More than 6000 Pakistani terrorists present in Afghanistan: report

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United Nations: A UN report says that around 6,000-6,500 terrorists from Pakistan are active in neighboring Afghanistan, most of whom are related to ‘Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’ and both of them are a threat to the country. The 26th report of the ‘Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team on ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Allied Persons and Institutions’ stated that Afghanistan’s Nimruz, Helmand, and Kandahar provinces under the Al-Qaeda’ (AQIS) Taliban in the Indian subcontinent. Works. It said, “According to reports, the organization has between 150 and 200 members from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Pakistan.

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The current mastermind of AQIS is Osama Mehmood… who replaces the slain Asim Umar. ” According to the report, “There are reports that AQIS is plotting retaliation in the area to avenge the death of its former gangster.” The report said that the “largest terrorist organization in Afghanistan”, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakestan (TTP), has claimed responsibility for several high-profile attacks in Pakistan and carried out by the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Lashkar-e-Islam Other attacks have helped. It said that many of the TTP’s former militants have joined the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Khorasan (ISIL-K) and member nations fear that the organization and its various smaller groups allied themselves with ISIL-K will that do. “The total number of Pakistani foreign terrorist fighters in Afghanistan is between 6,000 and 6,500, most of which have links with the TTP and pose a threat to both countries,” the report said. According to the report, many other terrorist organizations are active in Afghanistan, most of which operate under the Taliban but some are affiliated with ISIL-K. According to member nations, al-Qaeda is secretly active in 12 Afghan provinces and its leader Aiman ​​al-Zawahiri is stationed in the country.

The surveillance team estimates the total number of al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan to be between 400 and 600. The monitoring team also estimates that the current ISIL-K members in Afghanistan number 2,200. Its leader is Sheikh Matiullah Kamahwal, who was formerly the kingpin of ISIL-K in Kunar. Apart from this, Syrian citizens Abu Saeed Mohammed Al Khurasani and Sheikh Abdul Tahir also hold top positions. The team was informed that two senior ISIL commanders, Abu Qutaybah, and Abu Hajar al-Iraqi arrived in Afghanistan from West Asia. The report said that ISIL-K continued to suffer losses in Kunar where it had left Nangarhar province in late 2019. In April and May, Afghan special forces carried out a nationwide operation that led to the arrest of several leaders of the organization, including ISIL-K chief Aslam Farooqui, his predecessor Zia-ul-Haq and other senior members. According to some member nations, ISIL-K wants to move on to the “global agenda” by implementing ISIL’s core leadership approach, under which Afghanistan is considered as a base for spreading the effects of terrorism over a wide area.

The report said, “Although retreating from the region, ISIL-K is capable of carrying out high-profile attacks in many parts of the country, including Kabul.” According to the report, the aim of the organization is to draw even those Taliban fighters who oppose the agreement with the US. The monitoring team was also informed that ISIL-K also works with supporters networks in the Maldives. The organization claimed its first attack in the Maldives on April 15, 2020, in which five government boats were targeted.

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