History Main / SouthAsianTerrorists

* ''Series/SEALTeam'' has Bravo Team in Afghanistan to take on the Halani Network and in India to backup Force One and National Security Guard forces against Pakistani-based terrorists Hizbul Mujahideen. One of their patrons is a Pakistani politician.

** Two episodes of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' involve the Afghan Taliban and Nepali ex-Gurkha terrorists attempting to steal Pakistan's nuclear arsenal respectively.

** One episode of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' involves Nepali ex-Gurkha terrorists attempting to steal Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.

** One episode of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' involves Nepali terrorists attempting to steal Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.

** One episode of ''Series/{{NCISLosAngeles}}'' involves Nepali terrorists attempting to steal Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.

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* Version One of ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Double Agent'' has a rogue Pakistani nuclear scientist named Dr. Aswat, who Emile and Massoud have a meeting with in Shanghai to purchase [[FantasticNuke Red Mercury devices]] from, and Emile orders you to steal the notes from his safe. You are later tasked by the NSA at the end of the mission to kill him, otherwise you'll lose a lot of trust with them, but your JBA trust is also slowly going down as they wait for you to extract, so you have to be quick about it.
** ''Splinter Cell: Blacklist'' subverts this with it's BigBad, Majid Sadiq, who is ethnically Pakistani, but has a strong British background and was a former [=MI6=] agent. Played straight in Briggs' and Kobin's first missions, though, which have you taking down Indian smugglers in Kashmir and an Afghan drug operation respectively.

Terrorists based in the region of South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), who conduct guerrilla operations against domestic and foreign governments and interests. They can be religious extremists, DirtyCommunists or radical separatists, and are often involved in arms smuggling and the drug trade.

* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare2'' has the Afghan OPFOR, an obvious {{Expy}} of the Taliban.

* ''[[VideoGame/SOCOMUSNavySeals SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals 3]]'' has the Fist and Fire, a gang of RuthlessModernPirates from Bangladesh who raid ships and sell their cargo to the highest bidder, who have stolen Land Attack Standard Missiles from Australian freighter which they plan to sell to Al Shakoosh to use against the South Asian government.

* ''[[VideoGame/SOCOMUSNavySeals SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals 3]]'' has the Fist and Fire, a gang of RuthlessModernPirates from Bangladesh who have raided an Australian freighter in the Bay of Bengal and stolen Land Attack Standard Missiles.

* Version One of ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Double Agent'' has a rogue Pakistani nuclear scientist named Dr. Aswat, who Emile and Massoud have a meeting with in Shanghai to purchase [[FantasticNuke Red Mercury devices]] from, and Emile orders you to steal the notes from his safe. You are later tasked by the NSA at the end of the mission to kill him, otherwise you'll lose a lot of trust with them, but your JBA trust is also slowly going down as they wait for you to extract, so you have to be quick.

* ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Blacklist'' subverts this with it's BigBad, Majid Sadiq, who is ethnically Pakistani, but has a strong British background and was a former [=MI6=] agent. Played straight in Briggs' and Kobin's first missions, though, which have you taking down Indian smugglers in Kashmir and an Afghan drug operation respectively.

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' has you protecting an Afghan government convoy on the way to a peace treaty summit in Maidan Shahr with the Russian foreign minister from Mujahideen in the Strike Force mission "I.E.D". The multiplayer also has the ISA squaring off with a militia in Pakistan in several maps.

* In the original TV pitch for ''Series/PowerRangers'' (which used footage from ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'' instead of ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''), Zack (who was not only an adult police detective, but the ''Green'' ranger) is seen searching for terrorists of this description in the short segment dedicated to him.

* In the original TV pitch for ''series/PowerRangers'' (which used footage from ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'' instead of ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''), Zack (who was not only an adult police detective, but the ''Green'' ranger) is seen searching for terrorists of this description in the short segment dedicated to him.

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* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' has an unnamed Afghan guerrilla force led by a man named Majhid, who was able to recruit Japanese orphan Sousuke Sagara and ex-Soviet Army Spetsnaz officer Andrei Kalinin against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and Soviet-led occupation troops.
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Terrorists based in the region of South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), who conduct guerrilla operations against domestic and foreign governments and interests. They can be religious extremists, DirtyCommunists or radical separatists, and are often involved in arms smuggling and the drug trade.

* ''Bollywood/MyNameIsKhan'' has a recurring storyline where Rizwan Khan is discriminated against by the American public after 9/11 due to his Muslim heritage. At one point, he's arrested by law enforcement officers due to being MistakenForTerrorist when he mentions "My name is Khan and I am not a terrorist".

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork1'' has TheDragon, Yahoot, who is clearly suppose to be a South Asian of Himalayan descent with his dark skin, bindi, facial features, hand pose and Buddhist-like robes. The [[Anime/MegaManNTWarrior anime]] confirms this by adding his home country of Namasty, based on India.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork1'' has TheDragon, Yahoot, who is clearly suppose to be South Asian with his dark skin, bindi, facial features, hand pose and Buddhist-like robes. The [[Anime/MegaManNTWarrior anime]] confirms this by adding his home country of Namasty, based on India.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork1'' has TheDragon, Yahoot, who is clearly suppose to be South Asian with his dark skin, red dot on his forehead, facial features, hand pose and Buddhist-like robes. The [[Anime/MegaManNTWarrior anime]] confirms this by adding his home country of Namasty, based on India.

* ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Blacklist'' subverts this with it's BigBad, Majid Sadiq, who is ethnically Pakistani, but has a strong British background and was a former [=MI6=] agent. Played straight in Briggs' and Kobin's first missions, though, which has you taking down Indian smugglers in Kashmir and an Afghan drug operation respectively.