In his augural audio speech as leader of the al-Qaeda (AQ)-aligned Kashmir-based Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH), Abdul Hameed Lelhari alleged that his group received a proposal from a "Pakistani agency" to undermine the group, and slammed the killing of an Islamic State (IS) fighter by a rival faction.

Again addressing fighters in Syria in its al-Nafeer bulletin, al-Qaeda (AQ) rallied them to persevere in their jihad amidst what they experience of hardship, and to continue on their path.

The Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) claimed killing and wounding over 25 Nigerian soldiers in four attacks in the past two days in Borno and Yobe states.