Thus far, the accumulation of cases involving Nepali nationals, Islamic State-linked facilitation networks, and regional terror transit routes should force Kuala Lumpur to reassess a critical blind spot - how external security vulnerabilities migrate along labour and mobility corridors.
The Nepal-IS nexus is not about stigmatising a nationality; it is about understanding how weak governance, porous borders, and illicit intermediaries can export risk into otherwise stable countries like Malaysia.
Over the past decade, multiple reports from Malaysian authorities, Nepali media, and regional security analysts have pointed to Nepal’s growing exposure to transnational extremist networks.
Nepal’s geography, sandwiched between...