According to Russel Travers, US’s Acting Director of the National Counter-terrorism Center, Office of Director of National Intelligence, the Khorasan group of the Islamic State (IS-K), that operates in South Asia, attempted a suicide attack in India in 2018, swarajyamag.com reports on November 7. "Of all of the branches and networks of IS, IS-K is certainly one of those of most concern, probably in the neighbourhood of 4,000 individuals or so," said Russel. "They have attempted to certainly inspire attacks outside of Afghanistan. They attempted last year to conduct a suicide attack in India. It failed," Travers said when asked by Indian-origin Senator Maggie Hassan about the ability of IS-K to carry out terrorist attacks in the region. Reportedly during her visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hassan said she heard firsthand the concerns of the US military about the growing and very real threat of IS-K, the ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan.