In its annual report, the United Nations Security Council has warned that there has been no material changed in the support of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, i.e., the Afghan Taliban) for jihadi terror organizations such as Al-Qaeda, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and others, while some Al-Qaeda leaders are serving in the Taliban government. Report No.
FDD's Long War Journal responds to the former ambassador's assertion that assessments of Afghanistan once again becoming a terrorist safe haven are false.
By James M Dorsey President Joe Biden was not wrong when he declared that “justice has been served” with the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri in a US drone strike. The problem is that’s only half of the truth; the other half is that Zawahiri was more a has-been than a power to be reckoned with on the jihadist totem pole. In death, he may have scored his most significant achievement since becoming head of Al Qaeda as […]
An observation post being built on the Afghan-Tajik border by the "Tajik Taliban" is seen as an act of intimidation from Kabul and has irritated Tajikistan, which has not recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.