The four Al-Qaeda terrorists arrested yesterday were feeding crucial information to the Pakistan Army and its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during India's 7 May Operation Sindoor, cited the sources on Thursday, adding that the terror group was highly active during the op.
The accused used social media as their weapon for influencing and radicalising youth against Operation Sindoor. Additionally, they attempted to garner support for Pakistan's military operation, known as Operation Bunyan un Marsoos.
Following a tip, Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) arrested the four on Wednesday, 23 July.
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The four accused were identified as Ahmedabad resident Mohammad Fardeen Shaikh, Delhi resident Mohammad Faiz, Noida (Uttar Pradesh) resident Zeeshan Ali, and Modasa town (Arvalli district) native Saifulla Qureshi.
During the Soviet-Afghan War, Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and other individuals established the international terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda in Peshawar, Pakistan, in 1988. Its Arabic name, "the base," alludes to its original function as a centre of logistics for mujahideen combatants. From Maktab al-Khidamat, it developed into a militant pan-Islamist group that sought to use jihad to create an Islamic caliphate on a worldwide scale while attacking Western governments and interests that were thought to be anti-Islamic.
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