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UN sanctions report links Red Fort blast to AQIS
The Telegraph··13 Aug
The 38th report of the UN Security Council's Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team has officially attributed the November 2025 Red Fort blast in Delhi to Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent. The report, circulated around August 10, said AQIS had grown into a regional entity using small scattered cells. Most Indian accounts put the death toll at 11.
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What It Means For You
- If you follow the Red Fort case, a UN sanctions monitoring report now names AQIS as the official attribution for the November 2025 blast.
- Readers comparing earlier briefings can note one member state had linked the attack to Jaish-e-Mohammed, which this report does not treat as the official finding.
- Anyone watching the NIA file can mark August 27 as the date a Delhi court is listed to take cognisance of the 7500 page chargesheet.
What's Happening
- The 38th report of the UNSC Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team said the November 2025 Red Fort attack was officially attributed to AQIS.
- The team said AQIS, which is not on the sanctions list, now works through decentralised cells and has drawn concern over possible activity in Bangladesh.
- Indian agencies have described a car bomb near the monument; NIA has chargesheeted 11 people and a court date for cognisance is August 27.
What a Sanctions Monitoring Report Can and Cannot Do
- The monitoring team advises the 1267 committee on ISIL and Al-Qaida. Official attribution in its report is an assessment from member-state inputs, not a criminal conviction.
- AQIS was formed in 2014 to expand Al-Qaida work across South Asia. The report also tied it to Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- Investigators have identified Umar-e-Nabi as the driver of the Hyundai i20 that exploded near the Red Fort around 7 pm on November 10, 2025.
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