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Asim Umar, Chief of AQIS Reported Toes Up in Afghanistan
[TheHindu] Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security said Umar was a Pakistani citizen, though some reports claim he was born in India. Asim Umar ...chief of al-Qaeda's Sharia Committee for Pakistain, named head of al-Qaeda in India. His video appearances are frequently accompanied by clips of al Qaeda's senior propagandist in Pakistan, Ahmad Farooq. Umar the author of The Army of Anti-Christ: Blackwater, Documentation of the Dreadful Terrorist Activities of America's Blackwater in Islamic Countries... , who led al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) from its inception in 2014, was killed during a raid September 23 on a Taliban compound in the Musa Qala district of Helmand Province. Many Thanks, noble warriors ! Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security said Umar was a Pakistani citizen, though some reports claim he was born in India. He "was killed along with six other AQIS members, most of them Pakistani", the NDS tweeted, adding that Umar had been "embedded" with the Taliban. The raid was part of a lengthy and confusing overnight operation between September 22 and 23 for which the U.S. provided air support. Authorities said they would investigate reports that 40 civilians, including children, were killed in an air strike during the operation. The NDS said that among the six other AQIS members killed in the raid was a man identified as "Raihan", a courier for al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. U.S. forces in Afghanistan declined to comment. Under a stalled withdrawal plan negotiated between the U.S. and the Taliban, Washington agreed to pull troops from Afghanistan if the insurgents abide by security guarantees and cut all ties with al-Qaeda. Related: Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent: 2018-05-17 Top al-Qaeda leader for the Indian Subcontinent killed in Afghanistan Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent: 2018-03-25 ‘AQIS militant, kidnapper’ among others held in Karachi Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent: 2017-12-17 Taliban, Haqqani network members roam free in Pakistan: Pentagon Related: Asim Umar: 2019-09-24 Afghan & US forces carried out joint op against Al-Qaeda group embedded with Taliban leaders Asim Umar: 2018-01-23 Suspected Al-Qaeda man chargesheeted Asim Umar: 2017-04-27 AQIS statement confirms top Bangaldeshi jihadist’s death Posted by: Dron66046 2019-10-08 |
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