Islamabad: Taliban They said on Thursday they were investigating what they described as a “claim” that al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a US drone strike in the Afghan capital.
However, the group insisted in a statement that it had “no information about the arrival and residence” of al-Zawahari. Afghanistan,
The statement marked the first time the Taliban leadership addressed a US announcement that al-Zawahri was the target of Sunday’s strike. However, despite the Taliban denying information about al-Zawahri’s presence, US officials have said the al-Qaeda chief was living in a safe house in Kabul linked to the Taliban’s deputy leader. Al-Zawahari was killed in the attack when he escaped from the balcony of a safe house.
His presence and assassination in Kabul has further strained relations between the Taliban and the West, especially as Afghanistan’s rulers sought immediate cash to handle the catastrophic collapse of the economy that followed the US withdrawal a year ago. .
The Taliban promised in the Doha Agreement that it would not harass members of al-Qaeda or those seeking to attack the US.
On Tuesday, the Taliban’s first statement on the attack, without mentioning al-Zawahari, only confirmed that it had happened. In it he condemned the strike, calling it “a clear violation of the Doha Agreement”.
In new statements on Thursday, the Taliban were trying to defuse heightened tensions, especially at a time when they and US officials were negotiating more than $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets in the United States.
The Taliban said they “ordered the investigative and intelligence agencies to conduct a serious and comprehensive investigation into various aspects of the mentioned incident.”
The statement also assured the West that “there is no threat to any country, including the US, from the territory of Afghanistan.”
US officials have said al-Zawahari had been living in the Kabul home of a top aide of Sirajuddin for months. Haqqani,
Haqqani is the top deputy of the supreme leader of the Taliban movement, Mullah HaibatAllah Akhundzada, He also serves as Minister of the Interior in the Taliban-run government and heads the Haqqani Network, a powerful faction within the movement.
The Haqqani Network is an Afghan Islamic insurgent group built around the family of the same name. In the 1980s, it fought Soviet forces, and in the last 20 years it fought US-led wars nato Soldiers and former Afghanistan Govt. The US government holds a $10 million bounty on Sirajuddin Haqqani for attacks on American soldiers and Afghan civilians.
However, there are also opponents of Haqqani within the Taliban leadership, some of whom feel that Sirajuddin Haqqani is accumulating too much power. Haqqani’s sheltering of al-Zawahari may increase conflict within the movement, although his power in leadership makes him almost untouchable.
For anyone aware of al-Jawari’s presence in Afghanistan, the Taliban have never ended their longstanding alliance with al-Qaeda. The manpower and strength of the terrorist network has decreased significantly over the past decade, making it more dependent on allies such as the Taliban.
Al-Qaeda has enjoyed greater freedom in Afghanistan since its takeover by the Taliban, as a July report to the UN Security Council by the terrorist group’s monitors reported.
Monitors, however, said it was unlikely that al-Qaeda would want to conduct direct attacks outside Afghanistan, “due to a lack of capability and restraint on the Taliban’s part, as well as a reluctance to jeopardize its recent gains” such as To be a safe haven and a better resource.
However, the group insisted in a statement that it had “no information about the arrival and residence” of al-Zawahari. Afghanistan,
The statement marked the first time the Taliban leadership addressed a US announcement that al-Zawahri was the target of Sunday’s strike. However, despite the Taliban denying information about al-Zawahri’s presence, US officials have said the al-Qaeda chief was living in a safe house in Kabul linked to the Taliban’s deputy leader. Al-Zawahari was killed in the attack when he escaped from the balcony of a safe house.
His presence and assassination in Kabul has further strained relations between the Taliban and the West, especially as Afghanistan’s rulers sought immediate cash to handle the catastrophic collapse of the economy that followed the US withdrawal a year ago. .
The Taliban promised in the Doha Agreement that it would not harass members of al-Qaeda or those seeking to attack the US.
On Tuesday, the Taliban’s first statement on the attack, without mentioning al-Zawahari, only confirmed that it had happened. In it he condemned the strike, calling it “a clear violation of the Doha Agreement”.
In new statements on Thursday, the Taliban were trying to defuse heightened tensions, especially at a time when they and US officials were negotiating more than $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets in the United States.
The Taliban said they “ordered the investigative and intelligence agencies to conduct a serious and comprehensive investigation into various aspects of the mentioned incident.”
The statement also assured the West that “there is no threat to any country, including the US, from the territory of Afghanistan.”
US officials have said al-Zawahari had been living in the Kabul home of a top aide of Sirajuddin for months. Haqqani,
Haqqani is the top deputy of the supreme leader of the Taliban movement, Mullah HaibatAllah Akhundzada, He also serves as Minister of the Interior in the Taliban-run government and heads the Haqqani Network, a powerful faction within the movement.
The Haqqani Network is an Afghan Islamic insurgent group built around the family of the same name. In the 1980s, it fought Soviet forces, and in the last 20 years it fought US-led wars nato Soldiers and former Afghanistan Govt. The US government holds a $10 million bounty on Sirajuddin Haqqani for attacks on American soldiers and Afghan civilians.
However, there are also opponents of Haqqani within the Taliban leadership, some of whom feel that Sirajuddin Haqqani is accumulating too much power. Haqqani’s sheltering of al-Zawahari may increase conflict within the movement, although his power in leadership makes him almost untouchable.
For anyone aware of al-Jawari’s presence in Afghanistan, the Taliban have never ended their longstanding alliance with al-Qaeda. The manpower and strength of the terrorist network has decreased significantly over the past decade, making it more dependent on allies such as the Taliban.
Al-Qaeda has enjoyed greater freedom in Afghanistan since its takeover by the Taliban, as a July report to the UN Security Council by the terrorist group’s monitors reported.
Monitors, however, said it was unlikely that al-Qaeda would want to conduct direct attacks outside Afghanistan, “due to a lack of capability and restraint on the Taliban’s part, as well as a reluctance to jeopardize its recent gains” such as To be a safe haven and a better resource.