NIA raids 13 premises across 6 states in connection with ISIS links
India | Jul 31, 2022, 01:18 PM ISTNIA raids today have led to the seizure of incriminating documents/material.
NIA raids today have led to the seizure of incriminating documents/material.
Initial inputs suggested that an explosion took place outside the gate of the Gurdwara. Another explosion was later heard from inside the complex and some shops attached to the Gurdwara caught fire.
The Anti Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh police had found that the accused had been in contact with Mehnhi Masood, a terrorist and propaganda activist with ties to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The raid targeted Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who took over as head of the militant group on Oct. 31, 2019, just days after leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a U.S. raid in the same area.
Earlier, he had received two alleged death threats within a span of fewer than 24 hours from ISIS Kashmir.
The case originally registered at the Chandera police station, in Kasargod district, was re-registered by the NIA on August 24, 2016. Nashidul Hamzafar was named as the 16th accused in the case.
On Sunday, a petition was filed in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to stop the publication, circulation, and sale of former Union Minister Salman Khurshid's book for its alleged remarks on Hindutva.
Congress leader Salman Khurshid in his book 'Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times' said that Sanatan dharma and classical Hinduism known to sages and saints were being pushed aside by a robust version of Hindutva, by all standards a political version similar to the jihadist Islam of groups like ISIS and Boko Haram of recent years.
After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the ISIS-K is believed to be a threat to the group in the region.
In his remarks to the UN Security Council briefing on Syria (Political) on Tuesday, Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Srinivas Gotru said the long-term security and stability in West Asia can only be achieved by preserving the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the war-ravaged country.
In response, Pakistan - long accused by US officials of aiding the Afghan Taliban - has hinted that Islamabad deserves more public recognition of its role in helping people now fleeing Afghanistan, even as it has downplayed fears of what Taliban rule of the country could mean, the report added.
At present, a dozen names are being considered to be appointed as new government officials, said Taliban member.
Thousands of Afghans are still gathering outside the airport in Kabul hoping to leave the country, even after a devastating suicide attack on Thursday killed 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members and amid warnings of more attacks.
People the world over want to know why Islamic State (K) carried out this bloodbath near Kabul airport. IS(K) operates from Pakistan and it has close links with the Haqqani terror network.
The Taliban comprise several factions, few of which are anti-Pakistan. According to Brookings, the beneficiary of the collapse of the Afghan government is likely to be the Pakistan Taliban who have been at war with the Pakistani army for years.
The bench noted that the accused had been in prison for more than five years and the trial court had put stringent conditions on his bail. The trial court had passed the order to release him on bail on March 17, 2020.
The Islamic State Khorasan Province, which is also known by the acronyms ISIS-K, ISKP and ISK, is the official affiliate of the Islamic State movement operating in Afghanistan, as recognized by Islamic State core leadership in Iraq and Syria.
Though Saleh did not directly pin blame on Pakistan, he said in his tweet that the Taliban seem to be 'learning from their master'.
The US has evacuated some 17,000 people from Afghanistan since August 14, Pentagon informed on Saturday.
The NIA officials arrived at the residence of these women around 6 a.m. and after taking them into custody, they were both produced in the court under the online mode.
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