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Al-Qaeda operatives moving back into Afghanistan: Report
New York, Sept 10: Operatives of al-Qaeda terror network, who had found refuge in Pakistan following US attacks on its bases, have started to move back into Afghanistan and are regrouping, creating new dangers.
New York, Sept 10: Operatives of al-Qaeda terror network, who had found refuge in Pakistan following US attacks on its bases, have started to move back into Afghanistan and are regrouping, creating new dangers.
The disturbing development comes almost a year after the American campaign forced them to flee their one-time sanctuary by thousands and represents a serious threat to the US-backed Hamid Karzai government, which has been unable to gain effective control of the Afghan countryside, a media report said today. The world's largest concentrations of al-Qaeda operatives are now in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the recent influx into Afghanistan is creating new dangers, ‘The New York Times' said quoting American intelligence officials.
Al-Qaeda members are believed to have launched a series of small attacks against American forces in Afghanistan in recent weeks and may have been behind the attempted assassination of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and the deadly car bombing in Kabul last Thursday, the paper quoted American officials as saying. But the movement back into Afghanistan, officials told the paper, is relatively small involving al-Qaeda members travelling in small groups. They remain scattered throughout South Asia and the Middle East, creating a "terrorist diaspora" that has caused concern to American counter-terrorism officials. Some, the paper says, found havens in Iran and Iraq, although American intelligence officials are divided over whether they are receiving active support from either country.
Bureau Report
The disturbing development comes almost a year after the American campaign forced them to flee their one-time sanctuary by thousands and represents a serious threat to the US-backed Hamid Karzai government, which has been unable to gain effective control of the Afghan countryside, a media report said today. The world's largest concentrations of al-Qaeda operatives are now in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the recent influx into Afghanistan is creating new dangers, ‘The New York Times' said quoting American intelligence officials.
Al-Qaeda members are believed to have launched a series of small attacks against American forces in Afghanistan in recent weeks and may have been behind the attempted assassination of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and the deadly car bombing in Kabul last Thursday, the paper quoted American officials as saying. But the movement back into Afghanistan, officials told the paper, is relatively small involving al-Qaeda members travelling in small groups. They remain scattered throughout South Asia and the Middle East, creating a "terrorist diaspora" that has caused concern to American counter-terrorism officials. Some, the paper says, found havens in Iran and Iraq, although American intelligence officials are divided over whether they are receiving active support from either country.
Bureau Report