USA 'unlearns' 9/11 lesson? As Trump courts Pakistan, should India prepare for more terror attacks?

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, Point Blank examines how terrorism has evolved—from large organised networks to online radicalisation, lone-wolf violence, drones, encrypted communications and cross-border funding chains. HT Executive Editor Shishir Gupta discusses the continuing threat from groups including al-Qaeda, Islamic State, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed; the importance of human intelligence; and why preventing attacks requires stronger global intelligence-sharing, counter-radicalisation and action against terror-financing networks. The discussion also revisits intelligence failures before 9/11, 26/11 and the Hamas-led October 7 attack.