Pakistan's military says it's crushed Islamic State's attempt to expand there.
The comments on Thursday were a rare acknowledgement by a senior Pakistani official that Islamic State has had any active presence in a country that is home to myriad militant groups including the Afghan and Pakistan Taliban, al-Qaeda and the Haqqani network.
Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa, the military's top spokesman, also rejected US complaints that it was not acting against the Haqqani network, suspected of carrying out suicide bomb attacks in Kabul, saying Pakistan was pursuing an "indiscriminate operation" against all militants.
Pakistani authorities have so far arrested 309 people associated with Islamic State (IS) on its territory, he said.
Most of those captured by Pakistan were established Pakistani jihadists who had switched loyalties to IS's self-proclaimed worldwide caliphate, but about 25 were foreigners including Afghans and some Syrians, he said.
Bajwa said that of a core group of 20 organisers, "we have captured all of them, except for one who I am sure is not in Pakistan".
He said IS fighters were still present in the Afghan provinces of Nangarhar, Khost and Kunar, which lie along the border with Pakistan.
He also released rare figures on progress in its anti-militant operation, saying more than 3500 had been killed. He added that 516 soldiers had also been killed and 2272 wounded.
"We have paid $US106.9 billion (on) this war ... If anyone points a finger at Pakistan or casts an eye of suspicion on Pakistan, they need to know this cost," said Bajwa.
International concern that IS was establishing an operational presence in Pakistan increased after the group said it carried out a suicide bombing at a hospital in the city of Quetta that killed more than 70 people.
However, a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban also claimed the hospital bombing and Bajwa said he believed the Islamic State statement was false.
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