UNSC sanctions report says Red Fort attack ‘officially attributed’ to Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent

The Red Fort terror attack in New Delhi in November final yr has been “formally attributed” to Al-Qaeda within the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), in response to a brand new report from a UN Safety Council physique monitoring counter-terrorism sanctions.

A lethal and high-intensity explosion had rocked the Crimson Fort space in New Delhi, killing about 15 folks and injuring many extra. The explosion had ripped by means of a slow-moving car at a traffic signal near the Red Fort metro station.

The report, printed on Monday (August 10, 2026), mentioned that “AQIS continued to evolve from a fragmented group right into a regional terrorist entity.”

“AQIS established logistics and monetary networks, working in decentralised small, scattered cells as an alternative of enormous items. The assault in November 2025 on the Crimson Fort in Delhi was formally attributed to AQIS,” the thirty eighth report of the Analytical Assist and Sanctions Monitoring Staff submitted to the Safety Council 1267 Sanctions Committee regarding ISIL and Al-Qaeda mentioned.

The report added that there was some concern about “AQIS making an attempt to take advantage of Bangladesh to determine cells there.”

The report additional mentioned that Al-Qaeda and ISIL (Da’esh) have proven a sustained curiosity over a few years in growing chemical and organic weapons however to this point have failed to beat the related technical challenges. Directions on the way to develop such weapons have been shared broadly inside on-line terrorist communities.

“For instance, in February, ISIL (Da’esh)’s English-language Invade journal included directions on the way to develop botulinum toxin and cyanide,” it mentioned.

ISIL-Okay has proven a “explicit curiosity and, over the previous 12 months, circulated directions on growing the toxin ricin. On the finish of 2025, Indian authorities arrested three folks, together with a health care provider, who had been tasked by an ISIL (Da’esh) cell overseas to develop ricin.” The report additional mentioned that regional tensions in South Asia remained “excessive” as cross-border assaults between Pakistan and Afghanistan continued.

The Taliban continued publicly to disclaim harbouring any terrorist teams. Member States expressed concern that the battle might create alternatives for terrorist teams, producing extra safety challenges for the area.

“The terrorist risk emanating from Afghanistan remained largely unchanged. The power of quite a few terrorist teams to function in Afghanistan constituted an everlasting risk to neighbouring nations and the Central Asian area. Regardless of efforts by the de facto authorities to fight Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan and include different terrorist teams, the authorities had been unable to suppress the terrorist downside,” it mentioned.

The report additionally identified that on December 25 final yr, following its annual rahbari shura (management council), Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) “introduced a revised construction with two new divisions protecting: (a) Balochistan and the central area; and (b) Kashmir and the division of Gilgit. The restructuring included a brand new division described because the TTP Air Drive.”