Among them was said to be Asim Umar—an Indian national who was appointed head of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) in 2014. He was reportedly a former resident of the town of Sambhal ...

Photographs of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent emir Asim Umar, dead (left) and alive. Source: Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Intelligence. The U.S. Department of Defense suppressed a press ...

Asim Umar was killed in joint raid by US-Afghan forces. The operation was carried out on September 22-23. Taliban denied Umar's killing, terming the reports as "propaganda". The chief of Al-Qaeda ...

Asim Umar, who is the chief of Al Qaeda on the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), was killed in a September 23 operation that targeted a Taliban compound in the Musa Qala district of Helmand Province.

The intelligence agency’s statement followed weeks of rumors that the militant, Asim Umar, had been killed in the Sept. 23 raid, which was said to have left dozens of civilians dead. The raid ...

Maulana Asim Umar, from a video by As Sahab. His face is intentionally blotted. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. As Sahab, al Qaeda’s propaganda arm, has released a video featuring ...

India-born Asim Umar, the chief of the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), has been killed during a joint US-Afghan raid on a Taliban hideout in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Afghan ...

Asim Umar, the head of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), died in a raid on a Taliban compound in Helmand province on 23 September, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said.

Asim Umar, the head of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), died in a raid on a Taliban compound in Helmand province on 23 September, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said.