ISIL-K handlers based in India recruiting lone-wolf attackers: UN

TERROR group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Khorasan (ISIL-K) seeks to recruit lone actors through their handlers based in India, despite not being able to conduct large-scale attacks in the country, a UN report has said.

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The 34th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team about ISIL (Da'esh), al-Qaeda and associated individuals and entities, released here on Tuesday, said that member states registered ongoing concern that terrorism emanating from Afghanistan will be a driver of insecurity in the region and further afield in most scenarios.

"Despite not being able to conduct largescale attacks in India, ISIL-K seeks to recruit lone actors through their India-based handlers and released a booklet in Urdu magnifying Hindu-Muslim antagonism and outlining its strategy as regards India," the report said.