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Pakistan border attack shows Islamists′ strength
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India
Spy agencies averted more deaths in Pakistan-India border bomb: sources
Suicide bomber strikes in Pakistan at border crossing with India
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a recently formed splinter group of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, and Jundallah both claimed credit for the suicide attack in Wagah that killed more than 50 people.
US adds Harakat-ul-Mujahideen’s emir to terrorism list
Fazle-ur-Rahman Khalil, Harakat-ul-Mujahideen’s founder and leader, signed Osama bin Laden’s infamous 1998 fatwa that declared war on the US and Israel. HUM was added to the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations 18 years ago.
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent claims attacks on Pakistani ships were more audacious than reported
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), the newest branch of al Qaeda’s international network, has released a nine-page statement giving its version of the attacks on two Pakistani frigates on Sept. 6. AQIS claims that all of the operatives, except one, were “serving officers in the Pakistani Navy.”
India
Pakistani Islamists use floods to turn opinion against India
Afghanistan
Al Qaeda’s shadowy new ’emir’ in South Asia handed tough job
India
After Syria and Iraq, Islamic State makes inroads in South Asia
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent incorporates regional jihadist groups
Usama Mahmoud, AQIS’s spokesman, openly stated that the group “was formed by the gathering of several jihadi groups that have a long history in jihad and fighting.”
Al Qaeda
Indian states on alert after al Qaeda announces local wing
Al Qaeda opens branch in the ‘Indian Subcontinent’
Ayman al Zawahiri announced the establishment of al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent. The group is led by a former Taliban leader known as Asim Umar.
India
Indian Muslim Said to Have Joined ISIS Is Reported Dead
India
US urges India to step up as regional power
Afghanistan
Pakistani army begins ground offensive against Taliban
US adds 2 Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders, several aliases to terrorism list
The Pakistan-based terror group continues to use aliases in an attempt to hide its operations in South Asia. The US also said LeT conducted a suicide assault in Afghanistan as recently as May 2014.
India
Authorities have remanded into custody wanted terrorist Syed Kirmani, following his arrest on arrival in Hyderabad from an unidentified Gulf country on May 5; he is suspected of involvement in the 2003 ‘ISI conspiracy’ violence. Kirmani and his associate, Maulana Abdul Qavi, who was arrested in March, are allegedly linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, and […]
India
Nine Muslims, including six women and children, were found shot dead in a suspected sectarian attack in Assam; 20 people have been arrested. The army repelled an infiltration attack along the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir. Security sources say Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate is trying to establish a base in Sri Lanka; a […]
India
Two bombs detonated in two coaches of the Bangalore-Guwhati Express as it was stopped at the Central station in Chennai, killing a passenger and injuring 14 others. No group has claimed responsibility for the blasts, but security officials have been monitoring the Islamist terror group Indian Mujahideen more closely in recent weeks.
India
Police claim to have arrested four members of the Indian Mujahideen, including Pakistani bomb expert Zia Ur Rehman a.k.a. Waqas, in Rajasthan. The group was allegedly planning a “spectacular terror attack” in India, and a large quantity of explosives was seized. The Indian Mujahideen was listed as a terrorist group by the US in 2011 […]
Afghanistan
Suicide attack on Indian consulate foiled in Kandahar province
India
Pakistan militant resurfaces, ignites Indian fears of attacks
India
India – Dead, jailed terrorists still CBI’s most wanted
Afghanistan
India Mulls Sending Military Advisors to Afghanistan
Syria
Syria most dangerous country for media in 2013, 126 dead worldwide: INSI
Pakistan
Pakistan Taliban condemns media’s celebration of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar
India
Russian and Indian troops took part in counterterrorism war games in the Mahajan range. An Indian news report said that last month Indian authorities alerted Israel that a cell of the Indian Mujahideen was planning attacks on Israeli tourists in Rajasthan. The Indian Mujahideen terror group is said to have recently split into two factions, […]
India
Police are searching for Afzal Usmani, an operative from the banned terrorist group Indian Mujahideen, who escaped from detention in Mumbai. He is accused of involvement in the 2008 Ahmedabad bombings in which 56 people were killed and over 200 wounded.
India
At least 31 people have been killed and many more wounded in clashes between Muslims and Hindus in Muzaffarnagar in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Security forces have been told to shoot rioters on sight. Officials are blaming each other for the violence, and cite the recent publication of inflammatory material on social media. […]
Afghanistan
Pakistan militants prepare for war in Afghanistan after foreign forces withdraw
Afghanistan
India to Boost Commando Presence in Afghanistan