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New Delhi: a gathering of all intelligence agencies and therefore the heads of anti-terror units from all states is being held within the capital today to debate implications of the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan and the way Pakistan may exploit things to figure against India.
There are concerns that Pakistan would eventually use Afghan soil to shelter, train, plan and finance terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed to foment trouble in India, especially in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The purpose of the meeting is to streamline the exchange of intelligence inputs and better coordination,” said a senior officer of the Delhi Police, which is hosting the meeting.
The Delhi Police comes under the house Ministry.
Radicalisation and threats emerging from India’s neighbours are the 2 key points to be discussed within the day-long meeting, the officer said.
“The situation is changing drastically and threats became very live from these two regions. So potential threat assessments are going to be made and discussed,” a senior Home Ministry officer said, asking to not be named.
With US forces not in Afghanistan, friendly nations must find new ways to urge intelligence, the officer said, adding handling threats goes to be tougher from now on but nothing that can’t be handled.
“All those that are participating will make a presentation on issues concerning them,” the house Ministry officer said.
Another key area of dialogue is that the role of social media in spreading information. “ISIS may be a real threat. We are concerned about long dead terror cells getting reactivated, so we keep monitoring social media platforms for signs,” another senior officer who’s participating within the meeting said.
This is the primary time that the Delhi Police’s Special Cell has been invited to such a gathering . Previously, the Intelligence Bureau or the National Investigation Agency (NIA) wont to host meetings of this type where the scope is large and participation is big.
The anti-terror agency heads from Jammu Kashmir, Mumbai, Kerala, Telangana, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will attend the meeting, sources have said. Officers from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and therefore the NIA also will participate.
