Terrorism
9th Meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime
An inter-agency Indian delegation led by Mr. Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary, Counter Terrorism, Ministry of External Affairs participated in the 9th Meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter…
Kashmir : The Negative Spiral Returns
There are certain characteristics in insurgencies or terror campaigns, and the counter operations undertaken to neutralize them, especially in the Indian context. The belief emanating from my Counter Insurgency and…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Pakistan and The Paradox of Power
One of the immutable, if also somewhat counter-intuitive, laws of Pakistani politics is best described as the Paradox of Power. According to this, the stronger a politician appears, the weaker…
By Sushant Sareen
Indonesia arrests senior cleric for ties to Jemaah Islamiah
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's counter-terrorism police have arrested a member of a top Islamic council on charges of raising funds for the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) group blamed for…
UK counter-terrorism police arrest three after Liverpool car blast
LONDON (Reuters) -Counter-terrorism officers arrested three men after a vehicle exploded outside a hospital in the northern English city of Liverpool on Sunday, killing one person and wounding another, police…
Pakistan takes Islamist off terrorism list under deal to end protests
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan removed Islamist leader Saad Rizvi from its terrorism watchlist on Thursday, paving the way for his release from detention under a deal…
Delhi Declaration on Afghanistan
The Third Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan was held on 10 November 2021 in New Delhi in which National Security Advisers / Secretaries of Security Council of Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz…
Tunisia finds tunnel near French envoy’s residence; anti-terrorism forces investigating
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia has discovered a tunnel near the French ambassador's residence from a house frequented by a known extremist, and anti-terrorism forces are investigating, the Tunisian Interior Ministry…
Pakistan’s Fresh Terror Push in Jammu & Kashmir – India on Alert
In Rawalakot of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), when Waqar entered his village on August 23, hundreds of Jaish terror recruits welcomed him in a cavalcade with repeated firing in the…
By Aditya Raj Kaul
Contextualizing The Poonch Operations : Time Delay in Completion is Inevitable
The recent operations against terrorist presence in the Bhata Dhurian forest area north of the Rajouri – Surankote road in the Poonch sector, began on 11 October 2021. It almost…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Terrorism threat to UK lawmakers substantial after colleague murder -Patel
LONDON (Reuters) - British interior minister Priti Patel said on Wednesday that the terrorism threat level to members of parliament was now deemed substantial, days after lawmaker David Amess was…
Pakistan – America’s Blind Spot
September 2001, a tall man with a privileged background and radical ideas sent aircrafts smashing into American buildings and pride, killing nearly 3000 Americans in the process. The US immediately…
By Major Manik M Jolly (Retd)
