According to information received from the Gujarat ATS, radicalized youths affiliated with the banned terrorist organization Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) were caught while planning to flee India via Porbandar seashore in Gujarat.

Source: https://www.weeklyblitz.net/news/gujarat-isis-terror-module-busted-4-including-woman-arrested/

IS was proscribed by the in 2014, and ISKP is recognised as one of its “regional branches”, Mr Sandhu told the jury.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/afghanistan-islamic-state-birmingham-crown-court-west-midlands-police-home-secretary-b2372988.html

“The ISKP, a sister organisation of ISIS, is active in the Khorasan province of Afghanistan and is behind a meticulously planned conspiracy to promote terror and violence in the troubled nation,” the agency had said.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/13-arrested-in-isis-terror-conspiracy-case-following-nia-raids-in-maharashtra-karnataka/article67620788.ece

There is no denying the fact that ISKP continues to pose a serious threat to the Taliban and to regional security.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/05/the-prospect-of-us-taliban-counterterrorism-cooperation-is-the-embrace-worth-it/

When the cloud storage of the accused was accessed, their photographs with ISKP banner, videos of a leader giving them the pledge of allegiance, audio clips of their leader and other incriminating files were recovered, the ATS said in a release.

Source: https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/gujarat-ats-busts-iskp-module-woman-among-four-held/