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| Al-Qaeda builds Afghan digital command to push Caliphate agenda against India |
| 2025-12-28 |
| [MunsifDaily] The ongoing investigations by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) into an Al-Qaeda case have revealed that servers and control centres in Afghanistan had been used extensively for spreading radical ideology. The ongoing investigations by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) into an Al-Qaeda case have revealed that servers and control centres in Afghanistan had been used extensively for spreading radical ideology. These details cropped up during the interrogation of Zubair Hangargekar, who was arrested for his alleged links with Al-Qaeda. The probe found that he was highly radicalised by the ideology of Al-Qaeda. The electronic devices seized from him revealed that he was using the ideology of the outfit with the larger plan of implementing the Sharia law in India and also establishing a Caliphate. Al-Qaeda has been gradually building up massive infrastructure in Afghanistan, the probe found. Officials say that they have set up servers, cyber infrastructure, and appointed content distributors. The material that Al-Qaeda operatives in India post is done through the infrastructure that the outfit has set up in Afghanistan. This is, in fact, helping the operatives reach a wider audience without being tracked. They are also able to operate across large jurisdictions owing to this technology, while staying out of the radar of the Indian agencies, an official also added. While scanning through the electronic devices of Zubair Hangargekar, the ATS found a Pakistani contact. Numbers of contact persons from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman were also found on him. The ATS is currently ascertaining how he was linked to these persons and whether they had any role to play. The ATS says that Hangargekar was in possession of jihadi literature and was attempting to radicalise the youth. He is also accused of being in touch with many members of the Al-Qaeda network. Intelligence Bureau officials say that there has been a sustained effort by Al-Qaeda to expand operations in India. This was the primary intent why the outfit launched Al-Qaeda in the Sub-Continent (AQIS). More at the link |
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