Al-Qaida offshoot AQIS behind Red Fort blast in 2025: UNSC report confirms

11 people were killed in the blast on November 10, 2025NEW DELHI: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has officially attributed the November 2025 blast near Delhi’s iconic Red Fort to Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), according to the 38th report of its Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team.The attack on November 10 last year claimed 11 lives."Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS, not listed) continued to evolve from a fragmented group into a regional terrorist entity; it established logistics and financial networks, working in decentralised, small, scattered cells instead of large units. The attack in November 2025 on the Red Fort in Delhi was officially attributed to AQIS," the report, published on August 10, stated.The assessment marks a significant shif