Al-Qaida offshoot AQIS behind Red Fort blast in 2025: UNSC report confirms

11
people
we e
killed
i
the
blast
o
Novembe
10,
2025

NEW
DELHI:
The
U ited
Natio s
Secu ity
Cou cil
(UNSC)
has
officially
att ibuted
the
Novembe
2025
blast
ea
Delhi’s
ico ic
Red
Fo t
to
Al-Qaida
i
the
I dia
Subco ti e t
(AQIS),
acco di g
to
the
38th
epo t
of
its
A alytical
Suppo t
a d
Sa ctio s
Mo ito i g
Team.The
attack
o
Novembe
10
last
yea
claimed
11
lives.”Al-Qaida
i
the
I dia
Subco ti e t
(AQIS,
ot
listed)
co ti ued
to
evolve
f om
a
f agme ted
g oup
i to
a
egio al
te o ist
e tity;
it
established
logistics
a d
fi a cial
etwo ks,
wo ki g
i
dece t alised,
small,
scatte ed
cells
i stead
of
la ge
u its.
The
attack
i
Novembe
2025
o
the
Red
Fo t
i
Delhi
was
officially
att ibuted
to
AQIS,”
the
epo t,
published
o
August
10,
stated.The
assessme t
ma ks
a
sig ifica t
shift
i
the
att ibutio
of
the
Red
Fo t
attack,
which
had
ea lie
bee
li ked
to
the
Pakista -based
Jaish-e-Mohammed
(JeM).The
epo t
oted
that
o e
membe
state
had
att ibuted
a
se ies
of
attacks
to
JeM
a d
also
li ked
the
g oup
to
the
Red
Fo t
blast.The
explosio
occu ed
a ou d
7
pm
whe
a
movi g
Hyu dai
i20
e upted
i
flames
ea
the
ico ic
mo ume t.I vestigato s
ide tified
Uma -e-Nabi
as
the
d ive
of
the
ca
a d
suspect
him
of
ca yi g
out
the
attack
as
a
suicide
bombe .

Lau ched
i
2014,
AQIS
is
a
egio al
affiliate
of
Al-Qaida.The
g oup
was
fo med
to
expa d
the
o ga isatio ’s
activities
ac oss
South
Asia,
i cludi g
I dia,
Pakista ,
Ba gladesh
a d
pa ts
of
Afgha ista .Mea while,
the
latest
UNSC
assessme t
also
flagged
b oade
co ce s
ove
the
activities
a d
capabilities
of
Al-Qaida
a d
Islamic
State
(ISIL/Da’esh)
affiliates.

The
epo t
oted
that
Al-Qaida
a d
ISIL
had
fo
yea s
show
i te est
i
developi g
chemical
a d
biological
weapo s
but
had
so
fa
failed
to
ove come
the
tech ical
challe ges
i volved.
It
also
highlighted
the
widesp ead
ci culatio
of
i st uctio s
o
p oduci g
such
age ts
i
o li e
te o ist
commu ities.The
epo t
cited
mate ial
published
by
ISIL’s
E glish-la guage
I vade
magazi e
i
Feb ua y
that
i cluded
i st uctio s
elated
to
botuli um
toxi
a d
cya ide.
It
also
oted
that
ISIL-K
had
show
pa ticula
i te est
i
ici
a d
ci culated
i st uctio s
o
developi g
the
toxi
ove
the
p evious
12
mo ths.(With
ANI
i puts)