New Delhi. A suspected suicide car bombing near the Red Fort in New Delhi last November was linked to the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). The attack occurred nearly a month after JeM chief Masood Azhar announced the creation of a women-only wing of the terrorist group, according to a new UN Security Council report.
The Security Council’s biannual report on sanctions against al-Qaeda and Islamic State, published this week, said JeM was “linked to the November 9 attack on the Red Fort in New Delhi, which killed 15 people”.
The Sanctions Monitoring Team report stated that UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar had officially announced the formation of a women-only wing, Jamaat ul-Muminat (not listed), on October 8 last year, with the aim of supporting terrorist attacks. It further stated that a UN member state had stated that JeM had claimed responsibility for “several attacks.”
The report also said that another UN member state stated that JeM was “finished.” While the report did not identify the individual member states, this appeared to be a reference to Pakistan, whose government has maintained for years that groups like JeM and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) are “finished” because they have been banned under domestic anti-terror laws.
The report also stated that on July 28, 2025, it was reported that “three people allegedly involved in the attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, were killed”.
Last April, a terrorist attack by LeT’s proxy, the Resistance Front (TRF), in Pahalgam killed 26 civilians. India retaliated by targeting terrorist bases in Pakistan in May, leading to four days of intense fighting.
The 1267 Sanctions Committee monitors sanctions imposed on al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, and their affiliated organizations. LeT and JeM are included within the committee’s scope because of their links to al-Qaeda since the 1990s.
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