‘Caravans of Jihad’ to Kashmir: As US Strike Kills Zawahiri, A Look at Al-Qaeda Chief's Threats to India
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Caravans of Jihad’ to Kashmir: As US Strike Kills Zawahiri, A Look at Al-Qaeda Chief's Threats to India

News 18  

As the sun rose in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a US drone ended Ayman al-Zawahiri’s decade-long reign as the leader of Al-Qaida who helped Osama bin Laden plot the 9/11 attacks. “A new branch of al-Qaida was established — Qaida al-Jihad in the Indian subcontinent, seeking to raise the flag of jihad,…and return the Islamic rule across the Indian subcontinent,” The Al-Qaeda chief had said. According to a report in The Guardian, Zawahiri said the new “Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent” would be “the standard bearer” of Osama bin Laden’s “global message, which aimed to unite the in jihad against enemy, liberate occupied lands and establish the caliphate”. Kashmir In a video released on July 2019, the Al-Qaeda chief calls for “Mujahideen in Kashmir” to inflict “unrelenting blows” on the Indian Army and the government in Jammu and Kashmir. “I am of the view that the Mujahideen in Kashmir – at this stage at least – should focus with single mind on inflicting unrelenting blows on the Indian Army and government so as to bleed the Indian economy and make India suffer sustained losses in manpower and equipment.” Zawahiri also said the “fight in Kashmir” is not a separate conflict but part of the worldwide Muslim community’s “jihad against a vast array of forces”.

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After Kabul and Dhaka, the fall of Damascus will spark radicalisation in West Asia and beyond
1 week, 5 days ago

After Kabul and Dhaka, the fall of Damascus will spark radicalisation in West Asia and beyond

Hindustan Times  

The collapse of Alawite Basher al-Assad regime and rise of Islamist rebels once affiliated to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State in Syria has reopened the chapter of religious radicalization witnessed when Sunni Islamists under ISIS flag controlled swathes of territory in north Iraq and Syria a decade ago. The uprooting of the Assad regime by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group …

Modi government likely to ban pro-Hamas terror group Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1 year, 1 month ago

Modi government likely to ban pro-Hamas terror group Hizb-ut-Tahrir

Op India  

Months after the Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad busted the terror module of the Islamic terrorist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir and the NIA named it under UAPA, 1967, the Central government is examining a proposal to ban HuT. The Metropolitan police, however, issued a statement on October 21 which said that after assessing the video of the Hizb ut-Tahrir’s protests “no signs or …

Kashmir & Palestine Going Through Same Turmoil, It’s Time for Jihad: Hizbul Mujahideen Chief
1 year, 2 months ago

Kashmir & Palestine Going Through Same Turmoil, It’s Time for Jihad: Hizbul Mujahideen Chief

News 18  

Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin has equated the struggles of Kashmir and Palestine — which is currently locked in a war with Israel — and accused India of “illegal occupation”. Drawing a parallel with Kashmir, the Hizbul chief said India too was “murdering” innocent Kashmiris and “taking all wealth and money from Kashmir”. He added: “This is the time for …

Gujarat ATS Busts Al-Qaeda Module, Arrests Four Bangladeshi Nationals in Ahmedabad
1 year, 7 months ago

Gujarat ATS Busts Al-Qaeda Module, Arrests Four Bangladeshi Nationals in Ahmedabad

News 18  

The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad has busted an Al-Qaeda module and arrested four members who hail from Bangladesh but have been living illegally in Ahmedabad, an official said on Monday. They were tasked with raising funds for Al-Qaeda’s illegal activities, radicalising local youths and persuading them to join the terror outfit, said Deputy Inspector General, Gujarat ATS, Deepan Bhadran. They …

'Plot to Evacuate Muslims from Surat Before Planting Nuclear Bomb': Court's Charges Against Yasin Bhatkal
1 year, 8 months ago

'Plot to Evacuate Muslims from Surat Before Planting Nuclear Bomb': Court's Charges Against Yasin Bhatkal

News 18  

Delhi’s Patiala House Court recently framed charges against Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal and 10 others in a UAPA case for designing and executing terror plots to wage a war against India. Special NIA Judge Shailendra Malick, who also discharged three accused in the case, noted while framing charges that Bhatkal was repeatedly involved in terror activities to wage a …

Why can't America stop federal funding of jihadi groups like Jamaat-e-Islami
1 year, 10 months ago

Why can't America stop federal funding of jihadi groups like Jamaat-e-Islami

Firstpost  

The West’s policies of countering Islamic extremism have been akin to feeding wolves to contain wolverine instincts. The House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Michael McCaul sent a stinker to the US Agency for International Development — the independent federal government body responsible for massive amounts of foreign aid — over the agency’s “gross negligence” in failing to investigate credible allegations …

Al-Qaida asks Muslim nations to expel Hindus over Nupur Sharma issue
1 year, 11 months ago

Al-Qaida asks Muslim nations to expel Hindus over Nupur Sharma issue

Op India  

The terrorist outfit Al-Qaida, which is banned in India, has again targeted the country over the alleged blasphemous remarks made by former BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma against Prophet Muhammad. In its fifth issue of a periodical magazine named ‘One Ummah’, the organization has appealed to all Muslim countries to boycott India and Indian products and also expel all the Hindus …

India’s Rise And The Growing Frustration Of American-Islamists: Why CAIR Has Become A Jihadi Front
2 years ago

India’s Rise And The Growing Frustration Of American-Islamists: Why CAIR Has Become A Jihadi Front

News 18  

A few years ago when China was rising as an economic power, there was a spate of global media coverage targeting the country over pollution, authoritarianism and human rights. In the last decade and a half, India’s relations with the United States have improved in leaps and bounds coinciding with India’s own economic growth and dynamism in its foreign policy …

Kerala engineer 'Abu Bakr,' killed fighting for Islamic State in Libya, gets featured in IS propaganda magazine
2 years, 4 months ago

Kerala engineer 'Abu Bakr,' killed fighting for Islamic State in Libya, gets featured in IS propaganda magazine

Op India  

Security agencies in India have swung into action after the images of a Kerala engineer who was supposedly killed while fighting for the Islamic State in Libya appeared once again in the IS propaganda magazine Voice of Khorasan, according to a report by The New Indian Express. The recent issue of Voice of Khorasan, the Islamic State’s mouthpiece in Afghanistan …

‘Madrassa Teachers as Terror Operatives’: How an Imam Led Cops to ABT, Al Qaeda Modules in Assam
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Madrassa Teachers as Terror Operatives’: How an Imam Led Cops to ABT, Al Qaeda Modules in Assam

News 18  

In a continuous operation over the past two months, the Assam Police has unearthed several Ansarullah Bangla Team and al Qaeda modules and sleeper cells that use madrassa teachers as terror operatives across the state. It all began with the arrest of Abbas Ali, 21, an imam from Pakiuruwa village of Assam’s Goalpara, on July 24 for his alleged links …

K.C. Singh | After Zawahiri: Be alert for Afghan churn, J&K fallout
2 years, 4 months ago

K.C. Singh | After Zawahiri: Be alert for Afghan churn, J&K fallout

Deccan Chronicle  

Ayman al-Zawahiri’s elimination in an American drone attack, while lounging on the balcony of his house in Kabul, closes one chapter. As Al-Qaeda’s ruling head and former deputy of Osama bin Laden, Zawahiri was long sought by the United States for his role in the 9/11 attack. After Zawahiri’s killing, Al-Qaeda may converge more closely with the agenda of India-specific …

Zawahiri’s Death is Respite for India's Intel Fraternity, But There's No Room for Complacency
2 years, 4 months ago

Zawahiri’s Death is Respite for India's Intel Fraternity, But There's No Room for Complacency

News 18  

The US killed Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda supreme commander and one of the key masterminds of the September 11 attacks along with Osama Bin Laden, in a CIA-led drone strike on August 1, 2022, at a residential building in the posh Sherpura colony of Kabul city. Besides exposing the underlying links between the Taliban, the Pakistani state, and Al-Qaeda, the CIA’s …

Explained | Who was al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri?
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Who was al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan on Sunday, President Joe Biden announced on Monday. Zawahiri, then leader of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, followed Bin Laden to Sudan, where they were running training camps for jihadists. It was in the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan that Bin Laden built al-Qaeda as the world’s …

Focus on next Al Qaeda chief as Indian agencies stay alert
2 years, 4 months ago

Focus on next Al Qaeda chief as Indian agencies stay alert

Hindustan Times  

Within hours of US President Joe Biden announcing the death of Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in a precision drone strike, speculation circled around a possible successor, with another Egyptian Al Qaeda figure, Mohammed Salahaldin Zidan, who goes by the assumed name of Saif al-Adel, emerging a likely candidate, according to security officials who monitor the region. An official involved …

Central officials assessing impact of Zawahiri’s killing on al-Qaeda’s presence in India
2 years, 4 months ago

Central officials assessing impact of Zawahiri’s killing on al-Qaeda’s presence in India

The Hindu  

A day after the United States announced that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a drone strike in Kabul on July 30, Indian government officials on Tuesday said they were assessing its impact in India. Mr. Singh said that over the past two years, surveillance had been mounted in Assam following reports that the Bangladesh-based Ansarullah Bangla Team, …

Zawahiri Killing: Al-Qaeda-Taliban Nexus Against Indian Interests, Say Officials
2 years, 4 months ago

Zawahiri Killing: Al-Qaeda-Taliban Nexus Against Indian Interests, Say Officials

News 18  

The killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri is likely to deal a blow to al-Qaeda supporters and affiliates in India, officials said on Tuesday but expressed concerns over the Taliban sheltering him in Kabul saying such facilities may also be extended to terror outfits mainly targeting India. The Taliban providing safe haven to al-Qaeda may also be extended to Pakistan-based outfits such …

OPINION: Amidst Prophet Remark Row, India is in the Eye of Information Warfare by Terrorist Outfits
2 years, 6 months ago

OPINION: Amidst Prophet Remark Row, India is in the Eye of Information Warfare by Terrorist Outfits

News 18  

Last two weeks have been quite eventful for India. The Prophet row became a serious challenge for India’s diplomatic dispensation even as the country became a target of Twitter storms that called for “boycotting Indians” and “Indian products”. Many have reported that the attack that originated from Arab countries was actually driven by Pakistan’s deep state and International Organisation for …

Pakistanis rally to denounce India over remarks about Islam
2 years, 6 months ago

Pakistanis rally to denounce India over remarks about Islam

The Independent  

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Prophet Remarks Row: Al-Qaeda Threatens Suicide Attacks In Several States, Including Delhi
2 years, 6 months ago

Prophet Remarks Row: Al-Qaeda Threatens Suicide Attacks In Several States, Including Delhi

ABP News  

Terror group Al-Qaeda has threatened to carry out suicide attacks in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai and Delhi to "fight for the dignity of our Prophet", news agency ANI reported. The threat was issued in statement dated June 6 that said "saffron terrorists should now await their end in Delhi and Bombay and in UP and Gujarat". The threat statement said …

Al-Qaeda in Indian subcontinent threatens to attack India after Prophet controversy
2 years, 6 months ago

Al-Qaeda in Indian subcontinent threatens to attack India after Prophet controversy

The Hindu  

DHAKA: Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has threatened that its members will carry out attacks in India in the backdrop of the controversial statements regarding the Prophet by two leaders of the BJP. A statement purportedly by the AQIS has called for attacks in Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. In a detailed statement made available by the SITE …

How Al-Qaeda is Still Active in India; Fresh Arrests Throw Light on Its Growing Propaganda - News18
2 years, 7 months ago

How Al-Qaeda is Still Active in India; Fresh Arrests Throw Light on Its Growing Propaganda - News18

News 18  

The recent arrest of 17 men of Ansar al Islam terror module has brought to the fore the rising propaganda of al-Qaeda in India through radicalisation and cyberspace. India’s central Intelligence agency and police of Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal neutralised al-Qaeda-inspired Ansar al Islam module in March-April. Further, on April 14, six Barpeta, Assam-based al-Qaeda …

Al-Qaeda chief calls Article 370 removal a 'slap on Muslims', compares J&K to Palestine
2 years, 7 months ago

Al-Qaeda chief calls Article 370 removal a 'slap on Muslims', compares J&K to Palestine

India Today  

Global terror group Al-Qaeda has released another video message on Kashmir, calling the abrogation of Article 370 “a slap on the face of Muslims”. On August 5, 2019, the Centre took away Jammu and Kashmir's special status by abrogating Article 370 and bifurcated the state into two union territories. In the new video, Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri draws parallels between …

Karnataka hijab row and the other times Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has interfered in India
2 years, 8 months ago

Karnataka hijab row and the other times Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has interfered in India

Firstpost  

The Al Qaeda leader has repeatedly trained his guns on the nation — from announcing a branch of the terror group in 2014 to the present when he showered praise on a pro-hijab protester in Karnataka and asked Muslims to fight the perceived assault on Islam The hijab row, which had erupted in Karnataka after girls moved the high court …

Al-Qaeda targets India in hijab row
2 years, 8 months ago

Al-Qaeda targets India in hijab row

The Hindu  

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has used the recent Hijab controversy in Karnataka to target democracy in India, saying "we must stop being deceived by the mirage of the pagan Hindu democracy". In the Arabic video clip, with English subtitles provided by SITE Intelligence Group that tracks online activity of white supremacist and jihadist organisations, Zawahiri "May Allah reward her for …

Al Qaeda boss lauds Karnataka girl who stood up to anti-hijab protesters. Trying to incite fights, says father
2 years, 8 months ago

Al Qaeda boss lauds Karnataka girl who stood up to anti-hijab protesters. Trying to incite fights, says father

India Today  

The family does not need the Al Qaeda chief’s support, announced the father of Muskaan, the Karnataka student who shouted “Allahu Akbar” at a mob chanting “Jai Shree Ram” to protest against the hijab in educational institutions. One of the most wanted terrorists, the elusive chief of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a new video, spoke about the Hijab row …

In new video, Al Qaeda chief tries to incite Indian Muslims over Karnataka hijab row
2 years, 8 months ago

In new video, Al Qaeda chief tries to incite Indian Muslims over Karnataka hijab row

India Today  

The global terrorist outfit Al Qaeda released a new video of its elusive leader Ayman al-Zawahiri talking about the hijab row in Karnataka. Zawahiri focussed on the hijab controversy and praised Muskaan, the woman who countered the "Jai Shree Ram' slogan being raised at her college with a "Alahu Akbar" call of her own. READ | Hijab row: Muslim students …

Al-Qaeda chief Zawahiri praises Karnataka student for chanting 'Allahu Akbar' amid hijab row | VIDEO
2 years, 8 months ago

Al-Qaeda chief Zawahiri praises Karnataka student for chanting 'Allahu Akbar' amid hijab row | VIDEO

India TV News  

Highlights Al-Qaeda chief expressed support to Muskan Khan, who shouted 'Allahu Akbar' slogans during Hijab row Zawahiri recited poem praising her & said "we must stop being deceived by mirage of Hindu democracy" K'taka Home Minister reacted: "Some unseen hands are behind the hijab row." In the 9 minute long video, the successor of Bin Laden had expressed his support …

Kerala Youth Joined Islamic State Khorasan, Detonated Suicide Vest On His Wedding Night
2 years, 9 months ago

Kerala Youth Joined Islamic State Khorasan, Detonated Suicide Vest On His Wedding Night

News 18  

The terrorist group Islamic State-Khorasan in its latest issue said that an Indian recruit was recently killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan, news agency Hindustan Times reported citing a report from Voice Of Khorasan, a publication launched by the terrorist group. The report also highlighted that he married a Pakistani woman who was a relative of another fighter of …

Will al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent Find Support in India?
2 years, 10 months ago

Will al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent Find Support in India?

The Diplomat  

On August 31 last year, hours after the last of the U.S. troops in Afghanistan had pulled out of the country, al-Qaida issued a statement congratulating the Taliban for their victory. It then went on to call for a “global jihad” to liberate Kashmir, Somalia, Yemen, and other “Islamic lands” from the “clutches of the enemies of Islam.” Although al-Qaida …

Foreign funding and hijab protests: PFI and Jamaat-e-Islami's push to mobilise Muslim youth against India
2 years, 10 months ago

Foreign funding and hijab protests: PFI and Jamaat-e-Islami's push to mobilise Muslim youth against India

Op India  

Last year in a random clubhouse conversation, a Kerala-based journalist had revealed how certain radical Islamic organisations and global Islamic movements have been covertly devising a sinister plot to Islamise India by funnelling a considerable amount of resources from the Middle-east. Basheer had said that T Arif Ali, secretary-general of the radical Islamic organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, had told him that …

Why Radicalisation in India through Bangladesh is Not a Myth
2 years, 11 months ago

Why Radicalisation in India through Bangladesh is Not a Myth

News 18  

In a recent interaction with the authors of this article, senior security officials drew a rather sceptical and caustic picture of the radicalisation scenario not just in Assam but all over India. The ruse worked and the Russians on reaching the “fake front line” — with no one there — would run out of steam. The territorial setbacks witnessed persistent …

What connects the violence in Bangladesh and the ‘new Quad’
3 years, 2 months ago

What connects the violence in Bangladesh and the ‘new Quad’

Firstpost  

A new collaboration of the United States, India, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates has been created focused on economic and developmental cooperation in healthcare, investment, climate change, energy, and other allied matters. This has been described as the ‘new Quad’, to differentiate from the older Quad of India, US, Australia, and Japan in the Indo-Pacific. The Islamist narrative increasingly …

Anti-India campaign promoted by people linked to Muslim Brotherhood, says DisinfoLab
3 years, 2 months ago

Anti-India campaign promoted by people linked to Muslim Brotherhood, says DisinfoLab

Op India  

DisinfoLab has come up with a report giving details of how Muslim Brotherhood has launched a campaign against India targeting India’s economic interests. According to the report titled Muslim BrotherHood Arrives In India, the #BoycottIndianProducts hashtag that was being shared on Twitter in the last few days, was part of this campaign against India. Holding the govt responsible for the …

With Taliban’s rise, India sees renewed threat in Kashmir
3 years, 3 months ago

With Taliban’s rise, India sees renewed threat in Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — India’s leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir, where militants already have a foothold. Lt. Gen. Deependra Singh Hooda, former military commander for northern India between 2014-2016, said militant groups based across the border in …

9/11 Twenty Years On: Al-Qaida is Defeated but Jihadism is Here to Stay
3 years, 3 months ago

9/11 Twenty Years On: Al-Qaida is Defeated but Jihadism is Here to Stay

News 18  

Twenty years ago, the terrorist group al-Qaida carried out the deadliest attack on US soil the world had ever seen. In October 2001, when a US-led coalition went into Afghanistan to hunt down al-Qaida and oust the Taliban, who had allowed the organisation to operate in the country since 1996, bin Laden was caught off-guard. For ten years, until he …

Taliban affiliate Al Qaeda calls for liberation of Kashmir as part of global jihad
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban affiliate Al Qaeda calls for liberation of Kashmir as part of global jihad

Hindustan Times  

The Narendra Modi government has noted with concern the statement issued by Taliban affiliate Al Qaeda on Tuesday praising the Sunni Pashtun US-designated terrorist group for humiliating and defeating American forces and then expelling them from Afghanistan and virtually exhorting the Islamist forces to launch global jihad to liberate Palestine, Islamic Magreb, Somalia, Yemen and Kashmir from the enemies of …

India an important country, no threat to them: Taliban spokesperson | Exclusive
3 years, 3 months ago

India an important country, no threat to them: Taliban spokesperson | Exclusive

India Today  

India is an important country in the region and the new regime in Afghanistan will not be a threat to them, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid told India Today. In an exclusive interview, Zabihullah Mujahid recounted India's good relations with Afghanistan and said the new government formed under the Taliban would want good relations with India. Asked about reports suggesting the …

Taliban, ISIS, Al Qaeda, Haqqanis are heads of the same monster in Pakistan’s zoo of terror
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban, ISIS, Al Qaeda, Haqqanis are heads of the same monster in Pakistan’s zoo of terror

Firstpost  

Jihadi groups across the world are cut from the same ideological cloth. After the latest bombings near the Kabul airport in which more than 160 people were killed including several US soldiers, which Islamic State claimed responsibility, a section of the international media and a part of the American security establishment have sought to underplay the Taliban’s role. The liberal …

Former Afghan envoy claims Pakistan birthed Taliban to counter India, says sanctions only way to deal with it
3 years, 3 months ago

Former Afghan envoy claims Pakistan birthed Taliban to counter India, says sanctions only way to deal with it

Firstpost  

Saikal also said that a fresh UN report establishes the symbiotic ties between ISIL-K, Taliban and the al-Qaeda. Pakistan had birthed Taliban in an attempt to counter India, a former Afghan envoy has said citing former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf. Mahmoud Saikal, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan and Ambassador to the UN and Australia on Saturday tweeted, “According …

Kashmir jihadist, trainer of Indian Fidayeen from Kerala, on the run again after escape from Kabul jail
3 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir jihadist, trainer of Indian Fidayeen from Kerala, on the run again after escape from Kabul jail

Firstpost  

In the shade of the Taliban’s swords, Aijaz Ahmad Ahanger’s decades-old war on India seems set to blossom From some hours, the prisoners didn’t realise they were free. From Afghanistan’s remote Kunar, Aijaz Ahmad Ahanger trained and ran a network of Fidayeen suicide-squad attackers raised from among Indian nationals—among them, one-time dentist Ijas Kallukettiya Purayil, killed in a bid to …

ISIS Footprint Found in Kashmir with Arrest of Key Founding Member: Indian Intel
3 years, 5 months ago

ISIS Footprint Found in Kashmir with Arrest of Key Founding Member: Indian Intel

News 18  

In a CNN-News18 exclusive, Indian intelligence agency has found direct footprint of banned terrorist group ISIS in Jammu and Kashmir with the arrest of one of its founding members Qasim Khorasani and two of his associates on Monday. In April 2020, Umar Nisar Bhat aka Qasim Khorasani, one of the founding members of ISIS module in Jammu and Kashmir, also …

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri likely in Afghan, Pak border region, probably alive but too frail: UN report
3 years, 6 months ago

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri likely in Afghan, Pak border region, probably alive but too frail: UN report

India Today  

A significant part of the Al-Qaeda leadership resides in the Afghanistan and Pakistan border region, including the group's elusive leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who is "probably alive but too frail to be featured in propaganda," according to a United Nations report. "Member states reported that a significant part of Al-Qaeda leadership remains based in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan, …

NIA to File Charges Against Alleged Members of West Bengal Al-Qaeda Cell
3 years, 10 months ago

NIA to File Charges Against Alleged Members of West Bengal Al-Qaeda Cell

News 18  

The National Investigation Agency is expected to file charges in a Delhi court later this week against 12 residents of West Bengal’s Murshidabad it says had founded an al-Qaeda terrorist cell, government sources have told News18. NIA investigators allege that the al-Qaeda cell was founded by Murshidabad-born Murshid Hasan, who encountered jihadist propaganda online while working in Kerala’s Ernakulam. Even …

Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent Only Capable of 'Small-scale Regional Attacks': US Official
4 years, 2 months ago

Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent Only Capable of 'Small-scale Regional Attacks': US Official

News 18  

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, a globally-banned terror group, is now probably capable of only “small-scale regional attacks”, a top American counter-terrorism official has told lawmakers. In South Asia, al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has struggled to rebound from the death of its leader, Asim Umar, in a US military raid in Afghanistan in September 2019 and is probably only …

Al-Qaida in Indian Subcontinent Group Only Capable of Small-scale Regional Attacks, Says US Official
4 years, 3 months ago

Al-Qaida in Indian Subcontinent Group Only Capable of Small-scale Regional Attacks, Says US Official

News 18  

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, a globally-banned terror group, is now probably capable of only small-scale regional attacks, a top American counter-terrorism official told lawmakers on Thursday. In South Asia, al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has struggled to rebound from the death of its leader, Asim Umar, in a US military raid in Afghanistan in September 2019 and is probably …

Pakistanis Leading Terror Groups al-Qaida in Indian Subcontinent, ISIL-K and TTP; Not Yet Blacklisted: UN Report
4 years, 4 months ago

Pakistanis Leading Terror Groups al-Qaida in Indian Subcontinent, ISIL-K and TTP; Not Yet Blacklisted: UN Report

News 18  

Pakistani nationals remain at the leadership levels in terror groups such as al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, and many of them are yet to be blacklisted, according to a UN report. The 26th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIL, al-Qaida and associated individuals …

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