NEW DELHI: Al-Qaeda launched a new branch to "wage jihad" in South Asia as it sought Thursday to invigorate its waning Islamist extremist movement, but experts said it would struggle to gain traction with India's Muslims.
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri said the new operation would take the fight to Myanmar, Bangladesh and India, which has a large but traditionally moderate Muslim population.
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