- 26 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityAl Qaeda
Visit of the United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team (1267 & 1988 Sanction Committees) to India (8-10 March 2022)
A team of experts from the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIL (Da'esh), Al-Qaida and the Taliban supporting the Security Council’s 1267 & 1988 Sanction Committees visited…
Five with links with jehadi group affiliated to Al Qaeda arrested in Assam
Guwahati, Mar 5 (PTI): Five persons have been arrested, including a Bangladeshi national, for alleged links with a jihadi group based in the neighbouring country which is believed affiliated to…
Islamic State likely to pick battle-hardened Iraqi as next leader
The next leader of Islamic State is likely to be from a close circle of battle-hardened Iraqi jihadists who emerged in the aftermath of the 2003 U.S. invasion, two Iraqi…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Explainer-Why is Burkina Faso’s army mutinying?
By Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) - The West African nation of Burkina Faso hit international headlines on Sunday when machinegun fire rang out from barracks as soldiers demanded more support…
Militants kill at least 31 in central Mali, say local authorities
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Militants killed at least 31 people in central Mali on Friday when they fired upon a bus ferrying people to a local market, local authorities said -…
Four West African states mount operation against Islamist insurgents
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo have carried out a joint military operation to counter increased attacks by Islamist insurgent groups in parts of West Africa,…
U.S. says it killed senior al Qaeda leader in Syria with drone strike
(Reuters) - The U.S. military killed senior al Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar in a drone strike in Syria on Friday, a U.S. Central Command spokesman said. "The removal of…
Mali has not asked any group to negotiate with Islamist militants
BAMAKO (Reuters) - The Malian government on Thursday said it had not officially asked any organisation to negotiate with Islamist insurgents on its behalf. This week, a spokesperson for the…
Mali asks Muslim leaders to negotiate with al Qaeda affiliate
By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's government said on Tuesday that it asked the country's main Islamic body to open peace talks with leaders of al Qaeda's local affiliate…
Taliban say no al Qaeda or ISIS in Afghanistan
(Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said on Tuesday there was no evidence of Islamic State or al Qaeda militants being in the country, days after Islamic State claimed responsibility for…
Kabul Fiasco Adds Poignancy to 9/11 Anniversary
"Two steel birds will fall from the sky on the Metropolis / The sky will burn at forty-five degrees latitude / Fire approaches the great new city / Immediately a…
By TP Sreenivasan
Al Qaeda-linked group praises Taliban ‘victory’ in Afghanistan
Aleppo [Syria], August 20 (ANI): An al Qaeda-linked group in Syria has lauded the Taliban "victory" in Afghanistan, and compared the terror group's control of the majority of the country…
