But why should India be talking to the Taliban in the first place? There is no love lost there. India will never forget or forgive the humiliation to which the Taliban subjected it in the IC-814 hijack, notes Shekhar Gupta.
With the arrest of six suspected Indian Mujahideen men the Delhi police have claimed a breakthrough in three terror cases -- the German Bakery blast in Pune, the Jama Masjid shootout and blast in the capital and the Chinnaswamy stadium blasts in Bengaluru.
ISI chief Faiz Hameed coerced the Taliban to announce an interim government guaranteed to preserve Pakistan's control over the levers of power in Kabul, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'I've been illegally detained yet again. Since two days, J-K admin has refused to allow me to visit @parawahid's family in Pulwama. BJP Ministers and their puppets are allowed to move around in every corner of Kashmir but security is a problem only in my case,' Mufti tweeted in English and Urdu.
The NIA, during its investigations, has begun to get a fair idea of how the IM operates. In addition, it has collected a lot of data on existing cells and modules.
'The worst case scenario for Pakistan is a full-scale Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.' 'Pakistani militants would be inspired and emboldened and seek to replicate the Taliban's successes in Pakistan.'
The spies revealed that they were tasked by the ISI officer to revive militancy in Jammu by recruiting youth in the region.
'These young men have become religious fundamentalists and gone to lead the life of Salafis somewhere.'
The Delhi police claims Ejaz Sheikh handed over ammunition for the German Bakery blasts to Yasin Bhatkal. In reality, Shaikh never knew Bhatkal.
Though investigators knew the manner in which money was raised by the Indian Mujahideen, they have been unable to find out how it was circulated, and eventually used for carrying out blasts. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Were the Chinnaswamy stadium blasts in Bengaluru and the Jama Masjid firing in Delhi in any way connected? It has been ascertained that the terror incidents are inter linked to the extent that it was the Indian Mujahideen which carried out the attack, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
The National Investigation Agency on Friday questioned Azhar Ali of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen in connection with the Delhi high court blast case at Kotbalwal high security jail in Jammu.
A Karnataka Police officer told rediff.com that Sami handled the finances of the Indian Mujahideen once the heat was stepped up on Subhan. The IM was sure that police would crack down on Subhan following the spate of blasts and hence it was pre-planned that Sami would handle the finances.
The field intelligence units of the Army coupled with inputs comprising HUMINT (human intelligence) and TECHINT (technical intelligence) indicate that around 300 terrorists, mainly of the banned Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT), are waiting across the border to sneak in, officials said, citing reports from Srinagar collated in the national capital.
Were Wednesday's triple blasts in Mumbai a joint operation by Indian Mujahideen modules of Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Jharkhand? This is what the investigations point towards at the moment, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
As investigations into the Mumbai serial blasts progresses, police teams have been dispatched to strongholds of the Indian Mujahideen in a bid to collect more information.
All the terrorist camps and around 15 launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir "are full", according to top army commander Lt Gen B S Raju, who anticipates an increase in infiltration attempts from across the border this summer to replenish the diminishing terrorist cadres in Jammu and Kashmir.
Besides Bhatkal, the others convicted were Asadullah Akthar of Uttar Pradesh, Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas of Pakistan, Tahseen Akhthar of Bihar and Aizaz Shaik of Maharashtra. All of them are in judicial custody.
A list of some of the most commonly used terror codes.
The National Investigation Agency on Friday declared that three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists hailing from Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir were wanted in the Delhi high court blast case and announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh for any information on each of them that could lead to their arrest.
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa finds out why over a month after the blast near the Delhi High Court, investigators have not yet been able to pinpoint the terror outfit that carried out the operation.
Some police encounters that stunned India.
"A seal from a factory in Bihar was found on the three AK22 rifles recovered after the Gulshan terror attack," Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime chief Monirul Islam was quoted as saying by the Dhaka Tribune.
The National Investigating Agency was attending to a very important task last week when three blasts rocked Mumbai city. The NIA was studying the modus operandi and the regrouping of the Indian Mujahideen, which is the prime suspect in the investigations today.
A team of investigative agencies, probing the Mumbai serial blasts, are in Nepal to track some key elements of the Indian Mujahideen. Nepal has always been a safe hide-out for terrorists like Sabhahuddin, Asfak Ahmed Shah and Riyaz Khatir who have all sought shelter in Nepal after carrying out a terror attack on Indian soil. A key operative of the Indian Mujahideen, suspected to be behind several terror attacks in India, has reportedly taken shelter in Nepal.
This was just one of the mails that was sent out by the Indian Mujahideen prior to the deadly blasts in Ahmedabad in 2008 which killed 56 people, injuring 200 others.
With prime suspect Indian Mujahideen's expert bomb makers are in prison, investigators believe a bomb maker from outside the country was used for Mumbai blasts, says Vicky Nanjappa
Zahid Hussain has been instrumental for the Indian Mujahideen for making a come back after being beaten down by security agencies. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Danish Riyaz has told interrogators that the arrests have severely dented IM's operations and badly affected its recruitment and fund-raising drives. That in turn has reduced the Indian Mujahideen's capabilities to execute serial bombings. Toral Varia reports
In the wake of a final verdict on the Batla House encounter case, the National Investigation Agency and police teams from several states are all set to launch another manhunt for the head honchos of the Indian Mujahideen.
Bodies of three men, including that of an alleged militant, were found on Monday about 30 kms from here in Baramulla district, triggering protests by locals even though police said the deaths appeared to be a result of fight between two militant groups.
The Resistance Front (TRF), which is believed to be a shadow group of LeT, claimed responsibility for the killings. IGP (Kashmir) Kumar said police have seized a vehicle used in the attack and that such killings were being executed at the behest of Pakistan.
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terrorists have entered West Bengal to carry out subversive activities.
While the police is investigating if the Indian Mujahideen or the Students Islamic Movement of India had a role in the Mumbai blasts, they are also probing if a second rung of the underworld executed the attack. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Constable Mudasir Ahmad became the second policeman to die in the violent clashes that erupted in the Valley following killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.
It's "Chotoo" again from Indian Mujahideen with a fresh mail after the Delhi high court blast warning that the next attack would be at a crowded place in Ahmedabad.
On Friday morning, the Delhi police got another email, making this the third email since the Delhi high court blast.
Pakistan would want to take full advantage of the situation to direct Taliban trained terrorists into the Kashmir Valley, alert Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd) and Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Asadullah Akhtar alias Tabrez, one of the prime suspects in the Hyderabad twin bomb blasts, was brought to the city on Thursday amid tight security.
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