14 Pakistani nationals have reached Afghanistan and Syria to join Daesh and fight along with it, sources said on Sunday.
These 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 lured the 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) arrested eight suspected terrorists from Lahore over attempts to lure people into Daesh.
A CTD spokesperson said that the suspected terrorists were involved in sending people to Afghanistan and Syria. The CTD also recovered literature and other things from the suspected terrorists’ possession.
