South Asia Studies Project

May 5, 2012 Special Dispatch No.4700 Pakistani and Indian Writers Warn that Al-Qaeda's Regional Command and Control Remains Intact and Its Regional Affiliates Could Find a Surplus of Jihadi Fighters after the Drawdown of U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Below are excerpts from three articles by Pakistani and Indian writers assessing the strength of Al-Qaeda and its regional affiliates and their ability to carry out terror attacks a year after Osama bin Laden's killing, and warning that the regional command and control systems of Al-Qaeda remain in place, and that following the drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan by 2014, the South Asian terror groups would find a surplus of jihadi fighters. The full text of this report is available to MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Subscribers. Subscription information is available at this link. JTTM subscribers can visit this page to view the report.