Pakistan Arrests 13 Suspected Islamic State Militants

Counterterrorism authorities in Pakistan say they have arrested a group of 13 suspected militants operating a recruiting and training facility for Islamic State.  Officials at the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) told VOA a telephone intercept prompted them to conduct the raid earlier this week against the IS-linked cell in the city of Sialkot, Punjab, the country’s populous province. Security forces found “an underground training center and seized automatic weapons,...

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