New Delhi, May 9 -- On 29th April 2023, a gunman fired on six people at a Shia mosque in the district of Guzara in Herat province, Afghanistan. Islamic State-Khorasan (ISK) claimed responsibility for the attack by releasing a statement on its Telegram handle stating that one of its members attacked a "Shiite temple" in Herat province with a machine gun. According to various media sources, the mosque's imam was among those killed.

Among the nations which condemned the attack were Iran and Pakistan. Since the breakdown of the negotiations with Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan has been the victim of several TTP attacks. The pipe dreams to have a strategic depth in Afghanistan dissipated with the Taliban reluctant to take any actio...