Seated in a chair behind a large desk against a black background, Zawahiri, looking old and frail, spoke in Arabic in the video which ran English captions at the bottom. Suspected to be hiding in Pakistan under the patronage of the ISI, Zawahiri, who seemed to be reading a script from a tele-prompter, said the “fight in Kashmir” is not a separate conflict but instead a part of the global Islamic jihad against several forces.
