regions for foreign fighter recruitment outside Western
Europe and the Middle East are the Balkans and the countries of the former
Soviet Union.
Source:
http://soufangroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Foreign-fig
hters-flow-to-Syria.jpg
Source:http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middleeast/2014/12/01/I-cleaned-toilets-for-ISIS-reveals-exfighter.html
Source:
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014
-10-14/news/55014486_1_jammu-and-kashmirisis-omar-abdullah
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/RahulBhonsle/estimate-south-asian-fighters-insyria-and-iraq
Source:http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middleeast/2014/12/01/I-cleaned-toilets-for-ISIS-reveals-exfighter.html
Khalid
Mansour
(Hangu,
KP)
Dawlat
(Kurram
Agency)
Saad alEmarati
(Saad Abi
Waqas Logar
province,
Afghanistan)
Muhsin
(Kunar
province,
Afghanistan)
Gul
Zamam
(Khyber
Agency)
Omar
Mansour
(Masjid
Ahmar)
Saeed Khan
(Orakzai
Agency)
Mufti
Hassan
(Peshawar)
Obeidaullah
Peshawari
(Tawhid wal
Jihad Peshawar)
Jawad
(AbtalulIslam)
Talha
(Murat)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_showing_NWFP_and_FATA.
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