According to our sources, a senior Syrian Al-Qaeda commander involved in training suicide bombers for global operations was killed in Pakistani strike on a hideout in Pathan Village Nurgal, Kunar, on 21 Sep, where militants had gathered for a meal and overnight stay.
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Sources have reported the presence of three foreign nationals at the Abu Ikhlas Al-Qaeda training camp in Kunar, Afghanistan.
This is a highly alarming development, as the individuals are reportedly Europeans.
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A 2026 peer-reviewed study of Punjab Police records found 41,972 cases from 2014–2023.
Child abuse is a crime, not a Pakhtoon cultural identity. Get your facts straight before dragging an entire culture into it. And it may seem that you were a victim of bacha bazi in ur childhood
On Pakhtoon Culture Day, you chose to attach child exploitation to “tribal culture.” On what evidence?
Punjab’s own Home Department recorded 1,390 child sexual-abuse cases in just 5½ months of 2023 69% of the victims were boys.
Continues…… 1/2 @fawadchaudhry
On Pakhtoon Culture day I demand KP Assembly to ban under age marriages and BachaBazi in KP, children exploitation in the name of tribal culture must end now…. #BanChildMarriages
Sami’s argument falls apart in his own last paragraph. A Turkish intelligence chief being snubbed in Kandahar did not suddenly trigger Pakistan’s military pressure. Pakistan has publicly tied its actions to terrorism emanating from Afghan territory and alleged sanctuaries there.
The Turkish Intelligence Chief...later told the Pakistan authorities that expecting “sensible behaviour” from the Afghan Taliban means “fooling Ourselves.” Sami yuousufzai - a senior Afghan Journalist- quoting his sources in Kabul said.
However, quoting the Turkish official reported talks with Pak authorities no source is mentioned.
Tactical IMINT breakdown on this Bermal grid (32°31'24"N 69°15'33"E):
• ~19km standoff from Angoor Ada border
• Off-grid solar PV bank for C2/radios
• Compartmentalized Qala layout
Corroborates UN 1267 reports on TTP/AQIS suicide staging nodes under Haqqani protection.
4/4 The Regional Threat: Al-Qaeda's fortified staging base at Bermal (Paktika) is now actively used to arm and train Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) suicide squads for cross-border attacks, while Badakhshan remains the primary transit pipeline for Central Asian recruits.
1/4 🗺️ Three years after the US withdrawal, Al-Qaeda isn't hiding in Afghanistan—they have built an active military footprint across 14 provinces with direct Taliban funding and protection.
Here is the full breakdown of their operational network: 🧵👇
Tactical IMINT breakdown on this Bermal grid (32°31'24"N 69°15'33"E):
• ~19km standoff from Angoor Ada border
• Off-grid solar PV bank for C2/radios
• Compartmentalized Qala layout
Corroborates UN 1267 reports on TTP/AQIS suicide staging nodes under Haqqani protection.
If you cannot do that, then stop pretending that sharing and amplifying a terrorist group’s narrative is “analysis.”
You are not exposing propaganda here.
You are helping circulate it.
If you genuinely believed it was “fake,” why did you have the audacity to amplify it yourself?
You cannot call something propaganda, then give it more reach, repeat its framing, and act as if you are somehow above the propaganda war.
If it was fake, debunk it with evidence.
What surprises me most is that our institutions release allegedly fake audio recordings against an organization—recordings that even a child could recognize as fake. Militants also appear to produce more effective propaganda material than our country’s institutions.
@sarahadams What you’re highlighting today was raised by Al Khabeer four days ago.
The analysis flagged the same signs: Hamza bin Laden’s renewed prominence, global targeting rhetoric, and Afghanistan again serving as sanctuary for transnational terrorist networks.
https://t.co/i7tMuEkX7a
In January, Abdullah Uqab reportedly visited the Islam Qala border crossing and received these foreign nationals.
A GDI-linked covert cell is reportedly responsible for facilitating their onward movement to their respective destinations.
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Sources have reported the presence of three foreign nationals at the Abu Ikhlas Al-Qaeda training camp in Kunar, Afghanistan.
This is a highly alarming development, as the individuals are reportedly Europeans.
@sarahadams@StateDeptCT
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..is alleged to be playing a covert role behind the scenes.
According to these reports, he is responsible for facilitating and managing the movement of foreign Al-Qaeda operatives into and out of Afghanistan.
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