by IANS - May 12, 2021 05:38 AM
Hardline Hefazat-e-Islam shout slogans
in Dhaka.
Militant outfit Hefazat-e-Islam, which was behind the recent unrest in Bangladesh, has a sub-group called Manhazi , whose members include some who had trained in Afghanistan , a senior police officer said on Tuesday.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police s Joint Commissioner, Mahbub Alam also told IANS that banned terror group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) was also showing signs of activity.
According to officials, since the early 1980s, many people went from Bangladesh to Afghanistan to join the Al Qaeda fighting against the Soviet Army. There is no accurate count of how many, mostly madarsa teachers and students, had gone theere, but the rise of militancy in Bangladesh in the 1990s was spurred on by these fighters returning home.
Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 11 May 2021 10:39 AM BdST
Updated: 11 May 2021 10:39 AM BdST
In the 1980s, groups of young men from Bangladesh travelled to Afghanistan to join the jihad against the Soviet occupation forces. Fast forward to present day four decades later: police believe more young Bangladeshis are pursuing the same path to extremism. );
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Three young men from Bangladesh have recently abandoned home for ‘hijrat’, or hegira migration for the cause of Islam and taken up the banner of Islamist terrorism in Afghanistan, according to officials in the police’s Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime Unit or CTTC.
The police can confirm that two of them, Abdur Razzak from Cumilla and Shibbir Ahmed from Sylhet, have already made their way to the rugged, mountainous terrain of Afghanistan.
Hefazat sub-group Manhazi members trained in Afghanistan
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Dhaka, May 11 : Militant outfit Hefazat-e-Islam, which was behind the recent unrest in Bangladesh, has a sub-group called Manhazi , whose members include some who had trained in Afghanistan , a senior police officer said on Tuesday.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police s Joint Commissioner, Mahbub Alam also told IANS that banned terror group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) was also showing signs of activity.
According to officials, since the early 1980s, many people went from Bangladesh to Afghanistan to join the Al Qaeda fighting against the Soviet Army. There is no accurate count of how many, mostly madarsa teachers and students, had gone theere, but the rise of militancy in Bangladesh in the 1990s was spurred on by these fighters returning hom
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