US designated Al Qaida in the Indian subcontinent as a foreign terrorist organisation
Q. What does AQIS stand for?- Published on 01 Jul 16a. Al Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent
b. Al Qaida in the Indonesian Subcontinent
c. Al Qaida in the Interim Subcontinent
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Al Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent
US on 30th June 2016 designated AQIS or Al Qaida in the Indian subcontinent as the regional branch of the global terror network as a foreign terror organisation and added it to chief Asim Umar on the lust of international terrorists
- Announcement by the state department prohibits US citizens to engage in transactions with AQIS and Umar and the freezing of all property and interests in the US
- In a video message in September 2014, al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had announced the formation of AQIS to take the fight to India, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
- The group is led by Umar, a former member of US designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation Harakat ul-Mujahidin.