Washington: A top US counter-terrorism had said that there is no evidence of presence of al-Qaeda in India. Notify that terrorist outfit al-Qaeda had threatened India to spread terrorism activities and states of India few days ago after which alert had been issued in all over country.
Well-known for insight into operations of al-Qaeda in South Asia, Peter Bergen said, “The idea that Ayman al-Zawahiri is going to open a branch of al-Qaeda in India is just crazy. Yes, there are some jihadi elements in India, but there’s no evidence that al-Qaeda has a presence in the country.”
He said, “It is an attempt by Zawahiri to have people like us discuss him, because he is been out of the limelight for so long, it is all been about ISIS in Iraq and Syria and al-Qaeda is very conscious that they are yesterday’s story…. And if you look at the tape that they showed of Zawahiri, it’s so boring. It’s him talking in a monologue that goes on for more than half an hour. And then you look at what ISIS is doing on video. ISIS is a much more appealing media strategy, apart from the fact that also they are being much more successful than al-Qaeda has ever been in its history in terms of getting territory, money, fighters and actually establishing a large foothold in the Middle East.”
Bureau Report
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