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Inside RAW, India's external intelligence agency — from R. N. Kao and the 1971 Bangladesh war to modern intelligence gathering and what public evidence reveals about Operation Sindoor.

A series of targeted killings in Pakistan has fuelled allegations of a covert campaign against militants linked to attacks on India. Pakistan has accused Indian agents of involvement, while India has rejected specific allegations. Updated+ examines what is established, what has been alleged and what remains unknown.

The CIA intelligence agency has played a central role in US national security since 1947, from gathering foreign intelligence and analysing global threats to conducting presidentially authorised covert action. Here is how the CIA works, what separates it from the FBI and NSA, and how its role has evolved.

Mossad is Israel’s foreign intelligence service and one of the world’s most closely watched intelligence agencies. Here is how it emerged, what its publicly acknowledged responsibilities are, how it differs from Shin Bet and Aman, and what is known about some of its major operations.

On April 16, 1988, Palestinian leader Khalil al-Wazir, widely known as Abu Jihad, was killed inside his home near Tunis. This explainer examines his rise within Fatah, Israel’s case against him, the intelligence operation behind the raid and its wider historical consequences.