Amid a series of government denials from Pakistan and Afghanistan regarding the presence of the Islamic State militant group in these countries and its ongoing outreach activities there, its expansion was corroborated by none other than the Islamic State’s spokesperson, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, on January 26, 2015 (The Nation [Lahore] September 5, 2014; Dawn [Karachi], November 11, 2014; 

Spreading Tentacles: The Islamic State in Bangladesh

Animesh Roul

Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 13 Issue: 3

[February 6, 2015]

http://www.jamestown.org/

Ustad Muhammad Achwan: Leader of Jemaah Ansharusy Syariah of Indonesia.

Author : Animesh Roul

December 2014, Militant Leadership Monitor 

BioWeapons Monitor 2014

Just released. SSPC's work / contribution: India and Pakistan Chapters. 

Origins of the BioWeapons Monitor

The Maldives-Syria Connection: Jihad in Paradise?

ANIMESH ROUL, 

Terrorism Monitor,  Volume: 12 Issue: 22, November 21, 2014

APOCALYPTIC JIHADIST: AL-QAEDA IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT CHIEF AASIM UMAR" (AQIS)'s Chief Asim Umar in the October issue of Militant Leadership Monitor (Author, Animesh Roul, MLM, Jamestown Foundation, Vol 5 (10) October 2014)

Animesh Roul (SSPC, Executive Director) "Child Soldiers Of India’s Myriad Mutinies", | DEFENCE AND SECURITY ALERT, November 2014.

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Pakistan's Anti-India Spy Network Eyes Vital Defense Infrastructure from Sri Lanka

Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 12 Issue: 19, October 10, 2014

By: Animesh Roul

Key Points

• Jihadist discourse over the past year has exhorted India's sizeable Muslim population to participate in jihad, either abroad or targeting the Indian state.

• Despite Indian nationals' involvement in transnational terrorist plots, and a substantial indigenous insurgent campaign through the late 2000s, Indian Muslims have typically avoided the jihadist call.

_{​​Key Points​}

• _{Bangladesh faces growing security threats from a range of radical Islamist interests, including entrenched Deobandi militants, newly emergent jihadist groups, and even transnational operations such as Al-Qaeda.}

• _{A message from Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in January 2014, the first specifically directed at Bangladesh, will resonate with a number of radical groups aiming to spread jihad within the country.}