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From Digital Sisters to Embedded Operatives: Women’s Evolving Roles in AQ
In the shadowy world of jihadist networks, a quiet revolution is unfolding—not on the battlefield, but in encrypted chat rooms, university campuses, and local communities. Women, once confined to ideological support roles, are now emerging as recruiters, propagandists, and even cell leaders in South and Central Asia’s most dangerous terrorist outfits. These developments are a radical shift from the traditional perception of women as non-political observers of jihad. The Al-Qaeda in the Indian Su... Read More
