ISAS Briefs

ho launched the terrorist attack at Wagah on Pakistan 's border with India ? The attack , the deadliest in Pakistan in about a year, occurred on 2 November 2014 , killing more than sixty people and injuring another one hundred. Was the choice of the target a warning to the Pakistani leadership not to make peace with India? Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's t hird - time P rime M inister , seemed committed to improving his country's economic relations with India. Did the well - planned operation signal the arrival in Pakistan of the ideology behind the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ? The rise of th e ISIS " also known simply as the " Islamic State ' " had happened with a suddenness that surprised most in the world. All these are important questions not only for Pakistan but also for South Asia , but the answers will take a long - time . This incident at Wa gah needs to be looked at and studied , since it will impact not only Pakistan and Afghanistan but also India. 2