Al Qaeda is also running in Farah, Helmand, Herat and Kabul provinces, as well as a media operations center in Herat.

Source: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/07/fact-check-president-bidens-claim-al-qaeda-is-not-in-afghanistan-is-demonstrably-false.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fact-check-president-bidens-claim-al-qaeda-is-not-in-afghanistan-is-demon

At the time, the U.S. government was doling out up to $5,000 to Afghan warlords and to the government of Pakistan for capturing suspected members of Al Qaeda or the Taliban and turning them over.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2023/01/07/guantanamo-detainees-sabri-al-qurashi-kazakhstan/

In 2004, the US government's 9/11 Commission that Al Qaeda mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed initially hoped to capture ten planes.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/911-conspiracy-theory-twin-towers-plane-b2307565.html

Is it a restriction on the freedom of movement of members of ISIS or Al Qaeda to prevent them from boarding airplanes into the United States?

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/07/19/new-york-times-columnist-defends-congresswoman-who-called-israel-racist-state/

It added that another individual named Abdul Latif alias Mominul Ansari тАФ also an alleged member of Al Qaeda тАФ entered India illegally from Bangladesh and was in to spread the terror organisation’s ideology.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-ats-arrests-one-bangladeshi-national-detains-3-for-al-qaeda-links-8623598/

It appears that Al Qaeda has been eyeing the region bordering Chitral for establishing a new base to support terrorist activities in the region, including those targeting China.

Source: https://www.weeklyblitz.net/featured/connections-between-pakistani-and-afghan-militant-groups/

It’s hard to imagine the newspaper conflating the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda with the 2011 US raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/02/16/on-israel-the-washington-post-moves-beyond-objectivity/

Nurul Haq Nur also maintains connections Jamaat-Ul-Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB), which is now renamed as Ansar Al Islam after forming alliance with Al Qaeda.

Source: https://www.weeklyblitz.net/news/bangladeshi-anarchist-says-hindu-scriptures-are-pornographic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bangladeshi-anarchist-says-hindu-scriptures-are-pornographic

The series begins with the Sept. 11 attacks on New York City and follows the U.S.’s attempt to destroy Al Qaeda, ending with the Taliban’s 2021 takeover of Kabul.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/03/arts/television/whats-on-tv-this-week-la-frontera-and-the-english-patient.html

The Taliban sheltered Al Qaeda at the time the document was signed and continues to do so to this day.

Source: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/04/fdds-long-war-journals-response-to-zalmay-khalilzads-twitter-thread.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fdds-long-war-journals-response-to-zalmay-khalilzads-twitter-thread

What’s Next For Al Qaeda and The Islamic State?

Source: https://undispatch.com/whats-next-for-al-qaeda-and-the-islamic-state-peter-bergen/