Overview
- Quad partners met in New Delhi on 4–5 December, ran a tabletop exercise on urban counterterrorism operations, and agreed to convene the next CT working group meeting in 2026.
- The grouping condemned all forms of terrorism, including cross‑border attacks, and urged global cooperation to bring the Red Fort perpetrators, organisers and financiers to justice.
- India and the United States held the 21st Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and the 7th Designations Dialogue on 3 December in New Delhi, led by Dr. Vinod Bahade and Monica Jacobsen.
- The two countries called for additional UN 1267 designations targeting LeT, JeM, their proxies, and affiliates of ISIS and al‑Qaida, triggering asset freezes, travel bans and arms embargoes.
- Officials flagged rising misuse of UAVs, drones and AI for terrorist purposes, building on September Quad workshops hosted by India’s NSG and NIA on counter‑UAV tactics and tech‑enabled terror financing.