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Poonch Terror Attack: A Strategic Message
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

On Apr 20 2023 a Rashtriya Rifles truck carrying fruits and refreshments for Iftar (breaking of Ramadan fast) celebrations by a village under its jurisdiction, was ambushed on the Bhimbar Gali (BG) – Poonch road in the area south of the Pir Panjal

April 24, 2023 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, China, SCO, Terror attack, J & K, G20, Bilawal Bhutto, Poonch
Punjab: Frankenstein amidst Witches Brew
Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle

Punjab - the front line border state of India has seen fragility in the 1980’s and 1990’s in the form of a bloody terrorist campaign memories of which returned to haunt with images from Ajnala (near Amritsar) where followers of a radical extremis

February 27, 2023 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Pakistan, Punjab, ISI, Khalistan
Terrorism and Extremism Trends in Bharat: Review of 2022 and Prognosis for 2023
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् | आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मन: || [Transla

January 16, 2023 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Jammu, Terrorism, J&K, insurgency, Daesh, ISIS, LWE, Naxal, Punjab, Taliban, ISI, IslamicState, PFI, Northeast, Extremism, Maoist, Bharat, AlQaida, Khalistan, Islamic, Kanhaiya
Ayman al-Zawahiri is Dead: The Ending of a Chapter of al-Qa’ida’s Founding Fathers!
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF

On 02 August 2022, United States (US)’ President Joe Biden made a public announcement about a successful counter-terrorism operation carried out by the US forces in Kabul, Afghanistan. On 30 July 2022, on command of US President Biden, the Central

August 04, 2022 Terrorism, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Pakistan, US, Afghanistan, Terrorism, ISIS, Taliban, IslamicState, AlQaida, AlQaeda, Zawahiri, OsamaBinLaden, AymanZawahiri
Assessment of Islamic State Khorasan Province
Soumya Awasthi

Tarjuman Al-Asawirti, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet, released a video in English titled "The Crusade Shaming Tactics." The video starts with the following message, "Manipulators use strategies to make others feel pitiful and they can

June 04, 2022 Terrorism, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Pakistan, Commentary, Khorasan, Taliban, ISKP, Voice of Khorasan, Voice of Hind
Global Terrorism Trends in 2021 & Projections for 2022
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF

संधिविग्रहयोस्तुल्यायां वृद्धौ संधिमुपेयात्।
[Translation: If there is an equal benefit in peace or war, he (the king) should choose peace.]

April 12, 2022 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Israel, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Islamic State, Terrorism, Iraq, ISIS, Syria, West Asia, Counter terrorism, America, Sub Saharan Africa, Al Qaida
Terrorism Studies (National): Review of 2021 & Projections for 2022
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF

Despite the outbreak of the China-origin coronavirus aka COVID-19 in late 2019 and the continuation of this fatal virus spread globally in 2020, the year 2021 has witnessed the continuation in the terrorism-related incidents, linked directly or indir

January 14, 2022 Terrorism, Leftwing Extremism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, India, Pakistan, Islamic State, J&K, ISIS, LWE, Punjab, Counter terrorism, AlQaeda, Srinagar
Afghanistan Mired in Uncertainty
Aakriti Vinayak

Taliban after illegitmately wresting power in Afghanistan has entered its fourth month. However the country remains in chaos and at the edge of abyss. United Nations(UN) has warned that Afghanistan is on countdown to catasrophe and it is at the brin

December 24, 2021 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, economy, Afghanistan, Taliban, Humanitarian Crisis
The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: A Turning Point in Global Terrorism
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF

“Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated.”1
- George W Bush 43rd President o

September 15, 2021 Terrorism, International Relations and Diplomacy, US, Article, Afghanistan, ISIS, United States, Intelligence, IslamicState, counterterrorism, 9/11, September 11 attacks, AlQaida
Annual Review of Islamic State and Al Qaeda: What is on the Horizon in 2021?
Soumya Awasthi

Background
The past year began with a pathological threat for the world which was detrimental not only for public health, politics, and economics but also for global security. The keywords for the year 2020 were COVID-19, geopolitical rea

January 21, 2021 Terrorism, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, West Africa, Iran, Islamic State, ISIS, IS, Al Qaeda
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