CLAIM
An Afghan Taliban-affiliated propaganda account, @markhor_fact, alleges that the Pakistan Army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) are collaborating with ISIS-Khorasan (ISKP), relocating militant centres to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and jointly establishing terrorist camps in mountainous areas.
VERDICT
FALSE AND MISLEADING — NO CREDIBLE, INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THE ALLEGATION.
FACT CHECK / FINDINGS
A review of the allegations reveals no credible, independently verified evidence establishing any collaboration between Pakistan’s military or intelligence agencies and ISIS-Khorasan.
Contrary to the propaganda narrative, Pakistan has consistently conducted counterterrorism operations against militant networks, including ISIS-K, to prevent their establishment and expansion within its territory.
1. UN REPORTING CONTRADICTS THE ALLEGATION
The United Nations Security Council’s Monitoring Team, in its report S/2025/71, documented efforts by ISIS-K to establish an operational presence inside Pakistan. The report recorded that Pakistani security forces disrupted these efforts and arrested high-profile ISIS-K operatives involved in recruitment, financing and militant movement.
This documented counterterrorism activity directly contradicts the allegation that Pakistani security institutions are facilitating ISIS-K.
2. AFGHANISTAN REMAINS A MAJOR SECURITY CONCERN
United Nations security assessments have documented the continued presence, recruitment networks and operational activities of ISIS-K inside Afghanistan.
The organisation’s presence and activities in Afghan territory remain a serious regional security concern. However, allegations of a dedicated ISIS facilitation cell operating directly under the Afghan Taliban administration in Kandahar, or specific joint operations between the two, require additional independently verifiable evidence.
3. MISREPRESENTATION OF SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE
The propaganda account attempts to portray alleged military and border-management construction activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as evidence of terrorist infrastructure.
However, no authenticated geolocation data, independently verified imagery, construction records or credible intelligence documentation have been presented to substantiate the claim that these facilities are ISIS-K training camps.
4. PSYCHOLOGICAL PROJECTION AND DISINFORMATION
The narrative employs a familiar disinformation technique: attributing alleged terrorist affiliations to an opposing state without providing verifiable evidence, while diverting attention from documented terrorist networks operating across the region.
The circulation of fabricated or misleading claims about intelligence arrests, militant relocations and alleged terrorist facilities risks creating a false impression of Pakistan’s counterterrorism posture and misleading international audiences.
CONCLUSION
The allegation that Pakistan’s military and ISI are collaborating with ISIS-Khorasan to establish terrorist camps in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is unsupported by credible, independently verified evidence.
Available United Nations reporting documents Pakistani security forces’ efforts to disrupt ISIS-K’s attempts to establish an operational presence inside Pakistan. It also identifies the continued presence of ISIS-K in Afghanistan as a significant regional security concern.
The claims circulated by @markhor_fact should therefore be treated as unverified propaganda rather than established facts.
