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Global Terrorism Index

Global Terrorism Index The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) is a report published annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). Two third of the countries experienced a terrorist attack in 2016. India is one of the ten most impacted countries by terrorism. Five countries account for three-quarters of all deaths from terrorism: Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Nigeria and Pakistan. The major reason for terrorism in most impacted countries is internal conflict.

08 June, 2020 International terrorism

French forces kill al-Qaeda’s Algeria leader

French forces kill al-Qaeda’s Algeria leader Part of: GS-II- Terrorism  (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) Drake, an explosives expert, had been sentenced to death in 2013 for terror attacks France said its forces have killed the leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, in a blow to the group behind a string of deadly attacks across the troubled Sahel region. Who? Abdelmalek Droukdel was killed in northern Mali near the Algerian border, where the group has bases from which it has carried out attacks and abductions of Westerners in the sub-Saharan Sahel zone. “Many close associates” of the Algerian — who commanded several…

07 June, 2020 International terrorism

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