So-called Islamic State began to appear in what it calls Khorasan (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Iran, and India) in 2014. Reports of its presence were at first dismissed as propaganda, but during 2015 it became clear that IS had a serious presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan at least. In June 2014, when the Islamic State (IS) declared itself to be a caliphate, with Abu Bakr al Baghdadi as its leader, there was barely presence of the extremist group outside its immediate area of influence in Syria and Iraq. However, in just over a year, the IS has grown into a terror organization with presence across the globe and a sanctuary in Syria and Iraq. The IS sees itself to be a worldwide caliphate with a territorial claim from Spain to Eastern India and Bangladesh. The ‘Khorasan Province’ of the caliphate engulfs India, Pakistan and other neighboring nations. The Islamic State’s Khorasan province (IS-K) is led by a core of former Ban Tehrik-e-Taliban ...