14 Pakistanis reach Syria, Afghanistan to join Daesh, say sources

LAHORE: 14 Pakistani nationals have reached Afghanistan and Syria to join Daesh and fight along with it, sources said on Sunday.

According to the documents received by Geo News, the 14 Pakistani nationals reached Syria and Afghanistan two weeks ago.

It was revealed that the major recruitments were done from Islamabad and Punjab’s big cities, sources said.

The Pakistani nationals also include females who volunteered, sources added.

According to sources, Qari Abid in Syria would lure citizens into the proscribed organisation through social media and later made them contact his nephew Nabeel Ahmed.

Those who were prepared to join were then sent to Syria and Afghanistan, sources informed.

On Nov 17, the Counter-terrorism Department (CTD) had arrested eight suspected terrorists from Lahore over attempts to lure people into Daesh, sources said.

The CTD sources had said that the suspected terrorists were involved in sending people to Afghanistan and Syria. CTD had recovered literature and other things from the suspected terrorists’ possession.