New Delhi: The revelation that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri was living in Taliban When he was killed in a US drone strike, the safe house is unlikely to deter Indo-Taliban peace proposals, which recently saw the return of Indian diplomats to Kabul, but prompted the government to be more circumspect in its dealings with the Taliban. can encourage.
The Taliban has so far, perhaps on its best course, treated India in its quest for international recognition, but the government knows that the al Qaeda hideout in Afghanistan can serve as a boon to Pakistan-based terrorist groups, Which is according to the recent UNSC. Report, continue to operate training camps in Afghanistan.
The same report of the 1988 monitoring team assisting the Sanctions Committee, which is currently headed by India, said in May this year that al-Qaeda already had a safe haven under the Taliban and that “action was taken”. increased freedom”. It also mentioned how Zawahiri had been issuing frequently recorded messages since the Taliban’s withdrawal.
In one of these video messages released in April this year, Zawahiri hit out at the Karnataka hijab controversy, which he described as pagan Hindu democracy and a tool to oppress Muslims. Reportedly, the video provided the first “conclusive current evidence” of al-Zawahiri’s life in recent years. “The pace of recent communications suggests that he may be able to lead more effectively than he had been before the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan,” adding that Zawahiri had been sent to eastern Afghanistan on the border with Pakistan. Was reported to live in.
Despite providing humanitarian aid to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, and its decision to reopen the Indian embassy in Kabul in June, India has been reluctant to upgrade its initial engagement with the government in Kabul, apparently a terrorist group. Because of the latter’s relationship with the groups. , This was one of the reasons why India chose to participate in the recent Afghanistan summit in Uzbekistan at the official level. Unlike his Pakistan and China counterparts, the Foreign Minister S Jaishankar Didn’t even meet the Taliban’s caretaker foreign minister. Aamir Khan MuttakiWhen he was in Tashkent for the post-conference SCO meeting in Uzbekistan.
According to sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, India is also closely monitoring reports that Pakistan may have played a role in facilitating a US drone strike on Zawahiri. “If this is true then things could get complicated, as Pakistan has a tendency to run and hunt with rabbits on the issue of terrorism,” a source said. Pakistan may be on the verge of being left out of FATF’s increased watch list, but India believes Islamabad has yet to rein in India-focused groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba Not enough effort.
Despite his announcement of the formation of a branch of Al Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent and his statements on Kashmir, Zawahiri mostly represented a distant threat to India, unlike Masood Azhar and Hafiz Saeed, who are Pakistan-based and UN designated terrorist groups. continued to lead. To target India at every available opportunity. Perhaps this is the reason why India is unlikely to issue a statement on the killing of Zawahiri.
It is perhaps also of interest to India that the house in which Zawahiri was staying, according to a US media report, is owned by an ally of Afghanistan, in fact the Interior Minister. Sirajuddin Haqqani, The Haqqani Network, an anti-India group in the past, is also the Taliban faction closest to al Qaeda. According to official sources, however, despite his past hostility to India, Haqqani has so far not done anything that could be perceived as a security threat to India.
The Taliban has so far, perhaps on its best course, treated India in its quest for international recognition, but the government knows that the al Qaeda hideout in Afghanistan can serve as a boon to Pakistan-based terrorist groups, Which is according to the recent UNSC. Report, continue to operate training camps in Afghanistan.
The same report of the 1988 monitoring team assisting the Sanctions Committee, which is currently headed by India, said in May this year that al-Qaeda already had a safe haven under the Taliban and that “action was taken”. increased freedom”. It also mentioned how Zawahiri had been issuing frequently recorded messages since the Taliban’s withdrawal.
In one of these video messages released in April this year, Zawahiri hit out at the Karnataka hijab controversy, which he described as pagan Hindu democracy and a tool to oppress Muslims. Reportedly, the video provided the first “conclusive current evidence” of al-Zawahiri’s life in recent years. “The pace of recent communications suggests that he may be able to lead more effectively than he had been before the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan,” adding that Zawahiri had been sent to eastern Afghanistan on the border with Pakistan. Was reported to live in.
Despite providing humanitarian aid to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, and its decision to reopen the Indian embassy in Kabul in June, India has been reluctant to upgrade its initial engagement with the government in Kabul, apparently a terrorist group. Because of the latter’s relationship with the groups. , This was one of the reasons why India chose to participate in the recent Afghanistan summit in Uzbekistan at the official level. Unlike his Pakistan and China counterparts, the Foreign Minister S Jaishankar Didn’t even meet the Taliban’s caretaker foreign minister. Aamir Khan MuttakiWhen he was in Tashkent for the post-conference SCO meeting in Uzbekistan.
According to sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, India is also closely monitoring reports that Pakistan may have played a role in facilitating a US drone strike on Zawahiri. “If this is true then things could get complicated, as Pakistan has a tendency to run and hunt with rabbits on the issue of terrorism,” a source said. Pakistan may be on the verge of being left out of FATF’s increased watch list, but India believes Islamabad has yet to rein in India-focused groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba Not enough effort.
Despite his announcement of the formation of a branch of Al Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent and his statements on Kashmir, Zawahiri mostly represented a distant threat to India, unlike Masood Azhar and Hafiz Saeed, who are Pakistan-based and UN designated terrorist groups. continued to lead. To target India at every available opportunity. Perhaps this is the reason why India is unlikely to issue a statement on the killing of Zawahiri.
It is perhaps also of interest to India that the house in which Zawahiri was staying, according to a US media report, is owned by an ally of Afghanistan, in fact the Interior Minister. Sirajuddin Haqqani, The Haqqani Network, an anti-India group in the past, is also the Taliban faction closest to al Qaeda. According to official sources, however, despite his past hostility to India, Haqqani has so far not done anything that could be perceived as a security threat to India.