Jihadi Activities
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More than 100 killed in jihadi attack in Burkina Faso, JNIM claims responsibility
World | May 13, 2025, 05:49 AM ISTThe latest attack shows JNIM's escalating power and widening reach in Burkina Faso, said Wassim Nasr, a Sahel specialist and senior research fellow at the Soufan Center security think tank.
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'Assam has become hotbed of jihadi activities': CM Himanta Sarma
India | Aug 04, 2022, 04:26 PM ISTAssam News: Six Bangladeshi nationals belonging to Ansarul Islam had entered Assam to indoctrinate youths, and one of them was arrested when the first module was busted at Barpeta in March this year, Sarma said at a press conference here.
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35 civilians, 80 jihadists killed in attack in Burkina Faso
World | Dec 25, 2019, 09:45 AM ISTJihadists attacked a town in northern Burkina Faso and killed 35 civilians, most of them women, and ensuing clashes with security forces left 80 jihadists dead, the West African nation’s president announced late Tuesday. The violence, which erupted in the town of Arbinda in Sahel region near the country’s border with Mali, lasted for several hours, according to a military statement. Seven members of the security forces who responded also were killed.
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19 militants killed in clashes in Libya
World | Jun 11, 2015, 08:15 AM ISTTripoli: Nineteen militants were killed on Wednesday in clashes between local jihadis and the Islamic State (IS) affiliate in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, a source said."Three commanders of Al Qaeda linking militants of
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Assam to hand over jihadi activities cases to NIA
India | Nov 02, 2014, 08:02 AM ISTGuwahati: Assam will hand over cases related to jihadi activities in the state to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Saturday.Gogoi reviewed the law and order situation in the state
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Assam govt has proof of jihadi activities in state: Chief minister Tarun Gogoi
National | Oct 22, 2014, 08:08 PM ISTGuwahati: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday said that the government had proof that jihadi groups were active in the state.Referring to the Jamaat-ul Mujahideen of Bangladesh (JMB), the chief minister told reporters, "We