Voluntary recruitment fuels rapid rise of Lashkar-e-Taiba’s women wing

Vicky Nanjappa | July 20, 2026 1:27 PM

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Taiyabbat, the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s all-women wing, was established in 2025. By early 2026, the wing gained traction with several women being recruited. Today, the wing is fully functional, and what has surprised the Indian agencies is that a majority of the recruits have joined the group voluntarily.

ISI's new playbook: Terror in Gujarat, espionage in Rajasthan

Vicky Nanjappa | July 20, 2026 1:03 PM

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The ISI has been focusing on the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in recent months. This signals a shift in conventional operations that were carried out by the Pakistan-based terror groups along the Line of Control (LoC) or within Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan's patronage of terror groups warrants global attention

IANS | July 18, 2026 2:13 PM

Washington, July 18 (IANS) Having harboured terror group Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), Pakistan's military has recently carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan under the pretext of counterterrorism. These strikes targeting civilian populations are masked as security operations aimed at exerting pressure on the Taliban government, while projecting resolve to Western audiences, a report has detailed.

Highly radicalised, conducted 8 explosive trials at different places: Gujarat ATS on JeM-linked module

IANS | July 17, 2026 3:27 PM

Ahmedabad, July 17 (IANS) A suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)-linked module carried out around eight explosive trials at different locations in Gujarat over nearly three years while attempting to perfect improvised explosive device (IED) techniques, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) said on Friday, announcing the arrest of five more suspects in the case and taking the total number of arrests to 13.

US to tighten terror finance crackdown

IANS | July 16, 2026 11:08 PM

Washington, July 16 (IANS) The Trump administration on Wednesday announced an expanded effort to disrupt the financing of organisations it accuses of supporting political terrorism, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying the United States would intensify scrutiny of charities, non-profit organisations and international financial networks used to channel illicit funds.