Michael Rubin
The blast tore through a car waiting at a traffic signal close to the Lal Quila metro station, setting nearby vehicles on fire and sending people running for cover. PTI
On November 9, 2025, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested three suspects, including one educated in China, for allegedly plotting a chemical weapons attack. Security forces arrested five others from Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind in Kashmir and Haryana, seizing 2,900 kg of explosives. These counterterror successes followed the September 15, 2025, arrest of an Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) operative in September in Uttar Pradesh. It was not enough. An explosion rocked Delhi on Monday evening not far from the Red Fort, killing at least 13; the death toll may even rise.
The attack in Delhi was not the first, nor will it be the last. On May 13, 2008, multiple bombs ripped across Jaipur, killing dozens and injuring more than 200. Later that year, gunmen rampaged through Mumbai, hunting both tourists and Indians. The number of terrorist attacks India suffers today is more than an order of magnitude higher than it experienced in the early 1980s. India weathered many attacks, but the 2019 Pulwama bombing and the 2025 Pahalgam attacks stood out for the shock to society and the nature of India’s response.
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