Islamabad [Pakistan]: Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri is confirmed to be living in Afghanistan as well as ‘interacting openly’, according to a recent record by the United Nations which additionally cautioned against the expanding toughness of terrorist teams consisting of Al Qaeda and also Islamic State positioning a terrific threat to the world.
According to Pakistani paper Dawn, the 30th record of the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team specified that the evidence that Al-Zawahiri lived originates from the video messages released by the team. ” Al-Zawahiri’s noticeable boosted comfort and also ability to communicate has coincided with the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and the combination of power of essential Al Qaeda allies within their de facto management,” it noted.
The Analytical Support and Sanctions Checking Team of the UN paid attention to the current tasks of Al Qaeda, the militant Islamic State (IS) team and also other terrorist teams in Afghanistan, and specified that both terrorist outfits remain energetic in conflict-hit areas and also neighbouring nations though both these terrorist groups can try to strike in non-conflict areas.
The committee checks the tasks of significant militant groups like Al Qaeda, Taliban as well as numerous intrigues of the militant Islamic State (IS) group, which is additionally referred to as Daesh. The record covered the activities of terrorist groups in various parts of the globe, however majorly consisted of Taliban-run Afghanistan, which has ended up being a ‘safe house’ for Al Qaeda.
Al Qaeda’s conventional strongholds in Afghanistan have been in the south and also eastern of the war-ravaged country, but just recently it appears to be increasing its footprint to the west to the Farah and Herat districts as well as perhaps to the north, the Dawn reported.
” The circumstance in Afghanistan remains complex, the terrorist teams based in Afghanistan check out the Taliban’s military success as an inspiring aspect for publicity in neighbouring countries as well as various other parts of the globe,” the record mentioned.
The horror attire is taking pleasure in a comfortable remain in Afghanistan under the Taliban routine as well as a few of its elderly staffs are providing advisory services to the de facto government there.
” Al Qaeda management apparently plays a consultatory role with the Taliban, and also the teams stay close,” the report mentioned.
Al Qaeda and also IS posture differing levels of threats to global peace. IS-Khorasan, the group’s Afghanistan-based phase, is seen as a bigger risk in the short as well as moderate term, while Al Qaeda is a threat over the long term, the Dawn reported.
Sanaullah Ghafari alias Shahab al-Muhajir, an Afghan national, has been leading the IS-K chapter because June 2020. Nevertheless, IS core has established a separate structure called Al-Siddiq office under Sheikh Tamim al-Kurdi alias Abu Ahmed al-Madani for going after the group’s regional program.
The report claimed that Afghanistan is a base for growth for IS, which is additionally trying to hire competitors from other terrorist groups besides enticing disaffected Taliban fighters as well as disgruntled regional ethnic minorities. The team, furthermore, attracts fighters by using higher earnings than other militant teams running there.
IS-K has actually boosted its existence in north and eastern Afghanistan. The team that originally began by recruiting members of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and Covering Taliban now has in its rankings boxers from Central Asia, who have actually enhanced activities in the north, which surrounds Main Eastern states of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and also Uzbekistan, the record further noted.
The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) with a toughness of 3,000 to 4,000 competitors, is currently a lot more natural and also offers a greater threat to the region, the record included.
