According to a United Nations (UN) report: 16th report of the Secretary-General the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan (ISKP) threatened to launch attacks against the embassies of India, Iran and China in Afghanistan to undermine the relationship between the Taliban and the UN member states in the Central and South Asia region, reports NDTV on February 9. The reports states, “The activities of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan (ISKP) remained a significant terrorist threat in Central and South Asia, and the group retained ambitions to conduct external operations…The group also threatened to launch terrorist attacks against the embassies of China, India and the Islamic Republic of Iran in Afghanistan”. The report also mentioned that ISKP had positioned itself as the ‘primary rival’ to the Taliban and was reportedly set to portray the Taliban as incapable of providing security in the country.