Islamic State, Boko Haram may disrupt India-Africa Summit, warns intelligence report

All 54 African countries are taking part in the third India-Africa summit that is currently underway in New Delhi. More than 40 countries will be represented at the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) by their heads of state. [caption id=“attachment_2379850” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Reuters.[/caption] A report in The Times of India  has suggested that both extremist organisations, Boko Haram and Islamic State may be attempting to disrupt the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS).  Law enforcement agencies have tightened the security around top dignitaries attending the summit, added the report. Boko Haram, the Nigeria-based terrorist organisation, has recently pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State, which has stepped up its attacks in the South Asia most recently taking credit for the Bangladesh bombings on Shias  and in September they claimed to have attacked a para-military checkpoint on the Pak-Afghan border. More than 25,000 personnel from the Delhi Police and paramilitary are currently working together with their African counterparts in New Delhi for the summit. So far the Foreign Region Registration Office and the Delhi Police are keeping tabs on African nationals who have arrived in Delhi in the last week as a precaution, said the report. On 29 October, all heads of state, along with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top African officials are slated to meet at the IG indoor stadium reports PTI. In August, The Indian Express quoted a list of 17 persons who disappeared and had joined or planned to join the Islamic State or the Al-Nusra Front, arm of Al Qaeda in Syria. In addition to that, about a dozen Indian Mujahideen cadets are also believed to have joined the Islamic State. Speaking to AP in an interview last Saturday, the Afghan security advisor emphasised that al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State group and other insurgents, including the brutal Haqqani network, which has ties to the Taliban, “are morphing.”