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JNIM: Two ISIS Sahel Province commanders of the northern Burkina Faso’s Oudalan Province killed in two months

2026-08-19

#الساحل_والصحراء
الخسارة الثانية ، في أقل من شهرين، لتنظيم الدولة الإسلامية ، فرع ولاية الساحل"

فبعد مقتل القائد السابق "سعيد فادى " قتل قائد منطقة شمال بوركينا فاسو ، أبو زيد البوركينابي"
خلال كمين لمقاتلي نصرة الإسلام والمسلمين"

بهذه الضربة وتلك التي سبقتها ، تكون النصرة… https://t.co/S7qc611yfh pic.twitter.com/6FJ7qrgeks
— آيب آيب محمدن (@EybaMedn) August 18, 2026

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#Sahel_and_Desert

The second loss, in less than two months, for the Islamic State organization, Sahel Province branch"

After the killing of the previous leader "Said Fadi," the commander of the northern Burkina Faso region, "Abu Zaid the Burkinabe,"
was killed during an ambush by fighters of the Support Group for Islam and Muslims"

With this strike and the one that preceded it, JNIM has compensated for its losses in Mayo and Inatou, in northern Burkina Faso and the Tillabéri region in western Niger"

JNIM claimed responsibility for a targeted attack against fighters of the Islamic State in the Sahel (EIS) in Oudalan Province
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 | On August 17, JNIM claimed responsibility for a targeted attack against fighters of the Islamic State in the Sahel (EIS) in Oudalan Province, near the Three Borders area (🇳🇪🇲🇱🇧🇫), specifically in the localities of Bangao and Dorkoye.

➡️ These fighters are designated as "khawarij," referring to the first politico-religious dissidence within Islam in the 7th century.

🔴 Several EIS fighters were reportedly killed, including the commander Abou Zeid Al-Burkinabi, known as the emir of the Islamic State in Burkina Faso (📷 below).

🚨 Previously, on August 15, JNIM took control of a base of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces in Tawori, in Fada N’Gourma Province (📸 below).
Dozens of soldiers were reportedly killed by JNIM, which also seized light weapons and several military vehicles, including a Chinese-origin MRAP 🇨🇳.

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India-Pakistan

Only 1 active local terrorist left in J&K; hunt on for Mohammed Lateef Bhat

2026-08-06

[HindustanTimes] Around five years ago, security agencies estimated there were 50-60 active local terrorists. In May 2025, official records showed 17 active local terrorists.

Jammu & Kashmir
Kashmir

...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
now has just one active local terrorist left, according to records maintained by security agencies including the police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), with officers mounting an intensive hunt for Kulgam resident Mohammed Lateef Bhat, whom Sherlocks suspect was behind the killing of two migrant workers from Chhattisgarh, the July 22 shooting of a head constable and plans to target the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, said people aware of the matter.

People familiar with the matter said updated security records show there is now only one active local terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir, compared with 40-50 foreign holy warriors operating across the Union territory, said a security officer.

1 LOCAL ACTIVE TERRORIST LEFT
Around five years ago, security agencies estimated there were 50-60 active local terrorists. As recently as May 2025, official records showed 17 active local holy warriors -- 14 in Kashmir and three in Jammu -- along with around 60 foreign holy warriors said the official cited above.

The fall in local recruitment is due to the crackdown by security forces on one hand and National Investigation Agency (NIA) probes over the past few years that have throttled groups that were allegedly funding terrorism. In the last two years, a massive crackdown on terror financing and narco terrorism was launched by the NIA.

According to security officials, Bhat escaped during a joint operation by the Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF in which security forces killed Zakir Ahmed Ganei, a Category A Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...>
terrorist, on July 8 in a forested area of Anantnag district.

PART OF OPERATION SHERUWALI
Officials said Ganei and Bhat were moving through the area when security forces intercepted them.

"The joint operation was launched then because of intelligence inputs that Ganei and Bhatt, who worked together, planned to disrupt the Amarnath Yatra. This was part of Operation Sheruwali launched jointly by the forces. Bhatt managed to flee the cordon while Ganei was neutralised. Since then, security forces have pinned his involvement on the July 22 killing of the J&K head constable and the recent killing of the two ~~migrants~~ colonists. He is the most wanted across J&K," a senior security force officer said, adding that Bhatt is also being aided by other locals.

Officials also pointed to similarities between the July 22 killing of head constable Ashiq Hussain and that of the two ~~migrants~~ colonists Bhupendra Bhaina and Deepak Ratre on Friday. The assailant in both cases was wearing a cap and carried the weapon in a gunny bag.

Eyewitnesses told Sherlocks that the assailant in both cases fired at point-blank range.

Security agencies say little is known about how Bhatt joined the LeT, a poster circulated on social media by unidentified handles shows his joining the Kashmir Revolution Army (KRA) on November 17, 2025.

"All these months he was working with Lashkar commander Ganei. He has escaped twice, first during a similar joint operation launched in Anantnag district in the last week of December 2025. Ganei and Bhatt are both from the same district in south Kashmir’s Kulgam. Ganei had left his house in 2023.

Bhatt had left his house for some months in early 2025. This must be the period when he got radicalised and inducted into the KRA," said the officer quoted earlier, adding that KRA is an LeT offshoot, similar to the Resistance® Front, which LeT formed to deflect attention from Pakistain.

Kulgam terror attack: Initial probe points to local Lashkar operative

[HindustanTimes] The initial investigation into the Kelam terror attack in Kulgam in which two labourers from Chhattisgarh were killed has pointed towards the involvement of a local terrorist associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the attack, police said.

Soon after the attack on Friday evening, police and the army arrived at the spot. According to initial findings, officials believe that only one terrorist was involved in the attack, though they have not ruled out the possibility of more holy warriors being involved.

An official privy to the details said that eyewitnesses and family members of the two labourers told Sherlocks that only one terrorist had barged into the brick kiln in the disguise of a civilian and then opened fire on the two labourers. "There were many labourers and even the owner present inside the brick kiln when a terrorist, disguised as a civilian, entered. After casually talking with the labourers, he opened fire on them and fled from the spot," the officer said.

Officials suspect that the terrorist who opened fire on the labourers could be Lateef Bhat, who hails from Kulgam in south Kashmir. Officials said that Bhat became active last year and has been operating in south Kashmir for over a year. Though he was already on the police radar, the police have so far been unable to trace him. "We are also trying to find out whether Bhat was involved in the killing of the policeman in Anantnag," said an officer.

The two back-to-back attacks within a span of one week in south Kashmir, where security was on high alert due to the Amarnath Yatra, have shaken the security establishment. Officers are holding back-to-back review meetings in all four districts of South Kashmir.

On Saturday, J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level security review meeting in Srinagar and instructed officials to conduct a comprehensive review of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) established to protect labourers from outside Jammu and Kashmir.

After the two attacks in South Kashmir — the first terror attacks since the Pahalgam terror attack last year in which 25 tourists were killed in Baisaran security across the Valley has been put on high alert, especially as there are a large number of non-locals working in the Valley, besides tourists present on a daily basis.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter awoke groggily, his hand still stuck in the Ming vase...
the cremation of both labourers was done in the Valley itself after receiving consent from family members. J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah has announced an ex gratia of ₹10 lakh each for both labourers, who had come to Kashmir to earn their livelihood.

Following the attack, police are also reviewing the security of all brick kilns in the Valley, especially those where non-local people are working in large numbers.

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India-Pakistan

LeT Chief Hafiz Saeed reshuffles 15+ commanders across Pakistan's Punjab

2026-07-03

🚨 LeT Chief Hafiz Saeed reshuffles 15+ commanders across Pakistan's Punjab

Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed has reportedly ordered the transfer of more than 15 senior commanders across Pakistan's Punjab province in a major organisational reshuffle.

Key changes

• Rana… pic.twitter.com/4hyXpVdnSX
— OpGrid India (@OpGridIndia) July 2, 2026

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🚨 LeT Chief Hafiz Saeed reshuffles 15+ commanders across Pakistan's Punjab

Lashkar-e-Taiba
<span class=Inverse>Lashkar-e-Taib</span>a

...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...>
chief Hafiz Saeed has reportedly ordered the transfer of more than 15 senior commanders across Pakistan's Punjab province in a major organisational reshuffle.

KEY CHANGES
• Rana Muhammad Ashfaque has been shifted from Kasur to Pakistan-occupied Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was reportedly critical of the Pakistan Army.

• Haris Dar has been promoted as Head of Central Punjab, giving him oversight of LeT's key training centres at Muridke, Pattoki, Gujranwala and Lahore.

• Dar will also supervise LeT's traditional infiltration routes and the group's first-stage terrorist training infrastructure.

OPGRID ASSESSMENT
The reshuffle suggests LeT is reinforcing its command structure, consolidating control over recruitment and training hubs, and preserving its infiltration network despite sustained counter-terror pressure.

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India-Pakistan

LeT Terrorist Shabir Ahmed Lone Reveals ISI-backed Plot to Recce Delhi Temples, Key Commercial Hubs

2026-04-01

LeT Terrorist Shabir Ahmed Lone Reveals ISI-backed Plot to Recce Delhi Temples, Key Commercial Hubs

New Delhi: Fresh investigations have revealed major details about Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed terror plot after the interrogation of arrested… pic.twitter.com/hhiNC6vLG4
— Amanda (@AHD_from_TX) March 31, 2026

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LeT Terrorist Shabir Ahmed Lone Reveals ISI-backed Plot to Recce Delhi Temples, Key Commercial Hubs

New Delhi: Fresh investigations have revealed major details about Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed terror plot after the interrogation of arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Shabir Ahmed Lone. According to officials, an accused arrested earlier had conducted a recce of commercial locations and religious sites in Delhi. These sites included Kalkaji Temple, Lotus Temple and Chhatarpur Temple. After completing the recce, a video was sent to Pakistan, revealing Lone, as per the investigators. The accused had also recorded footage of Connaught Place. This comes a day after Lone was arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police from the Ghazipur area. After his arrest, he was produced before a court, which sent him to five days of police custody.

Lone told interrogators that ISI was planning to create a terror outfit modelled on The Resistance Front (TRF). Notably, TRF was involved in carrying out the Pahalgam terror attack last year. Investigators said Lone remained in regular touch with handlers of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, identified as Asif Dar and Sumama Babar.

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India-Pakistan

IEDs found in Punjab, Kashmir amid Lashkar plot input for Delhi

2026-02-22

[HindustanTimes] While authorities have not linked the IED recovery to the terror plot warning, the timing of the incidents has raised concern.

An improvised bomb (IED) was found in Punjab
...1. Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2. A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3. A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots
....
's Amritsar as security agencies sounded a high alert, warning of a possible terror attack by Pakistain-based outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...>
(LeT) in Delhi.

This is the fourth IED to be found in northern India in the last four days, with three similar devices found and diffused in Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir

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India-Pakistan

Pakistan: Terrorist Outfits Utilize New Fundraising Methods

2026-02-01

[PJMedia] Pakistain has a checkered past when it comes to money laundering and terrorist financing. It has misled the international community on several occasions. It has failed to take corrective institutional actions which would suppress both terror financing and money laundering.

Pakistain’s inadequate actions against domestic terror financing led the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place the country on its "grey list" three times between the years 2008 and 2022: from Feb. 2008 to June 2010, then from Feb. 2012 to Feb. 2015, and finally from June 2018 to Oct. 2022.

In 2018, the Asia-Pacific Group (APG), a FATF-associated body, conducted an onsite mutual evaluation visit from Oct. 8 to 19. The subsequent 2019 Mutual Evaluation Report identified significant deficiencies in Pakistain’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime, including in its implementation of the FATF action plan.

In 2019, FATF noted in a public statement following the Gay Paree plenary (Feb. 17-22) that Pakistain did not demonstrate a proper understanding of the terror financing (TF) risks that the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS), Al Qaeda, Jamaat-ud-Dawa
...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba...
(JuD), Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...>
(LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), the Haqqani Network (HQN), and persons affiliated with the Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
posed.

In 2022, Hafiz Saeed
...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat. He is periodically placed under house arrest so it looks like the govt is doing something. Once the heat is off they let him go....
, the criminal mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was sentenced to 33 years in jail. Interestingly, this sentence was based on terror financing charges, rather than charges related to actual terrorist acts.

Yet despite all the documented evidence indicating Pakistain’s support for terror outfits, the FATF issued a statement that Pakistain had met all 34 items on its action plans. The task force subsequently removed Pakistain from its grey list during the plenary session held in Oct. 2022 in Gay Paree, La Belle France.

However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
as per the credible records and open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigations, Pakistain continues to promote terrorism from its soil. Terror groups now operate through several proxies, and unabashedly continue funding, financing and promoting Islamic terrorism. However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
there have been some changes in their funding methods.

For instance, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), or the Army of Mohammed, is listed in the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
1267 Committee’s consolidated sanctions list. The governments of the U.S., U.K., Canada, New Zealand, India and Pakistain consider it a proscribed terrorist organization. Based in Pakistain, JeM operates primarily in Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
(JK).

According to a report from the Parliament of Australia,

JeM was founded in 2000 by Maulana Masood Azhar
...One of the major players in Pak terrorism. In early 1994, India incarcerated him for his activities. In 1995, foreign tourists were kidnapped in Jammu and Kashmir. The kidnappers included his release among their demands. One of the hostages managed to escape but the rest were eventually killed. In 1999, he was freed by the Indian government in exchange for passengers on hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 that had been diverted to Kandahar. The hijackers were led by Masood Azhar's brother, Ibrahim Athar. Once he was handed over to the hijackers, they fled to Pak territory despite the fact that Islamabad had earlier stated that any of the hijackers would be jugged at the border. The Pak government had also previously indicated that Azhar would be allowed to return home since he did not face any charges there. Shortly after his release, he made a public address to an estimated 10,000 people in Karachi, firing up the rubes against America and India...
, a radical Islamic scholar and jihadist leader, following his release from an Indian jail in exchange for 155 hostages hijacked aboard an Indian Airlines aircraft on 31 December 1999. When released from prison, Azhar did not rejoin his former group, Harakat ul-Mujahideen (HuM). Instead, Azhar formed JeM, reportedly with support from Pakistain’s Inter-Services Intelligence
...the Pak military intelligence agency that controls the military -- heads of ISI typically get promoted into the Chief of Army Staff position. It serves as a general command center for favored turban groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, tries to influence the politix of neighboring countries, and carries out a (usually) low-level war against India in Kashmir...
(ISI), the Afghan Taliban, the late Osama bin Laden
...... who is now among the dear departed, though not among the dearest......
and several other Sunni murderous Moslem organizations in Pakistain.

Some of JeM's notable attacks outside Kashmir include the 2001 assault on India’s parliament building; the 2002 murder of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl; and two 2003 liquidation attempts against Pak President Parvez Musharraf. JeM is well trained and supported. Consequently, it poses a terrorist threat to India and Pakistain, as well as to Western targets based in both of these countries.

JeM uses violence in pursuit of its stated objective of forcing the withdrawal of Indian security forces from Kashmir and uniting Kashmir with Pakistain under Islamic Sharia law. JeM (including its chief Masood Azhar) also endorse the wider aim of establishing an Islamic caliphate across South Asia and expelling Hindus from the Indian subcontinent. JeM is ~~violent~~ mostly peacefully opposed to all other religions, including Shia Islam.

In its funding, JeM has shifted from using banks to Easypaisa, digital wallets, and crypto (USDT).

Local media reported that JeM has established a new mechanism with the support of Pakistain’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which collects funds. It is using digital wallets such as "EasyPaisa" and "Sadapay." Family members of its founder and most wanted terrorist, Masood Azhar, control these. They use them to bypass scrutiny from global agencies such as the FATF.

JeM is also raising money on the pretext of Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
relief aid. Hammad Azhar, son of Masood Azhar, is leading JeM's efforts to raise money for terror activities via Gaza Aid. He asks women in Gaza to make videos praising him for his charity works. His social media alias is Qaisar Ahmad, and he asks everyone to donate to his Easypaisa bank account under the name of Khalid Ahmed, a separate alias. He receives donations from Pakistain and Gulf countries.

Another new funding method JeM uses is mosque construction. JeM has reportedly launched a massive fundraising drive in Pakistain under the guise of building over 300 mosques.

The terror outfit started the online fundraising campaign through digital wallets to collect 3.91 billion Pak rupees (Rs), that is, $14 million U.S. dollars, for constructing 313 new markaz (central) buildings, local media reported.

On social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp, JeM-linked proxy accounts (such as those used by JeM commanders) have posted posters, videos and a letter from Masood Azhar, urging supporters to donate wholeheartedly. They say that each mosque requires Rs 12.5 million ($45,000 USD) for construction and smooth operations.

In addition to these accounts, over 250 EasyPaisa wallets are reportedly used to fundraise. Alongside social media appeals, the terror outfit circulated an audio recording of Azhar’s brother, Al Saif, via its official propaganda channel, MSTD Official. The message urged supporters to contribute 21,000 Pak rupees ($75) per person, the officials said.

The 3.91 billion-rupee fundraising drive would secure JeM’s operational and weapons financing for at least a decade, Indian officials said.

JeM is also aided through a winter survival kit, which was launched via a public fundraising campaign seeking contributions for its fighters operating in Kashmir. Specific items and their costs are listed, including a coat, boots, blanket, gloves, socks and similar items. These kits are given to their terrorists.

Meanwhile,
...back at the saw mill, Scarface Al had tied Little Nell to the log and was about to turn on the buzz saw...
another terrorist group, LeT, has shifted to direct wallets. LeT has started collecting funds directly into its wallets instead of bank accounts, in order to dodge FATF scrutiny.

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), also known as Army of the Righteous, was formed in the late 1980s. LeT is one of the largest and most proficient of the Kashmir-focused holy warrior groups. The United States and United Nations have designated LeT an international terrorist organization.

Based in Pakistain's Punjab
...1. Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2. A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3. A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots
....
Province and in Pakistain-occupied Kashmir, it has "launched humanitarian projects as a means of circumventing sanctions," according to the official website of the US Congress. LeT was responsible for the Nov. 2008 terrorist assault in Mumbai, India, as well as several other high-profile attacks. During the Mumbai attacks, faceless myrmidons used automatic weapons and grenades to attack several sites, murdering more than 160 people.

Pak authorities in April 2015 released on bail the head of LeT operations, Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, pending prosecution of him and several other LeT leaders for the Mumbai attacks.

LeT recruits internationally, as evidenced by the arrest in the United States of Jubair Ahmed in 2011, Headley’s arrest in 2009, and the indictment in 2003 of eleven LeT faceless myrmidons in Virginia.

In 2003, authorities also disrupted an LeT plot to attack Australia, and in 2009 LeT put on hold a plot to attack Denmark in retaliation for cartoons drawn of Islam's prophet Muhammad.

LeT maintains facilities in Pakistain, including training camps, schools, and medical clinics. LeT coordinates its activities through its front organization, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD).

LeT is also collecting donations under the guise of flood relief. A banner advertised an appeal for donations to fund boats which would carry out rescue activities in flood-affected areas of Pakistain. JuD/Pakistain Markazi Moslem League (PMML)’s Khidmat Khalaq Wing, Gujranwala would conduct these activities. The amount sought for a rescue boat is 1,200,000 Pak rupees ($4,300).

Islamic terrorist organizations — including those active in Pakistain and Kashmir — are diversifying their funding methods and finding ways to bypass scrutiny by global agencies. They are exploiting humanitarian activities, mosques, rescue missions and wars to raise money internationally — including in the U.S. This allows them to spread holy warrior Islamic messages and increase support for their terrorist activities.

Ultimately, the goal of their ideology is to create a global caliphate consisting of Islamic states. They want to conquer and dominate all non-Moslem nations. This includes the imposition of Sharia law, which is the totalitarian Islamic legal code.

The world has seen many times what happens when Islamic supremacists and jihadists take control of a country — from the Moslem Brüderbund-ruled Egypt to Iran, Syria, ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
, Afghanistan and Pakistain, amongst others. How alert is the West to these terror groups and their new deceitful funding methods? And more alarmingly, how driven is the West to fight against those Islamist groups whose religiously motivated ambitions have not changed, and who have even gained significant success since the seventh century?

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Afghanistan

UN Says 2,000 ISIS-K Fighters Active in Afghanistan, Using Children for Suicide Training

2025-12-23

[KhaamaPress] The United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
reports that ISIS-K maintains around 2,000 fighters in Afghanistan, indoctrinating children under 14 and threatening regional security with ongoing terrorist operations.

The United Nations Security Council (UNCS) has estimated that ISIS-K, the Khorasan branch of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
, maintains roughly 2,000 fighters in Afghanistan, according to a recent report. Leadership is dominated by Afghan Pashtuns, while many fighters come from Central Asian countries.

The report says ISIS-K’s primary objectives include executing large-scale attacks globally and demonstrating its capacity to recruit fighters and attract financial support. Analysts warn that the group’s reach poses a continued threat to both Afghanistan and the wider region.

According to the UN, Afghanistan hosts more than 20 regional and international terrorist organizations, including ISIS-K, Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
Pakistain, Al Qaeda, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, Jamaat Ansarullah, and the United Mujahideen Front of Pakistain. These groups have been linked to attacks both inside Afghanistan and in neighboring countries.

Taliban intelligence officials have repeatedly asserted that ISIS-K has no permanent bases inside Afghanistan, claiming that recent attacks are planned from outside the country. However,
the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach...
UN findings and international media reporting contradict this, indicating that bully boy networks remain active domestically.

UN monitors described Taliban claims that no terrorist organizations operate within Afghanistan as "unsubstantiated."

…a diplomatic way to say they lie like mangy dogs.

The Security Council report notes that multiple countries consistently confirm the active presence of murderous Moslem groups, undermining assurances offered by the Taliban.

Of particular concern, ISIS-K has reportedly established schools in parts of northern Afghanistan and areas near the Pakistain border, where children under 14 are indoctrinated and trained for suicide missions. The UN described this use of minors as deeply alarming.

Pakistain media reported that the country’s Inter-Services Intelligence
...the Pak military intelligence agency that controls the military -- heads of ISI typically get promoted into the Chief of Army Staff position. It serves as a general command center for favored turban groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, tries to influence the politix of neighboring countries, and carries out a (usually) low-level war against India in Kashmir...
(ISI) recently arrested Sultan Aziz Azzam, a key ISIS-K spokesperson, near the Afghanistan-Pakistain border, highlighting regional counterterrorism efforts. Analysts note this demonstrates Islamabad’s ongoing focus on preventing cross-border attacks.

The report also details that ISIS-K and allied groups, including Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain, have carried out attacks against Pakistain from Afghanistan territory, intensifying tensions between Kabul and Islamabad.

Experts say the UN report underscores Afghanistan’s continuing role as a safe haven for multiple murderous Moslem groups. Regional and international authorities are increasingly concerned that without concerted counterterrorism measures, these organizations could expand their influence and carry out further attacks across the region.

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India-Pakistan

72 terror launchpads become operational in Pakistan since Operation Sindoor: BSF

2025-11-30

[HindustanTimes] At least 72 terror launchpads have become operational across the border in Pakistain, including 12 near Sialkot and Zaffarwal, since Operation Sindoor, the Border Security Force (BSF) said on Saturday, adding the force was fully alert to maintain "zero" cross-border infiltration of ~~bandidos~~ ~~bandidos~~ murderous Moslems in the Jammu region.

Addressing the annual presser in Jammu, BSF deputy inspector general (DIG) Vikram Kunwar said the force had destroyed many terror launchpads across the border during Operation Sindoor — the four-day military confrontation with Pakistain from May 7-10.

"After the BSF destroyed many terror launchpads along the border during Operation Sindoor, Pakistain government had decided to shift all such facilities to the depth areas. But old habits die hard," the DIG said.

He added that 72 terror launchpads are currently operational across the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC).

"As of today, about 12 launchpads are working from the depth areas of Sialkot and Zaffarwal, which are not exactly on the border. Whereas 60 launchpads are working in the depth areas across the LoC," he added.

The DIG further said that the figures of these launchpads, as well as the ~~bandidos~~ ~~bandidos~~ murderous Moslems present in them, keep changing. "They do not sit there permanently. These launchpads are generally active when ~~bandidos~~ ~~bandidos~~ murderous Moslems have to be pushed (into India) ... They are not kept in more than two or three groups," Kunwar said while informing that there are no training camps in the areas close to the IB at present.

Reports generally suggest that there is deployment in the launchpads, indicating training before ~~bandidos~~ ~~bandidos~~ murderous Moslems are moved to other areas across the LoC. "Earlier, they used to have areas marked, where those belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammad
...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat...
would be active on the down side, and those from Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...>
would be active on the upper side. After Operation Sindoor, they formed a mixed group. Those who want can get training in a mixed group," he added.

When asked about the force’s preparedness in case of Operation Sindoor 2.0, Inspector General of BSF, Jammu frontier, Shashank Anand, said the force is ready to follow the orders of the government if it decides to resume the cross-border operation.

"If we talk about 1965, 1971, the 1999 Kargil
... three months of unprovoked Pak aggression, over 4000 dead Paks, another victory for India ...
War, or Operation Sindoor, the BSF has a good experience of all kinds of wars, be it conventional or hybrid warfare. We are ready. If we get a chance, we are capable of causing more damage than what we did in May. Whatever policy the government decides, the BSF will play its role in it," he added.

The IG further said that Pak Rangers, who had abandoned their posts during Operation Sindoor, have returned to them. "When the situation becomes normal, its mandatory to return to the posts. It took them a lot of time to recover from the damages inflicted by the BSF. In some locations, they have tried to strengthen their defence. But all of their activities are under our surveillance," Anand added.

The IG said that the BSF was abreast with activities across the IB. "We are committed to zero infiltration policy of the government and are ready to thwart any challenge at the IB," Anand added.

The annual presser, which came two days before the BSF Raising Day on December 1, highlighted the achievements of the force in 2025, including its role in Operation Sindoor, the country’s military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives.

The IG admitted that drones have emerged as a new threat and the BSF has kept pace with the changing dynamics. "The wars in the 21st century, including ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Israel and Paleostine, Israel and Iran
Iran

...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and Indo-Pak, have an aerial dimension. Every country has tried to exploit the aerial dimension," he said. "The BSF has been dealing with the challenge since 2019 and the force has evolved itself. Not only have we trained our troops but have also installed counter-drone systems that are functional."

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Al Falah's IM links, ₹26 lakh for terror strikes: Big revelations in Delhi blast case (the Doctors Plot)

2025-11-23

[HindustanTimes] The probe brought Al Falah University and its owner under scanner since some of those involved in the Red Fort blast case taught at the medical college.

Nearly two weeks have passed since the deadly blast near Delhi's Red Fort claimed at least 10 lives and left several others injured. The probe into blast that followed a massive explosives haul from Faridabad's Dauj village in Haryana, led security agencies to several individuals and entities allegedly connected to what is now being called the "white collar terror module".

The probe also brought Faridabad's Al Falah University and its owner under the scanner, as some of those involved in the Red Fort blast, including Dr Umar Un Nabi who drove the car bomb, were associated with the medical college as faculty members.

In another incident linked to the white collar terror module, nine people were killed last week at the Nowgam Police Station in Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir

The five doctors accused in the white collar terror module had reportedly raised a fund of ₹26 lakh to finance the terror strikes. HT earlier reported that Dr Muzammil Ganaie, one of the main accused in the case, told the National Investigation Agency (NIA) the group spent nearly two years procuring explosives and remote-triggering devices.

And thus we see that patience is not always a virtue, dear Reader.
So far, three doctors — including Dr Ganaie, Shaheen Shahid and Adeel Rather — have been arrested. Rather’s brother Muzaffar, suspected to be part of the network, is believed to be in Afghanistan. Authorities are also searching for Nissar ul-Hassan, who worked at Al-Falah Medical College alongside Umar, Ganaie and Shahid.

The Al Falah University reportedly had long-standing links with terror operatives. Indian Mujahideen
A locally recruited auxilliary of Pakistain's Lashkar-e-Taiba, designed to give a domestic patina to Pakistain's terror war against its bigger neighbor...
fugitive Mirza Shadab Baig, wanted for a series of explosions in 2008, was a former student of the Faridabad-based university from where completed his B.Tech in electronics and instrumentation in 2007, PTI reported quoting sources. He also carries a reward of ₹1 lakh, the report said.

The Delhi blast has brought attention to the the missing IM operative as the investigators found fresh links between Baig and the Delhi Red Fort blast case. Senior officials have said that the link between two incidents, that unfolded nearly two decades apart, cannot be ruled out.

Al Falah University founder is facing scrutiny by the investigating authorities for money laundering. Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged that he generated over ₹415 crore in “dishonestly” obtained funds. Probe agency said Siddiqui and the Al Falah charitable trust generated the funds as proceeds of crime by misleading students and parents with false claims of NAAC accreditation and UGC recognition.

Whoops! Busted!
The university also received a show-cause notice from the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions over its minority status, following a National Assessment and Accreditation Council notice on 12 November over accreditation-related claims, HT reported earlier. The university has been asked to explain why its minority status should not be withdrawn after probe linked two suspects in Red Fort blast to the institution. The commission has summoned the university registrar and the Principal Secretary of the Haryana education department for a hearing on December 4.

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J&K: Security Forces Kill A Terrorist After Gunbattle In Udhampur

2025-06-29

Since it’s Kashmir, the terrorist is probably a Pakistan proxy. Story from Friday — just checking in to see if anything has happened since the last big blowup in April.

[OneIndia] In a joint operation, the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir
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Minneapolis Bloods gang member sentenced to life in prison on RICO, gun charges

2025-05-31

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Minneapolis Bloods gang member sentenced to life in prison on RICO, gun charges

Solomon has been a career criminal throughout his adulthood, committing violent crimes for the benefit of the Bloods gang, which included two premeditated murders. pic.twitter.com/u92bAb30FO
— Alpha News (@AlphaNewsMN) May 29, 2025

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Who Is Jyoti Malhotra, YouTuber Arrested For Spying For Pakistan?

2025-05-18

[OneIndia] Popular YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, along with five others, has been arrested on charges of spying for Pakistain.

For passing on sensitive Indian information to Pak intelligence operatives, a case has been lodged against her under Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, and Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Hindustan Times reported.

WHO IS JYOTI MALHOTRA?
Jyoti Malhotra owns a YouTube channel 'Travel with Jo' which has 377,000 subscribers. She got in touch with Ehsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish, a staffer at the Pakistain High Commission (PHC) in New Delhi in 2023. She has been her handler who introduced her to Pak Intelligence Operatives (PIOs).

In 2023, she went to Pakistain twice where she met Ali Ehwan, Shakir, and Rana Shahbaz. She saved their names using fake names like Jatt Randhawa for Rana Shahbaz so that nobody would get suspicious. She has been in touch with these people through encrypted platforms.

While portraying herself as a travel enthusiast, authorities allege she was part of a covert influence campaign promoting a favourable image of Pakistain on social media. Her substantial online following, Sherlocks say, provided her handlers in Pakistain with a platform to shape narratives.

Another key accused, Guzala, a 32-year-old widow from Punjab
...1. Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2. A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3. A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots
....
's Malerkotla, was allegedly lured into the spy ring after visiting the Pakistain High Commission in Delhi in February 2025. There, she met Danish, who cultivated a romantic relationship with her, shifting their conversations to Telegram for "security." Over weeks, Danish sent her payments-totaling ₹30,000 via PhonePe and Google Pay-before directing her to funnel portions to suspicious accounts, according to a report in India Today.

Guzala later returned to the High Commission with a friend, Banu Nasreena, also a widow, and secured visas with Danish's help-a detail that has raised concerns about exploitation of vulnerable individuals.

THE WIDER NETWORK
Among others arrested:

Yameen Mohd (Malerkotla): Allegedly handled financial transactions and visa logistics for operatives.

Devinder Singh Dhillon (Kaithal): A Sikh student recruited during a Pakistain pilgrimage; accused of filming Patiala's military cantonment.

Arman (Nuh): Supplied Indian SIMs, transferred funds, and attended Defence Expo 2025 on Pak handlers' orders.

The arrests come amid heightened India-Pakistain tensions following the April terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir
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