The United Nations Security Council’s Monitoring Team, in its thirty-seventh report, has recorded that the Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) claimed responsibility for a series of attacks and was reportedly linked to last year’s November 10 strike on Delhi’s Red Fort that left 15 people dead.The report states that one Member State informed the Monitoring Team that JeM — listed under the UN sanctions regime — had claimed responsibility for multiple attacks during the reporting period. The same Member State further indicated that the group was connected to the assault on the Red Fort, one of the country’s most heavily guarded heritage and security landmarks.In a significant development, the report notes that on October 8, JeM chief Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi formally announced the creation of a women-only wing, Jamaat ul-Muminat (not listed under the UN sanctions regime). The new formation, the Member State said, was aimed at supporting terrorist operations, signalling an organisational recalibration within the outfit.The Tribune had reported on October 22 last year that JeM had also launched an online course titled “Tufat al-Muminat” (Gift to the Believers), designed to indoctrinate and mobilise women through daily virtual lectures — an initiative seen as part of its broader recruitment and radicalisation strategy.However, the report also highlights divergent assessments within the international community. Another Member State told the Monitoring Team that JeM was defunct, presenting a sharply contrasting view of the outfit’s operational status.The Monitoring Team does not identify the member states or countries that provided the inputs. However, strategic experts suggest it must be Pakistan who would have attempted to give a clean chit to JeM by calling it a defunct outfit.The findings form part of the Monitoring Team’s regular evaluation of threats posed by individuals and entities sanctioned under the UN’s counter-terrorism framework, and come amid continuing international scrutiny of terror networks operating in the region.
