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Qaeda India branch reinforces need for global strategies: UN

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Press Trust of India United Nations
Al-Qaeda's announcement to set up a new branch in the Indian subcontinent "reinforces" the need for global strategies to combat terrorism, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson said here today.

"We have all seen the reports by al-Qaeda, which I think reinforces the need for global strategies to fight the issue of terrorism," Ban's spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told PTI.

Last week, al-Qaeda's media arm as-Sahab had declared to open a new branch "Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian subcontinent" to wage jihad, revive its caliphate, and impose sharia in the Indian subcontinent in a video posted on social media outlets.

The new group, headed by Pakistani militant Asim Umar, would report to Afghan-Taliban chief Mullah Omar.
 

Al-Qaeda is active in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but the groups's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said "Qaedat al-Jihad" would take the fight to India, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

The Indian government sounded a country-wide alert after the Qaeda video appeared.

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First Published: Sep 09 2014 | 7:10 PM IST

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