Drone spotted over Indian High Commission in Islamabad, Delhi lodges protest with Pakistan
India TodayA drone was spotted on Sunday in the residential complex of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad causing a huge alarm for the Indian security establishment. Sources tell India Today that the matter of this major security breach in the diplomatic enclave in Islamabad was taken up through diplomatic channels by the High Commission officials with the Pakistan Foreign Office. This comes at a time when India witnessed the first weaponised drone attack at the Air Force base in Jammu in the early hours of Sunday -- the first such instance of suspected Pakistan-based terrorists deploying unmanned aerial vehicles to strike at vital installations in the country. Speaking at the ‘Global scourge of terrorism: assessment of current threats and emerging trends for the new decade’, Special Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs in the Government of India, V S K Kaumudi said, “Being a low-cost option and easily available, utilisation of these aerial/sub-surface platforms for sinister purposes by terrorist groups such as intelligence collection, weapon/explosives delivery and targeted attacks have become an imminent danger and challenge for security agencies worldwide.” “Today, misuse of information and communication technology such as internet and social media for terrorist propaganda, radicalisation and recruitment of cadre; misuse of new payment methods and crowdfunding platforms for financing of terrorism; and misuse of emerging technologies for terrorist purposes have emerged as the most serious threats of terrorism and will decide the counter-terrorism paradigm going forward,” he added at the 2nd High Level Conference of the Head of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of the Member States in the General Assembly.