Overview
- At the India–US Joint Working Group in New Delhi, both sides urged additional UN 1267 designations for ISIS and al‑Qaida affiliates as well as LeT, JeM and their proxy backers, seeking global asset freezes, travel bans and arms embargoes.
- The delegations flagged growing misuse of UAVs, drones and artificial intelligence for terrorist purposes, and reviewed recruitment tactics and terror financing risks.
- Quad partners meeting on December 4–5 in New Delhi condemned terrorism including cross‑border attacks, called for those behind the Red Fort incident to be brought to justice, and urged UN member state cooperation.
- A tabletop exercise on counterterror operations in urban environments advanced practical information sharing and best‑practice exchanges, building on earlier Quad workshops on drone threats and tech‑enabled financing.
- India thanked the U.S. for designating The Resistance Front as an FTO and SDGT, with partners agreeing to deepen cooperation, reconvene the Quad CT Working Group in 2026, and hold the next India–US JWG and Designations Dialogue in the United States.