Al-Qaida is also continuing to recover from a series of leadership losses and is assessed to lack the capability to conduct high-profile attacks overseas, which remains its long-term goal, the panel said. troop withdrawal, the Taliban had promised to fight terrorism and deny terrorist groups a safe haven in Afghanistan.-led coalition. experts said in a report circulated Monday. It is estimated to retain between 6,000 and 10,000 fighters and is forming cells and training operatives to launch attacks, the experts said.In what it called a bright spot in Southeast Asia, the panel of experts said both Indonesia and the Philippines reported significant gains in disrupting Islamic State and al-Qaida-affiliated terrorism” and some optimism” that their operational capability may be significantly degraded.As for the Islamic State group, the panel said while it controls limited territory in Afghanistan, it has demonstrated a continuing ability to mount sophisticated attacks, adding to the complexity of the security situation in Afghanistan.Member states said the Islamic States strength in Afghanistan has risen from an estimated 2,200 to near 4,000 following the release of several thousand prisoners, according to the panel, which said one country estimated that half were foreign fighters.”
They pointed to al-Qurayshis failure to show himself in the last half of 2021 and Iraqs announcement on Oct. 27 in which more than 180 people were killed. 31, but since then it has maintained a strategic silence, likely an effort not to compromise Taliban efforts to gain international recognition and legitimacy.In its former strongholds in Iraq and Syria, the panel said ISIL continues to withstand sustained counter-terror pressure from forces in the region.The Taliban first ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001 and were ousted for harboring al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden for masterminding the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.N. 15 amid the chaotic final withdrawal of U. raid in northwest Syria.The experts noted that al-Qaida released a statement congratulating the Taliban on its victory on Aug. And they said the Side-Lit Led Panel light Islamic State continues to operate as an entrenched rural insurgency in Iraq and Syria, where its so-called caliphate ruled a significant swathe of the two countries from 2014-2017 when it was defeated by Iraqi forces and a U. On the contrary, it said, terrorist groups are enjoying greater freedom, though member states have not reported significant new movements of foreign terrorist fighters to Afghanistan.N.As an example, it cited the complex attack at Kabul airport on Aug. In a February 2020 deal that spelled out the terms of the U. and NATO troops after 20 years the most significant event of the last six months of 2021.
In the wide-ranging report, the experts also said extremists linked to both al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are successfully advancing in Africa, especially in the turbulent Sahel.But the panel of experts said there are no recent signs that the Taliban has taken steps to limit the activities of foreign terrorist fighters in the country.U.S.United Nations: Al-Qaidas past ties to the recently empowered Taliban have the potential of making Afghanistan a safe haven for extremists, and terrorist groups enjoy greater freedom there than at any time in recent history, U. member nations remain deeply concerned at the success of ISIL and al-Qaida affiliates in Africa during the last half of 2021, the experts said.”The report to the U. And they said an unnamed country reported that bin Ladens son, Abdallah, visited in October for talks with the Taliban.The report does not cover last weeks killing of the leader of the Islamic State, known as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, in a U.N.Both ISIL and al-Qaida continue to make advances in Africa, especially in the Sahel, where the panel said they have successfully exploited local grievances and weak governance to command growing numbers of followers and resources, notwithstanding internal divisions and rivalries.Al-Qaidas leader, Ayman al-Zawahri was reported alive in January 2021, it said, but member states continue to believe that he is in poor health.. in 2001.
Security Council by the panel of experts monitoring sanctions against al-Qaida and the Islamic State, also known as IS and ISIL, called the Talibans return to power on Aug. 11 that it captured Sami Jasim Muhammad al-Jaburi, alias Hajji Hamid, who was in charge of ISIL finances and believed to be the most senior deputy and a possible successor to the ISIL leader.S.But the experts said that like al-Qaida, ISILs leadership faces difficulties.The experts said the Taliban views ISIL as its primary kinetic threat, that seeks to be the chief rejectionist force in Afghanistan with a wider regional agenda threatening neighboring Central and South Asian countries.The experts noted that Amin Muhammad ul-Haq Saam Khan, who coordinated security for bin Laden, returned to his home in Afghanistan in late August
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