India Seeks China's Help To Tackle ISIS Threat

Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has claimed that his just concluded visit to China is a 'successful' one, as the Asian giant has agreed to help India in tackling threat posed by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) - a Salafi jihadist militant group that follows an Islamic fundamentalist, Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam.

Ahead of Parrikar's arrival in Shanghai on Saturday (April 16), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India sent 'Letters Rogatory' to China, seeking Beijing's help to unravel the IS' conspiracy to influence Muslim youths in the sub-continent. The NIA also requested the concerned Chinese authorities to send details of the 'chat conversation' between an alleged IS recruit from western Indian Province of Maharashtra and his handlers in Syria and Iraq.

During his meeting with the visiting Indian minister, Chinese Defence Minister Chang...