Announces South Asia affiliate
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri announces the formation of a South Asian chapter, Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian subcontinent:
[The group] is the fruit of a blessed effort of more than two years to gather the mujahedeen in the Indian subcontinent into a single entity.
He says Qaedat al-Jihad will fight for an Islamic state and laws across the region…
…which was part of the Muslims’ territories before it was occupied by the infidel enemy.