Bangladesh risks becoming Islamabad’s forward operating base against New Delhi, according to a bombshell report from Dhaka-based Blitz. Pakistan’s terror patronage is old news; the twist is Dhaka’s unwitting enablement of ISI’s anti-India machinations.
By permitting its land as a staging ground for logistics and indoctrination, Bangladesh is courting disaster in Pakistan’s chronic border skirmishes and proxy conflicts.
ISI’s revival of faith-fueled terror via proxies and border exploits signals escalating threats. The report dissects this as ‘proxy jihad 2.0,’ launched around India’s Republic Day with attacks planned from West Bengal to overseas missions.
Central to this is ISI’s Dhaka cell, coordinating PoK-linked ‘stranded Pakistanis’ infiltration into India. The ‘Mohajir Regiment’—a mix of young male and female saboteurs trained in explosives and martyrdom ops—leads the charge.
Yunus’s 2024 interim regime has inadvertently supercharged this via policy U-turns favoring Islamists. LeT’s Hafiz Saeed-era bonds with Bangladeshi militants like Mufti Harun Izhar and Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani are resurrecting.
Sources indicate these links are operationalizing once more, channeling funds and fighters. The implications for tri-nation dynamics are profound.
Policymakers in Dhaka face a stark choice: dismantle these networks or face isolation. Beefed-up intelligence sharing with India could neutralize the threat, ensuring Bangladesh doesn’t inherit Pakistan’s pariah status.