Islamabad: Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri was eliminated in a recent drone strike Kabul Questions have been raised on the credibility of the Afghan Taliban The government has fueled speculation about the US strategy of launching undeclared counter-terrorism operations in the region on suspicious targets, in addition to not allowing terrorists to use its soil on its promise.
Just two weeks before the first anniversary of the Taliban occupation of Afghanistan, CIA Last Sunday at 6.15 a.m. two Hellfire missiles fired and killed Egypt’s al-Zawahiri on the balcony of a house in the Sherpur area of Kabul, also known as the diplomatic quarters. his predecessor, Osama bin LadenHe was killed by US Navy personnel in a house in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011.
Several observers and Taliban sources suggest that al-Zawahiri, along with his family, was moved to a heavily guarded location in Kabul earlier this year by the top Haqqani leadership, whose al-Qaeda-linked Arab militants matrimonial and strategic relationship with “It is said that Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani sheltered the al-Qaeda chief in the heart of Kabul. However, no one can put the full burden on Haqqani when it comes to maintaining ties with the terrorist group,” said Islamabad-based observer Nazrul Islam.
“We must not forget that Mullah Muhammad Omar, the founder of the Taliban, sacrificed his government to protect Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks,” he said.
Al-Zawahiri, intelligence and local sources in Pakistan’s border areas said, had lived in the border areas between Afghanistan and Pakistan for most of the past two decades. Since the US invasion of Afghanistan. He had survived several attacks on both sides of the Durand Line, the unstable Pakistan-Afghan border.
In a first hunt for him, four Predator drones operated by the CIA fired several Hellfire missiles at three adjacent compounds in the Damdola region of Pakistan, in the Bajaur tribal district, in January 2006. The attack was carried out on intelligence that al-Zawahiri, then in second place. Al-Qaeda, in-command, was invited to a dinner to mark the Islamic holiday of Eidul Azha at the targeted compound. About two dozen innocent people were killed in that attack, including 14 from the same family.
Following US President Joe Biden’s confirmation of his death this week, Kabul called it an attack on its sovereignty, while Washington said al-Zawahiri’s presence in Kabul was a violation of the Doha Agreement as the Taliban promised that Afghan Earth will not be used. against any country.
“These issues are still not clear to us, the only thing we know for sure is that there has been a drone attack, which is against international law and the Doha Agreement. The policy of the Islamic Emirate, which has been repeatedly What people have been told, is that our soil is not to be used against our neighbours,” the Islamic Emirate’s second deputy PM Abdul Salam Hanafi said on Tuesday.
However, Afghan analysts said the latest attacks could further damage Kabul’s already strained ties with the international community. “This strike means the non-recognition of the Islamic Emirate. It is now clear that no country will recognize Taliban rule. The US, which recently showed some flexibility to release funds to Kabul, would obviously stop any such process.” Syed Ishaq GeelaniLeader of the Afghanistan Solidarity Movement.
Aziz Mairaj, a former Afghan diplomat, said the al-Qaeda chief’s presence in the heart of Kabul had seriously damaged the credibility of the Taliban regime. “Thereafter, every claim made or made by the Foreign Minister of the Taliban in international meetings and forums will be considered false and shallow,” Mairaj said.
Just two weeks before the first anniversary of the Taliban occupation of Afghanistan, CIA Last Sunday at 6.15 a.m. two Hellfire missiles fired and killed Egypt’s al-Zawahiri on the balcony of a house in the Sherpur area of Kabul, also known as the diplomatic quarters. his predecessor, Osama bin LadenHe was killed by US Navy personnel in a house in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011.
Several observers and Taliban sources suggest that al-Zawahiri, along with his family, was moved to a heavily guarded location in Kabul earlier this year by the top Haqqani leadership, whose al-Qaeda-linked Arab militants matrimonial and strategic relationship with “It is said that Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani sheltered the al-Qaeda chief in the heart of Kabul. However, no one can put the full burden on Haqqani when it comes to maintaining ties with the terrorist group,” said Islamabad-based observer Nazrul Islam.
“We must not forget that Mullah Muhammad Omar, the founder of the Taliban, sacrificed his government to protect Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks,” he said.
Al-Zawahiri, intelligence and local sources in Pakistan’s border areas said, had lived in the border areas between Afghanistan and Pakistan for most of the past two decades. Since the US invasion of Afghanistan. He had survived several attacks on both sides of the Durand Line, the unstable Pakistan-Afghan border.
In a first hunt for him, four Predator drones operated by the CIA fired several Hellfire missiles at three adjacent compounds in the Damdola region of Pakistan, in the Bajaur tribal district, in January 2006. The attack was carried out on intelligence that al-Zawahiri, then in second place. Al-Qaeda, in-command, was invited to a dinner to mark the Islamic holiday of Eidul Azha at the targeted compound. About two dozen innocent people were killed in that attack, including 14 from the same family.
Following US President Joe Biden’s confirmation of his death this week, Kabul called it an attack on its sovereignty, while Washington said al-Zawahiri’s presence in Kabul was a violation of the Doha Agreement as the Taliban promised that Afghan Earth will not be used. against any country.
“These issues are still not clear to us, the only thing we know for sure is that there has been a drone attack, which is against international law and the Doha Agreement. The policy of the Islamic Emirate, which has been repeatedly What people have been told, is that our soil is not to be used against our neighbours,” the Islamic Emirate’s second deputy PM Abdul Salam Hanafi said on Tuesday.
However, Afghan analysts said the latest attacks could further damage Kabul’s already strained ties with the international community. “This strike means the non-recognition of the Islamic Emirate. It is now clear that no country will recognize Taliban rule. The US, which recently showed some flexibility to release funds to Kabul, would obviously stop any such process.” Syed Ishaq GeelaniLeader of the Afghanistan Solidarity Movement.
Aziz Mairaj, a former Afghan diplomat, said the al-Qaeda chief’s presence in the heart of Kabul had seriously damaged the credibility of the Taliban regime. “Thereafter, every claim made or made by the Foreign Minister of the Taliban in international meetings and forums will be considered false and shallow,” Mairaj said.