New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s Dhabīḥ Allah Mujāhid: “On the Recent Report of the United Nations Security Council”

The 14th report of the monitoring and analysis team of the sanctions committee of the United Nations Security Council, regarding the situation in Afghanistan, the members of the Islamic Emirate and its impacts on peace and security of the world is biased and far from the reality, we express our stand as follow:

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan considers the continuation of UN Security Council sanctions and such reports as full of prejudice and in conflict with the principles of independence and non-interference, and calls for an end to it.

The accusations reflected in the report, that there are differences and disagreement between the leaders of the Afghan government, Afghanistan has become a safe heaven for terrorists, drug trafficking is carried out by the officials of the Islamic Emirate, the monopoly of power, none existence of ethic groups in the government structure, and etc… the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan calls the accusations baseless and obvious hostility with the people of Afghanistan as well as repetition of the baseless propaganda of the past 20-year.

Rumors of disagreement between the leaders of the Islamic Emirate are in particular the continuation of the propaganda of the past twenty years.

We strongly reject the assessment of this report that the Islamic Emirate is helping the opponents of neighboring and regional countries or using the territory of Afghanistan against other countries, from the content of this report, it seems that either the authors do not have access to the information, or they deliberately distorted the facts, or the source of the information is the fugitive opponents of the Islamic Emirate.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan insists on its commitments and assures that there is no threat from the territory of Afghanistan to the region, neighbors and countries of the world and it does not allow anyone to use its territory against others.

It is worth mentioning that the rule of the Islamic Emirate for about two years has proven our claim, as a result of which the relations of the Afghan government with the neighboring and important countries of the region are expanding day by day and IEA has made significant progress; this is the result of mutual trust.

The Islamic Emirate notes that the cultivation, production and trafficking of narcotics has dropped unprecedentedly and the latest international media reports are a clear proof of this.

The Islamic Emirate emphasizes that the publication of such biased and baseless reports by the Security Council does not help Afghanistan and international peace and security, rather, it increases worry among the people, it doubts about the independence and impartiality of the United Nations, as well as strictly damages its credibility and reputation.

All decisions of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan are made in the light of Islamic Sharia guidelines, bilateral and multilateral commitments and national interests, and it continues to interact with the international community to address common concerns.

IEA’s Spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid

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New video message from al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent’s Shaykh ‘Āṣim ‘Umar: “And Hold Firmly To the Rope of God All Together, Part 4: A Party Cannot Flourish Which Confines Itself To a School of Thought!”

For prior parts in this video series see: #3, #2 and #1.

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New video message from al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent’s Shaykh ‘Āṣim ‘Umar: “And Hold Firmly To the Rope of God All Together, Part 3: There Should Be No Imprint of Any Particular Religion On the Da’wah of the Mujāhidīn”

For prior parts in this video series see: #2 and #1.

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Check out my new ‘Policy Watch’ for the Washington Institute: “Sanctioning a Syrian Jihadist Leader: Implications of a Joint U.S.-Turkish Designation”

On May 2, the U.S. and Turkish governments jointly designated Abu Ahmed Zakour (aka Omar Alsheak or Jihad Isa al-Sheikh), a senior leader with the Syrian jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The bilateral action with Ankara suggests that both countries are signaling their unhappiness with the group’s push into areas controlled by the Syrian National Army (SNA), a Turkish proxy militia. Zakour has been a key HTS liaison to those areas.

The designation also represented both good news and bad news for HTS on the sanctions front. On one hand, the announcement is the first U.S. government document to acknowledge that HTS broke with al-Qaeda years ago; all prior designations and reports claimed they were still together. On the other hand, this is the first U.S. designation of an HTS official since July 2021, indicating that group leader Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani’s various pleas for delisting have not gained traction in Washington.

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New video message from al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent’s Shaykh ‘Āṣim ‘Umar: “And Hold Firmly To the Rope of God All Together, Part 1: Division Is a Problem!”

The first part of the title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 3:103. Here it is in full: “And hold firmly to the rope of God all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of God upon you – when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does God make clear to you His verses that you may be guided.”

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New video message from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn’s Shaykh Abū ‘Ubaydah (Aḥmad ‘Umar): “Sermon At the Second Session of the Consultative Meeting on Jihād Issues in East Africa: And If You Are Patient and Fear God, Their Plot Will Not Harm You At All”

The second half of the title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 3:120. Here it is in full: “If good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it. And if you are patient and fear God, their plot will not harm you at all. Indeed, God is encompassing of what they do.”

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New release from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Abū Mārīyah al-Qaḥṭānī: “Sectarian Tweet”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū Mārīyah al-Qaḥṭānī — Sectarian Tweet

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New release from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Abū Mārīyah al-Qaḥṭānī: “A Letter To the Wise: Sever the Link With al-Qā’idah”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū Mārīyah al-Qaḥṭānī — A Letter To the Wise: Sever the Link With al-Qā’idah

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