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Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda was founded by Osama bin Laden in 1988.
Al-Qaeda affiliated groups in the region
1: Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).
2: Al-Shabab Somalia.
3: JNIM (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin)
4: Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn (تنظيم قاعدة الجهاد في بلاد الرافدين) converted into Islamic State of Iraq (ISI)
5: Jabat Ul Nusra (Syria) converted into Hurras al-Din (Syria)
6: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
7: Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
8: Ansar al-Sharia Yemen

