Currently, the terrorist groups engage in competition for territory and attention as visibility is considered a strategic asset. They oversee trials, assess evidence and uphold the legal process through which terrorist violence is prosecuted," the report mentioned. None of these possibilities has been proven by available evidence, and an investigation needs to be conducted on each possibility. The BLA is an ethno-nationalist separatist movement while ISKP is the Islamic State’s regional affiliate that operates in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The ideologies of the two groups are different; however, the ideological difference does not remove the possibility of limited tactical interaction.