Abu Abdul Rehman al-Ansari, the leader of al-Qaida Fil Hind or al-Qaida in India, said Kashmir and Jammu would be the launchpad for jihad in India. “The statement mentions insurgencies in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Somalia, the Palestinian territories and Algeria and describes them as a global Islamic movement ‘aimed at wiping out borders and leading to the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate.'”
