Tag: #AlQaeda
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Bilawal Bhutto responds on question about Al-Qaeda
Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari adopted a dual meaning approach while posing a question to Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif. Opposition leaders met recently, after which they also spoke to the media. Meanwhile, a journalist asked Shahbaz Sharif that…
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Post-Taliban, Afghanistan – A Short Note
This opinion is shared by Haider Mehdi. Lt. Gen (retd) Tariq Khan, shared his very insightful views which are attached after my article in which I share my perspective on a post-Taliban, Afghanistan. Thank you for sharing Tariq, my perspective is far less insightful than yours, but for whatever it’s worth, here’s what’s top of…
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Afghan Refugee Crisis and Options for Pakistan
This opinion is written by Shanawar Aziz. The Taliban have reclaimed their throne after two decades of fighting. As a result, various complexities have risen among which the principal is the burgeoning refugee crisis. Disturbing videos have begun to surface where Afghans are seen dropping from the sky in failed attempts to leave Afghanistan with…
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Taliban’s Al Qaeda Nexus
This opinion article is by Ihsan Chaudhry. Decades of misinformed military and political fetishizing of Afghanistan and terrorism have created their own enduring mythology in the US. Al Qaeda and the Taliban were never bedfellows, nor were they even close. 9/11 was conceived and planned in Germany, not Afghanistan. It was the US that harbored…
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Algerian security forces have arrested four Islamists
Algiers, Dec 15 (AFP/APP): Algerian security forces have arrested four Islamists, while another heavily armed militant handed himself in, the defense ministry said in a statement Tuesday. The Islamist who surrendered was in possession of a machine gun, two rocket-propelled grenade launchers and ammunition, in Tamanrasset, in the extreme south of the country near the…
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Al-Qaeda men’s arrest in Kerala, West Bengal strengthens int’l assessment of Indian nexus with terrorist outfits
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11 (APP):The recent arrest of Al-Qaeda terrorists from Indian states of Kerala and West Bengal has further strengthened the global assessment about Indian involvement and nexus with international terrorist organizations. Indian National Investigation Agency arrested nine Al-Qaeda terrorists from Kerala and West Bengal on September 19, and as usual tried to link the…
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Senior Al-Qaeda leader killed in Afghanistan
Kabul, Oct 25 (AFP/APP):Afghan special forces have killed a high-ranking Al-Qaeda leader who was also wanted by the United States, Afghanistan’s intelligence service said late Saturday. Abu Muhsin al-Masri, an Egyptian national believed to be the number-two for the Islamist militant group in the Indian sub-continent, was targeted in central Ghazni province, Afghanistan’s National Directorate…
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Muslim youths arrested in India for links with Al-Qaeda?
According to Baaghi TV reports, the lives of Indian Muslims have been made miserable, six Muslim youths have reportedly been arrested on suspicion of having links to Al-Qaeda. 5G access for me, but not for you: How Sweden’s Huawei ban is unfair PIA to give compensation to Karachi plane crash victims The arrest of Muslim…
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Most dangerous terrorist killed in CTD encounter
According to the reports of Baaghi TV, the details of the crossfire have been released by CTD in-charge, Mazhar Mashwani. According to CTD, Saeed alias Loha alias Haji Sahib alias Tora Bora was a very dangerous terrorist. The operation was carried out with the information and help of intelligence agencies. A pistol, 2 bombs and…
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Is Dawood Ibrahim residing in Karachi?
Lahore, 24th August: Dawood Ibrahim, India’s most wanted man lives in Karachi, Pakistan. According to the report of Baaghi TV, Indian media claims Pakistan admits that the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim resides in its port city Karachi. According to the Indian website NDTV, Dawood Ibrahim, one of India’s most wanted men, lives in Karachi, the…