27 December 2020
- RSIS
- Media Mentions
- Pakistani Militants Shift Focus to Cities in Targeting of Chinese
Pakistani Militants Shift Focus to Cities in Targeting of Chinese
Recent attacks on Chinese citizens in Karachi show that Pakistani militant groups opposing China’s Belt and Road Initiative have changed their strategy — focusing on the country’s urban centres and targeting Chinese nationals and investments. “Militant outfits regularly target Chinese interests and Pakistani security personnel in the country’s mountainous and rural areas,” said Abdul Basit, a Research Fellow at the RSIS, a Singapore-based security think tank. “But carrying out attacks on them in major urban centres, such as Karachi… they want to grab global attention and publicity.”
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