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C: interestingly much is said, speculated and written in the Press regarding the whereabouts of the TB and AQ leader, strangely writers and journalists do not address the fact that Baghdadi is not seen in public since his likely heavy wounding earlier this or even last year, and although apparently an audio tape just some weeks ago was released his current state of health and life is as the others unknown. In Jan this year, His survival was a miracle," said Abadi, the Iraqi Prime Minister adding that Baghdadi spent most of his time in Syria, not Iraq. This is not the first time that Baghdadi is believed to have been injured. Last year, it was rumored he was been 'killed' in a US-coalition airstrike. So ….do we have three global jihad leaders that are able to direct and upset the whole world without having evidence of them being alive…Or do we fail to get it right..

The head of the Islamic State is still incapacitated from a spinal injury, and the new leader of the terrorist group is intent on "fighting back" against Europe, according to a new report by Martin Chulov in The Guardian.Kareem Shaheen at The Guardian had previously reported that the "caliph" was injured so badly he could barely move. He was reportedly wounded in an airstrike by the US-led coalition in March. Several sources told Chulov that Baghdadi's injuries are so serious that he might never be able to lead ISIS again.

May 13, Abu Alaa Afri, former physics teacher from Mosul, was installed as ISIS' temporary leader after Baghdadi was injured, an Iraqi government adviser told Newsweek.The Iraqi defence ministry (MoD) has announced the death of Islamic State (Isis) second-in-command Abu Alaa al-Afri, a former Iraqi physics teacher who was reportedly in charge of the jihadist group after the wounding of caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Ayman al-Zawahri, the emir of al-Qaida since 2011, has not spoken publicly since last September. This eight-month gap is his longest absence from the public stage since the fall of Kabul in 2001. It is likely he is biding his time for a special purpose but his motive is elusive. On September 4, 2014, Zawahri announced the formation of a new al-Qaida branch in the Indian subcontinent. He said it had been in development for years and would seek to intensify jihadist activity in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, and the Maldives. He promised this group would restore Islamic rule in

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South Asia like it was during the Mughal Empire. Since then the new al-Qaida group has taken credit for a wave of assassinations of secular opponents of jihadism in South Asia. As Zawahri promised last September, Bangladesh has been a major target for these attacks. But Zawahri himself has been uncharacteristically silent. He did not comment when al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) took credit for the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris in January, an attack AQAP said Zawahri had ordered. Zawahri had been calling for an attack in France for a decade so his silence is all the more notable. It was a triumph but the emir said nothing. Nor has the emir commented on developments like the wars in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen; the succession in Saudi Arabia; or jihadi attacks in Australia, Canada, and elsewhere. In the past such events routinely got detailed commentary from Zawahri. Nor has he eulogized al-Qaida’s recent martyrs.

Jul 23 2015, Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has backed peace talks with the Afghan government in a statement released to the media. A message, marking the festival of Eid al-Fitr, made no direct reference to the talks but said Islam did not bar "peaceful interaction" with enemies.A splinter group of the Afghan Taliban has claimed militant leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, who has not been seen in public in years, was killed by senior commanders two years ago.

The Afghanistan Islamic Movement Fidai Mahaz’s spokesperson Qari Hamza, said the reclusive Omar was killed by commanders Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor and Gull Agha in July 2013. Hamza said his group has evidence to prove its claims, Khaama Press reported on Thursday. that Omar had possibly died. There are also reports that the Afghan Taliban has split into three factions. NDS spokesperson Hasib Sediqi told the media in November last year that the two Taliban factions are led by Mullah Qayum Zakir and Mullah Agha, while the third comprises “neutral” militant leaders. Reports last year had also suggested that Omar had given his old friend and deputy, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor, the authority to make decisions on his behalf regarding the peace process with the government. Some officials in the presidential palace have claimed Omar is in custody of Pakistani security forces in the port city of Karachi.

Al Qaeda published the first edition of a new online bulletin, “Al Nafir” (meaning “call to arms” or “call to mobilize”), on July 20, 2014. And the organization uses the inaugural issue to publicly renew its oath of allegiance to Taliban emir Mullah Omar. “The first edition begins by renewing the pledge of allegiance to [the] Emir of the Believers Mullah Muhammad Omar Mujahid, may Allah preserve him, and confirming that al Qaeda and its branches everywhere are soldiers among his soldiers,” the newsletter reads, according to a translation by the SITE Intelligence Group. Al Qaeda goes on to say that it is fighting “under his victorious banner” to restore control over a broad swath of territory “to the coming State of the Caliphate.

A Taliban movement without an accessible Mulla Omar and an al-Qaeda minus Bin Laden stand in sharp contrast with an Islamic State that has grown in strength under the active Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. On the eve of every Eid, Taliban supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar issues a message of felicitation to the Afghan people and then shares his thoughts on the situation in Afghanistan.His message is eagerly awaited by all those who follow happenings in Afghanistan as it is virtually a Taliban policy statement on a host of issues. It sometimes provides a hint of what to expect from the Taliban in future and gives a glimpse into the thinking of the reclusive founder of the Taliban movement.This Eidul Fitr was different though as there was a sense of urgency with regard to Mulla Omar’s stance on the landmark Taliban-Afghan government peace talks that had taken place in Murree on July 7 about 10 days before Eid. His statement had assumed importance in view of the reports about differences in Taliban ranks on holding talks with the Afghan government. Being the Amirul Momineen (commander of the faithful) of the Taliban, his is the last word as far as his followers are


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concerned. Also, his hold over the Taliban has meant keeping his movement intact in the most trying times after the collapse of his regime following the US invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001.When his Eid message termed the ongoing peace talks with the Afghan government as legitimate and endorsed the initiative, it brought a sigh of relief to the pro-talks camp among the Taliban. Islamabad too was pleased as it had played a key role in persuading the Taliban leadership based in Pakistan to agree to talk to the unity government of President Dr Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Dr Abdullah. This wasn’t something easy because the Taliban had to give up their stated position not to recognise and talk to the Afghan government until the complete withdrawal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan.Though there are still many sceptics among the Taliban, particularly their military commanders and fighters, who aren’t convinced that the Eid message really came from Mulla Omar, it is also a fact that the Taliban supreme leader continues to inspire the Taliban rank and file despite his long absence from public life. His whereabouts remain unknown and his fate is uncertain, but everyone has to presume he is alive as long as there is no evidence of his death.If he is no more, one has to admit that the Taliban leadership has done a remarkable job by assuring the world that he is alive and leading his men in the battle against the US-led Nato forces and the Afghan government.Mulla Omar’s inaccessibility to Taliban military commanders and fighters is all the more glaring considering the fact that his doors were always open for even ordinary Taliban members when he was ruling Afghanistan from 1996-2001. Though the Taliban realise that Mulla Omar has to stay underground and remain inaccessible due to the $10 million US bounty on his head and the massive manhunt for him these past years, many among them would like to be shown evidence that he is alive.

The Taliban movement is different in the sense that it doesn’t have any global ambitions like al-Qaeda and Islamic State and is content to restrict its activities to Afghanistan. However, its fortunes are tied to Mulla Omar…A video-tape is out of question as Mulla Omar never allowed himself to be photographed due to his religious beliefs, but the Taliban leadership could record his voice and send out the audio-tape as a proof of life to help remove the misgivings concerning his fate. In fact, Taliban sources claim his audio-tapes were available until some years ago and everyone agreed at the time that Mulla Omar was alive. Questions began to be asked when the audio messages stopped coming, triggering a debate about his fate.The Taliban movement cannot be described as leaderless unless it is established beyond doubt that Mulla Omar has died. His presence is essential to prevent the disintegration of the movement. Already, the mere suggestion that he may be dead has created strife in Taliban ranks and raised questions about the movement’s future. Mulla Omar’s deputy Akhtar Mohammad Anwar has managed until now to run the Taliban movement with help from the Rahbari Shura (Leadership Council), but he is a divisive figure lacking the supreme leader’s stature and authority.The issue of peace talks has caused division in Taliban ranks into factions supporting and opposing the peace talks and only someone of Mulla Omar’s stature could overcome the rift. His Eid message endorsing the peace talks was meant to achieve this objective, but it seems it managed to do so partially.Almost a similar crisis is being faced by al-Qaeda, which lost its founder and financier Osama bin Laden in May 2011 when helicopter-borne US Special Forces raided his compound in Abbottabad and killed him along with one of his sons and two Pakistani brothers protecting him. Though his long-time deputy Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri quickly replaced him as the al-Qaeda head, he lacks bin Laden’s stature and appeal. Being a most wanted man, he cannot interact with al-Qaeda members and is unable to provide resources and manpower to conduct attacks.The death and capture of known al-Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan, Pakistan and in certain Arab


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countries has depleted the group’s strength and restricted the role of Zawahiri in the Af-Pak region and the Middle East. Of late, al-Qaeda has had to contend with the challenge posed by the fast-rising Islamic State group. Though the Egypt-born Zawahiri has been trying to stay afloat and remain relevant to the fast-changing situation in certain Islamic countries through his frequent statements, it is now widely known that the Islamic State is a far bigger player compared to al-Qaeda in most of the conflict zones around the Islamic world. A comparison between al-Qaeda and the Islamic State shows how the latter has grown in strength and influence under the leadership of its ‘caliph’ Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who is able to operate in parts of both Iraq and Syria in territory captured by his men, interact with his commanders and oversee an administrative set-up. His physical presence in areas controlled by the Islamic State seems to have inspired his fighters and put him in an advantageous position compared to Zawahiri, who has to struggle to stay alive and whose al-Qaeda doesn’t control any territory. This is the reason a number of militant groups in Asia and Africa formerly aligned to al-Qaeda have gradually shifted allegiance to the Islamic State and recognised Baghdadi as their leader. Though these groups haven’t generally criticised al-Qaeda and Zawahiri, they have aligned with the bigger and stronger Islamic State in a bid to bolster their own strength and room for manoeuvrability. They know that al-Qaeda doesn’t stand much chance of attaining any further strength because its head Zawahiri is invisible and inaccessible. Also, al-Qaeda has neither an address nor a ‘state’ and ‘capital’ like the Islamic State with its well-defined territory and well-known capital, Raqa. The Taliban movement is different in the sense that it doesn’t have any global ambitions like al-Qaeda and Islamic State and is content to restrict its activities to Afghanistan. However, its fortunes are tied to Mulla Omar as was the case of al-Qaeda that began to lose strength with the death of bin Laden

After four decades of war and unrest, Afghanistan is on the verge of a new wave of violence and fear. It is the emergence of ISIS across the country that has the potential to recruit and spread as a threatening force to the existence of the Afghan government backed by over 9,800 US forces. Even Afghan Taliban insurgents led by Mullah Omar is facing a fundamental problem of how to react to a fast growing ISIS influence in the Middle east, Africa and now in the territories where Taliban traditionally are in power.

Similar to Taliban leadership, ISIS has established a Caliphate and named their leader as Amir-ul-Momineen (leader of the faithful.) It, however, contradicts with the title of the Taliban supreme leader, Mullah Omar who obtained Amir-ul-Momineen title in a special gathering of over 1000 Islamic clerics in 1996.

Afghanistan's president has thanked fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar for backing talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. President Ashraf Ghani said in his Eid message Friday that dialogue is the only way to resolve the conflict and "end the bloodshed." Ghani said it is important that the Taliban "wants to join the political process." Mullah Omar, in his Eid message some days ago, endorsed the opening round of direct talks between the Afghan Taliban and representatives of the government. Mullah Omar annually releases messages in connection with the Eid festival justifying the group’s war in Afghanistan, but Wednesday’s statement offered an unprecedented defense of the recent engagement with Afghan and foreign peace negotiators. The reclusive Taliban leader said the dialogue is a religiously “legitimate” strategy aimed at driving foreign troops from Afghanistan and establishing a “pure” Islamic state in the country.

Afghanistan’s fragile economy has lost around a third of its value in the past year. While international organizations scale back following the withdrawal of NATO forces, China has promised Kabul billions of dollars in new investments, saying the Chinese are ready to play a constructive role.

The US killed Abu Khalil al Sudani, a senior al Qaeda leader who took direction from Ayman al Zawahiri, in an airstrike on July 11 in eastern Afghanistan. The strike took place in the


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Bermal district of the Paktia province, where the US operated a base before withdrawing the bulk of its forces from Afghanistan over the past three years. Sudani’s death and the deaths of two unnamed “violent extremists” were disclosed to reporters by US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter as he traveled in Iraq. Sudani was described by Carter as a member of al Qaeda’s shura majlis, or executive decision-making council, as well as the chief of al Qaeda’s suicide bombing and explosives operations, the Associated Press (AP) reported.“Sudani also directed operations against coalition, Afghan and Pakistani forces, and maintained a close association with Ayman al Zawahiri, the leader of al Qaeda,” according to the AP. Sudani had a hand in al Qaeda’s external operations network, which plots attacks against the US and the West, a military official said. Sudani was a veteran al Qaeda leader who waged jihad in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union alongside Osama bin Laden.

As talks between the Taliban and Afghan government officials move ahead, the key facilitators – Pakistan and China – are ready to become “guarantors” of a possible peace deal, a media report said here on Wednesday. The two sides met openly on July 7 in Pakistan’s hill resort of Murree for talks in the presence of officials from Pakistan, China and the US. The Express Tribune reported that Islamabad and Beijing are ready to ensure compliance by both parties to end the misgivings between the negotiators. “We are ready to go the extra mile. We are even willing to become guarantors for any peace agreement,” said a senior Pakistani official. He said Pakistan has been facilitating Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace talks, “but if talks make progress and all sides agree, then Pakistan has no problem in playing its role beyond that of a facilitator”. The Chinese foreign ministry also said in a statement that Beijing was ready to work with relevant parties and play a constructive role in achieving broad and inclusive peace. The two sides are expected to meet again for a second round of talks but the time and venue has not been announced as yet. It is expected that they will discuss modalities for a ceasefire as Kabul is anxious to end the bloodshed sooner than later. The peace process got a tremendous boost when the Afghan Taliban’s reclusive chief Mullah Omar in his Eid message supported the talks.

Senior commanders who served in Afghanistan, from U.S. General David Petraeus to our own General Sir David Richards, frequently made the point to me that there was no military solution to the conflict per se: their view was that the Nato campaign, though bloody, was simply a means to an end, namely creating the space and stability for Afghanistan’s warring factions to settle their differences


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and reach a political accommodation.It was for this reason the US arranged for the Taliban to open an office in the Gulf state of Qatar, and it is a consequence of this continuing diplomatic and political effort to reconcile the Taliban that its representatives earlier this month had their first official meeting with their Afghan counterparts in the former British colonial hill station of Murree, on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital Islamabad.Starting with a sunset iftar breaking the day’s Ramadan fast and ending with a sehri meal before the next day’s sunrise, the two sides are said to have had a lengthy discussion on how to bring peace and reconciliation to Afghanistan. Furthermore, officials from China and America, which both have their own vested interests in making Afghanistan stable and secure, were in attendance, and there are now high expectations that further meetings will take place after Ramadan.As with any initiative involving the Taliban there are the inevitable questions about whether those who attended the Murree gathering were bona fide representatives of the movement, or stooges of Pakistan’s al-powerful ISI intelligence agency, which is under pressure from both Washington and Kabul to end its practice of providing the Taliban with safe havens in the country’s lawless tribal areas.But there are also many reasons to believe this initiative could provide dividends, not least the desire of the 20 million or so Pashtuns, who inhabit the mountainous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan and who have provided the backbone of the Taliban’s support, to enjoy peace after decades of civil war. Taliban leaders, moreover, have a challenge of their own to confront, in the form of the growing appeal of Islamic State (IS) which, as has happened with al-Qaeda, now threatens to overshadow the more established Islamist movement. Taliban field commanders are said to be increasingly concerned by the defection of their young fighters to IS, and fear the rapid growth of their attention-grabbing rival could ultimately undermine their own cause.Clearly, any peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government of President Ashraf Ghani have a long way to run. But nevertheless, if something tangible were to develop as a result of the Murree initiative, it could be that our one-time adversaries in Afghanistan emerge as useful allies in the global campaign to destroy Islamic State.Con Coughlin is the Telegraph’s Defence Editor and author of ‘Churchill’s First War: Young Winston and the Taliban’ (Pan Macmillan)

Afghan battleground: new playerBy KHAAMA PRESS - Wed Jul 22 2015,After four decades of war and unrest, Afghanistan is on the verge of a new wave of violence and fear. It is the emergence of ISIS across the country that has the potential to recruit and spread as a threatening force to the existence of the Afghan government backed by over 9,800 US forces. Even Afghan Taliban insurgents led by Mullah Omar is facing a fundamental problem of how to react to a fast growing ISIS influence in the Middle east, Africa and now in the territories where Taliban traditionally are in power.Although Taliban initially welcomed the formation of ISIS and its objectives, Taliban spokesperson highlighted its difference of objectives with ISIS. He mentioned that what the Taliban concentrate are national issues and these issues have no linkages to other countries but now ISIS does become a national issue given its expansion to Afghanistan as well as their opposition to Taliban movement.Recent statements of ISIS branding Taliban as ISIS proxies and Taliban official statement against ISIS is a clear sign that neither side wants to work together. Fast growing ISIS has now a considerable presence in the districts of key strategic Nangarhar, Helmand, Ghazni, Farah and Logar provinces. In the districts of Helmand and Nangrahar, their military campaign has already begun to force Taliban members to either join them or face death. Armed clashes between both groups have resulted hundreds of casualties.Similar to Taliban leadership, ISIS has established a Caliphate and named their leader as Amir-ul-Momineen (leader of the faithful.) It, however, contradicts with the title of the Taliban supreme leader, Mullah Omar who obtained Amir-ul-Momineen title in a special gathering of over 1000


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Islamic clerics in 1996. Even Al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin laden and Al-Zawahiri consecutively backed such decision and announced its commitment to support the Taliban regime in their war against, Afghan resistance groups called the Northern Alliance and subsequent to that, the US coalition and ISAF forces and the Afghan government. However, ISIS spokesperson said if Taliban would like to join the ISIS, the group should announce their allegiances to their Amir-ul-Momineen, Abu Baker Al-Baghdadi. According to Islamic thoughts, there should be only one Amir-ul-Momineen accepted by all in an Islamic world.At current stage, ISIS is heavily busy with recruitment and has the potential advantage of recruitment over the Taliban. In an official statement, Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin asked its fighters to join the ISIS while labeling Taliban as their enemies. The resurgent militia of Hezb-i-Islami group led by a notorious warlord and former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is one of the former Mujahideen Tanzim (parties.) Also, Taliban who are famous in asking and coercing Afghan locals for monetary and logistical assistance, ISIS is doing the opposite; it actually distributes money to garner the support of local population. Financial independency gives a tremendous edge to ISIS over the Taliban.Taliban movement have traditionally focused its recruitment on disillusioned ethnic Pashtuns who were the primary target of the US coalition forces and Afghan security forces since the beginning of the US war on terror. Most of Pashtun people joined the Taliban for various reasons ranging from ideology, ill treatment, injustice, corruption, tribal affiliation, poor economy, and foreign occupation. Simultaneously, their entire propaganda machine using printed publications, pirate radio broadcasts, social networking sites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, text messaging, official spokesmen, their official website, independent websites in Pashto and Dari languages, graffiti, propaganda videos as well as local means such as using preachers (Imams) to call for jihad in order to penetrate certain villages, Juma Khutba (Friday sermons), poetry, taranas (poetic chants,) shabnamah (night-letters,) patrols and Zinzer (adhoc security posts)were to capitalize on the above reasons to further attract young Afghans into their frontlines.This focused and intensive propaganda resulted the alliance of thousands of Afghans primarily from Afghan villages with Taliban group who have ferociously fought against the US led international forces and the Afghan government. However, after over a decade, Afghan Taliban failure producing tangible achievements, lack of financial resources, Afghan government information operation and recent events indicating Taliban leadership directly receiving support from Pakistani military establishment have weakened Taliban stance as a grass root independent movement who aim to liberate Afghanistan.This situation provides the potential for ISIS growth in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Also, Afghan Taliban insurgent group failure to incorporate ethnicities other than Pashtuns is a significant advantage to ISIS. Afghanistan’s second largest ethnic population Tajik and third largest population Uzbek have long doubted Taliban insurgent intentions given Taliban massive atrocities when they were in power. ISIS which has apparently ties neither to AQ nor theTaliban serves as a better option to ultra-conservative population of other ethnicities, Unemployed youths, ideologically driven non Pashtun clerics, disenfranchised Jihadi commanders and fighters.Given ISIS fast track growth, Afghan government is expected to prepare for a new wave of threats. This time ISIS will come forward to fight against the Afghan government and its foreign allies. The US has only less than 10,000 troops on the ground to support Afghan security forces and conduct counter terrorism operations. It is worth mentioning that while crafting the U.S. withdrawal plan from Afghanistan, ISIS rapid emergence as a threatening force was not taken into calculations. This will probably force the U.S. and its allies to rethink their Afghan strategy in the face of an eminent threat to the existence of the unity Afghan government and to the regional stability. Even though recent U.S. and Afghan government gains in the forms of killing two key ISIS members in a drone strike signal their preparation against this threat, casual airstrikes and military operation are insufficient given the ISIS financial and recruitment strength. A comprehensive and resourceful counter terrorism strategy is


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required to face this notorious emerging threat in Afghanistan.Ahmad Waheed is a Fulbright Alumni graduated from MIIS and a former senior research analyst at Program for Culture and Conflict Studies of Naval Postgraduate School, CA.

Iran deal: A possible game-changer for Afghanistan, The nuclear agreement could be a vital booster for the restoration of Afghan heritage.22 Jul 2015 ran's nuclear agreement has created a political and geostrategic earthquake in the Middle East and beyond, including accelerating the reform movement within Iran and empowering democratic constituencies in the Islamic world. Liberated from external containment and internal suppression, Iran could now help itself, the region and the wider Islamic world towards greater prosperity, stability, and a pluralistic future. And Afghanistan will immensely benefit from the restoration of Iran's role as a responsible and secure neighbour and power.Afghanistan's landlocked geography has been compounded by its political isolation in the region. Among its seven neighbours, only its borders with Tajikistan remain relatively free of political tension.However, its long borders with Pakistan are infested by active military and political hostility; while Afghanistan's ensuing relations with Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and China are clouded by passivity.The landlocked country's main regional partner, India, is constrained by a disputed territory and Delhi's residual reluctance for reconciliation. Afghanistan's relations with its other important neighbour, Iran, have been overshadowed by Iran and Saudi Arabia's regional proxy rivalry, Western countries' containment of Iran, Tehran's ideologically driven foreign policy, and some anti-Persian-Afghan elite.

How to achieve sustainable peace in the country?

IEA: Peace is a natural demand of every human being, the very secret behind prosperity and development. The well-being of a nation lies in peace. Peace is a need for a society as water is for a fish. Prior to anything our beloved country needs durable peace. No doubt, our peace loving nation is craving for peace.To demand peace is easy. Every person can raise voice for peace but peace will only be achieved and established in light of ground realities and through consideration of views and opinions of the people. It cannot be achieved by mere assertions. Rather it needs practical steps like removal of hurdles in the way of peace, establishment of an atmosphere of confidence and trust and initiation of a wise process.Unfortunately, the current situation in our beloved country is heading towards use of force instead of peace advancement. Despite repeated promises, the invaders have not withdrawn from the battle field. Night raids and blind bombardments are still continuing. The officials of Kabul Administration are using peace for their own political objectives and propaganda. It shows that they have no commitment for peace because despite their hues and cries for peace they launched military operations in different parts of the country in severe cold weather last year. They had destroyed homes and gardens of common people and these destructive operations are still continuing. These activities on the part of the invaders and the Kabul administration have paved the way for continuation of the war.Following points should be considered for peace.1. Commitment and sincerity are the foremost elements for the peace process. A peace process which is also an Islamic obligation should not be used as a tool for deception, cunning and accusation of the opposite side. First of all those who want peace and working in the peace process should fear Allah, the Almighty. They should feel responsibility and should not play with the future of the oppressed nation.2. Peace requires deep thoughts and discussions. A minor mistake in peace process could bring in enormous problems to our nation.3. Peace requires serious moves based on realities otherwise it will deteriorate the peace process and pave the way for prolongation of war. Therefore, all the steps should be taken very carefully.


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4. An important point in a peace process is the realization of the sentiments of opposite side. Peace should not be dubbed as surrender. Those who desire peace should not use it as an instrument of propaganda.Islamic Emirate has repeatedly stated its commitment for a sustainable peace and has made efforts in this regards. As such, has put forward sensible strategy regarding peace process in different official and unofficial meetings. The end of occupation and establishment of an Islamic system has been determined as the primary goals of their legitimate struggle and sacred Jihad. Like in the past, the Islamic Emirate wants peace today and will strive for it in future as well. But the peace process should have some indications of commitment, sincerity and transparency. Ground realties should be taken into account because following a mirage in a dry desert has no meaning.

Islamic Jihad Union details its involvement in Taliban’s Azm offensiveBY BILL ROGGIO AND CALEB WEISS | July 25, 2015 |

The Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), an al Qaeda and Taliban-linked terrorist group that operates in Afghanistan and Pakistan, trumpeted its role in the current Taliban-led Azm offensive in Afghanistan as well as its involvement in battling Pakistani troops in North Waziristan.The IJU promoted its operations in a statement that was released on its website on July 22. The statement begins by saying that the group “actively participates in complex operations” in both Afghanistan and in northwestern Pakistan. In Afghanistan, the IJU says it is “engaged in operations in southern Afghanistan, the eastern provinces of Paktika, Paktia, and Nangarhar, and also is operating in the northern provinces of Badakhshan and Kunduz.” In Pakistan, the group claims it is operating with the “North Waziristan Mujahideen,” likely a reference to several Taliban factions, including the Movement of the Talibain in Pakistan, the Hafiz Gul Bahadar Group, the Haqqani Network, al Qaeda, and other jihadist groups based there.In both Afghanistan and Pakistan, the IJU “brothers carry out their work with the Taliban.”In Badakhshan, the IJU reported that has sent its “first expedition” there and its fighters are involved in intelligence gathering and planning. In Kunduz, the group said that the “immigrant brothers are involved in education in the work of the conquest of Kunduz,” likely a reference to foreign militants attending training camps in the northern Afghan province. In Paktika, the jihadist group reported ambushing a group of Afghan soldiers in a mountainous region of the province. Three days before this ambush took place, however, the IJU claimed that it was able to destroy an Afghan Army Humvee with a rocket-propelled grenade. Additionally, the IJU claimed it attacked an Afghan military camp with the aid of “three Arab brothers,” likely a reference to al Qaeda.The IJU also said that its snipers undertook more than 10 operations in recent days. An attack by “Mansour Turki” was highlighted. The location of the sniper operations was not disclosed.The IJU also named eight of its fighters who were killed during the fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The fighters come from the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan:– Ja`far Kukes, a Kazakh, was killed while fighting Pakistani troops in Mirali, North Waziristan, a known stronghold of the IJU.– Muhammad (a Kazakh), Mus`ab (a Tajik), and Sunnatullah (an Uzbek) were killed while fighting


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the “apostate Pakistani troops in the Waziristan region.”– Ahmad (a Tajik), “was killed along with wife and two daughters” in a Pakistan Air Force airstrike in the “Waziristan region.”– Elijah (a Kyrgyz) and Abu Khalid (an Uzbek) were killed in Mir Ali “as a result of US airstrikes.”– Shuaib (an Uzbek), was killed while ambushing a group of Afghan security personnel in “northern Afghanistan,” likely in Kunduz.The July 22 update from the IJU occurred one month after the group claimed that it, along with the Taliban, al Qaeda, and the Turkistan Islamic Party, “carried out a number of attacks” in eastern Afghanistan. In one attack, the jihadists attacked an Afghan military base killing “many apostate soldiers” before reinforcements arrived. In a mountainous region in eastern Afghanistan, the IJU said that it and al Qaeda carried out an attack on an Afghan outpost “destroying all defenses.”The IJU has publicized its close ties to the Taliban in the past. In December 2011, the group released a video that discussed the training of its fighters, showed cooperation with the Afghan Taliban and attacks in several provinces, and provided the names of operatives killed during fighting in Afghanistan. [See LWJ report, Islamic Jihad Union details cooperation with Afghan Taliban.]IJU is an established jihadist group in Afghanistan and PakistanThe IJU (also known as the Islamic Jihad Group) is a splinter faction of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and a substantial number of its members are from Central Asia. Prior to the Pakistani Army’s offensive in North Waziristan that began in June 2014, the IJU was based in Mir Ali.The IJU has been waging jihad in the Afghan-Pakistan region for more than a decade. It maintains close ties with al Qaeda and Taliban leaders. The US government listed the group as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization in May 2005. Its members who are in custody “have testified to the close ties between the [IJU] leaders and Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar,” the US State department said in its designation.The IJU’s network in Afghanistan has been on the US military’s radar. The former International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) documented 19 special operations raids against the IJU between 2007 and 2013. These are the raids that have been publicized, but there likely are more operations that have not been disclosed. [See LWJ report, ISAF raids against al Qaeda and allies in Afghanistan 2007-2013.]German and Turkish Muslims make up a significant portion of the Islamic Jihad Group. Some of its fighters have been referred to as ‘German Taliban,’ and the group released a video in 2009 of ‘German Taliban villages’ in Waziristan. Its fighters were seen training at camps and conducting military operations.German members of the Islamic Jihad Union have also been killed in combat inside Pakistan. Eric Breininger, a German man who converted to Islam, was killed while assaulting a Pakistani military outpost in North Waziristan on April 28. Three Uzbek fighters were also killed in the attack. Breininger was wanted for plotting attacks against US military bases and personnel in Germany.Turkish members of the Islamic Jihad Group were also reported killed along with an al Qaeda commander in a US Predator strike in North Waziristan on June 19.Americans have also joined the Islamic Jihad Group. In 2009, two Americans, Abu Ibrahim al Amriki and Sayfullah al Amriki, were featured in propaganda released by the jihadist group.The Islamic Jihad Group has been the target of several US airstrikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas. The US killed Najmuddin Jalolov, the former leader of the group, in a Predator airstrike in North Waziristan on Sept. 14, 2009. Turkish members of the IJU were reported killed along with an al Qaeda commander in a US Predator strike in North Waziristan on June 19, 2010.The IJU has not confined its attacks to the Afghan Pakistan region and Central Asia. On Sept. 8, 2010, US drones killed Qureshi, an IJU commander who trained Germans to conduct attacks in their home country. In February 2012, the US added Mevlut Kar, a dual German and Turkish citizen who is also known as Mevlut Zikara, to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Kar was a member of the IJU cell that attempted to attack US military personnel and civilians in Germany in 2007. The


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targets of the attack included Ramstein Air Base and Frankfurt International Airport. Three members of the cell were arrested before the plot could be executed.


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