There is no al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, the Taliban rejected the UN’s claim

The Taliban government on Thursday rejected a United Nations report that claimed links between al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have increased over militant operations, which are also based in Pakistan. causing attacks.

On January 29, the United Nations Security Council report mentioned the extremist organizations inside Afghanistan and said that TTP suicide bombers are trained in Al-Qaeda camps in the country.

However, Zabihullah Mujahid, the main spokesperson of the Taliban government of Afghanistan, in a statement released to the media, called the presence of Al-Qaeda and other extremist organizations in Afghanistan a ‘lie’ and said that unfortunately the United Nations has launched a systematic propaganda against the Afghan government. He said: ‘There is no member of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.’

According to the statement: ‘We believe that some UN countries have been defeated in Afghanistan, which is why they are biased against Afghanistan and are spreading such rumours.

“Countries that have good relations with the Afghan government should not allow the United Nations platform to be used against us.”

He said that there is no Al-Qaeda-related group in Afghanistan and “Neither the Islamic Emirate allows anyone to use Afghan soil against anyone.”

Al-Qaeda supplied fighters to TTP in Chitral attack: UN report

The Security Council report said that the Afghan Taliban and al-Qaeda have close ties and senior al-Qaeda leaders are based in Afghanistan and eight new training camps have been established there, including one in Hakim al-Masri.

According to the report: ‘Hakim al-Masri camp has been established in Afghanistan’s Kunar province where TTP suicide bombers are trained.

In addition, five Al-Qaeda madrassas are established in Laghman, Kunar, Nangarhar, Nuristan and Parwan provinces.

According to the report: ‘Al Qaeda provided armed fighters to the TTP in a cross-border attack in Pakistan’s Chitral district in September last year, which boosted TTP’s morale.

“At the pressure of Pakistan, the Afghan Taliban had transferred 70 to 200 TTP fighters from the border areas to other areas.”

However, according to the report, on some occasions, the relations between the two deteriorated due to the closure of Al-Qaeda activities by the Afghan Taliban, while international support is not being provided by the leaders of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

According to the report: ‘Al-Qaeda Afghanistan had ordered to hand over all its vehicles to the TTP for fear of being targeted by the US and with the consent of the central Al-Qaeda, 15 commanders of Al-Qaeda Afghanistan, TTP to Pakistan. provide assistance in carrying out attacks.’

The same report further wrote that despite pressure from the Afghan Taliban, TTP’s cross-border attacks continue and al-Qaeda terrorists provide support for cross-border attacks.

Similarly, Afghan Taliban fighters also joined the TTP and they consider this joining as a ‘religious duty’.

According to the report, the TTP also established a new base in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in mid-October last year “where 66 TTP suicide bombers were trained.”

An important point was that the Afghan Taliban had joined the TTP.

On the other hand, the banned TTP also denied and said in a statement that the report of the United Nations is contrary to the facts.

Disclosures in the report on the funding of charities

The UN report has also given details regarding the funding of extremist organizations in which TTP and Daesh are mentioned.

According to the report, the Afghan Taliban put some pressure on the TTP in the form of control of funds, but at the same time TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud was given 3.5 million Afghani (about 8 million Pakistani rupees) per month and the TTP Told to find sources of income.

Regarding the use of arms by the TTP, the report said that the senior leaders of the TTP were given 15 arms permits while the junior fighters were allowed to keep five arms.

According to the report, “this was done to minimize the effect of TTP fighters going to ISIS due to the support of the Afghan Taliban and some reports that ISIS receives weapons from TTP.”

The report also mentions the Majeed Brigade, an extremist organization in Balochistan, that includes 70 to 80 people who focus exclusively on training female suicide bombers.

According to some of the countries included in the report, the Majeed Brigade has ties to ISIS and the TTP and conducts joint operations, intelligence sharing, and arms exchange, but more details need to be gathered.

It was reported that despite the evacuation of some areas and a reduction in attacks as a result of operations by the Afghan Taliban against ISIS, ISIS is still a threat to the region.

“Some people from Daesh have also joined the Afghan Taliban while some Taliban leaders have differences on how to deal with Daesh.”

The report stated that the leader of Daesh Khorasan, Sanaullah Ghaffari, is alive. It may be recalled that Sanaullah Ghaffari was reported to have been targeted while coming out of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar’s training camp in Kannada, in which he was possibly injured.