Senior Al-Qaeda leaders, including its emir Saif al-Adl, have relocated to Afghanistan following the commencement of US-Israeli attacks on Iran in February. Approximately 45 families of senior Al-Qaeda figures have arrived in Afghanistan. The Afghan Taliban regime has accommodated some of these families in newly constructed apartment buildings in Ghazni under strict security arrangements and restricted access, while others have been moved to secure locations in Kabul. This is not the first time Kabul has quietly resettled militant families away from public view; the Taliban earlier built fenced residential compounds in Ghazni for families linked to the TTP and Hafiz Gul Bahadur’s faction.
Al-Qaeda operatives already present in Afghanistan have joined forces with Ittehadul Mujahideen, operating from Paktia, Paktika and Khost, which includes the group led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur. The alliance is carrying out joint attacks inside Pakistan and claimed responsibility for the September suicide attack near Police Lines in Kohat, which killed at least 23 people, including 17 police personnel and six civilians. Pakistan’s police and security forces continue to pay in blood for terror that is planned, financed and launched from across the border.
The Taliban regime has continued to shelter and harbour terrorist organisations operating from Afghan soil, a pattern repeatedly highlighted in consecutive UNSC Monitoring Team reports, which have documented the presence and activities of foreign terrorist groups in Afghanistan, including Al-Qaeda training camps in Ghazni and other provinces. Those who dismiss Pakistan’s warnings as rhetoric have no answer to the UN’s own findings.
The relocation of Saif al-Adl raises serious regional security concerns and further exposes the Afghan Taliban regime’s violations of the 2020 Doha Agreement, particularly its explicit commitment to prevent Afghan territory from being used by terrorist organisations against other countries. Pakistan has raised this threat consistently; the international community can no longer afford to look away while Kabul turns into a command centre for global terror.
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Senior Al-Qaeda leaders, including its emir Saif al-Adl, have relocated to Afghanistan following the commencement of US-Israeli attacks on Iran in February. Approximately 45 families
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Senior Al-Qaeda leaders, including its emir Saif al-Adl, have relocated to Afghanistan following the commencement of US-Israeli attacks on Iran in February. Approximately 45 families of senior Al-Qaeda figures have arrived in Afghanistan. The Afghan Taliban regime has accommodated some of these families in newly constructed apartment buildings in Ghazni under strict security arrangements and restricted access, while others have been moved to secure locations in Kabul. This is not the first time Kabul has quietly resettled militant families away from public view; the Taliban earlier built fenced residential compounds in Ghazni for families linked to the TTP and Hafiz Gul Bahadur’s faction.
Al-Qaeda operatives already present in Afghanistan have joined forces with Ittehadul Mujahideen, operating from Paktia, Paktika and Khost, which includes the group led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur. The alliance is carrying out joint attacks inside Pakistan and claimed responsibility for the September suicide attack near Police Lines in Kohat, which killed at least 23 people, including 17 police personnel and six civilians. Pakistan’s police and security forces continue to pay in blood for terror that is planned, financed and launched from across the border.
The Taliban regime has continued to shelter and harbour terrorist organisations operating from Afghan soil, a pattern repeatedly highlighted in consecutive UNSC Monitoring Team reports, which have documented the presence and activities of foreign terrorist groups in Afghanistan, including Al-Qaeda training camps in Ghazni and other provinces. Those who dismiss Pakistan’s warnings as rhetoric have no answer to the UN’s own findings.
The relocation of Saif al-Adl raises serious regional security concerns and further exposes the Afghan Taliban regime’s violations of the 2020 Doha Agreement, particularly its explicit commitment to prevent Afghan territory from being used by terrorist organisations against other countries. Pakistan has raised this threat consistently; the international community can no longer afford to look away while Kabul turns into a command centre for global terror.
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