INSIGHT: Contextualising Al-Qaeda's Call To Arms and Implications for Southeast Asia's Militants

The US eliminated Al-Qaeda (AQ) leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2022, raising doubts about the Taliban's pledge to avoid harboring AQ members. Sayf al-Adl, seen as his successor, operates from Iran. AQ's decentralisation and resurgence in Afghanistan heighten global security threats.