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/

France, the United States, Germany, and Italy have troops in Niger on counterinsurgency and training missions, helping the army to fight groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/west-african-bloc-sends-mission-to-niger-to-negotiate-with-coup-leaders/article_220ba374-1116-53de-91c4-36566e8e43c4.html

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

In his letter, written after al Qaeda attacked the US that killed nearly 3,000 people, bin Laden criticised US support for Israel, accused Americans of financing “oppression” of Palestinians, and made antisemitic comments.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-global/osama-bin-laden-letter-america-9032539/

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/

ISLAMABAD/DUBAI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf, a key U.S. ally in the campaign against al Qaeda following the militant group’s Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, died in Dubai on Sunday after a prolonged illness.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/02/05/pakistans-former-president-musharraf/

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/

Mohammed, also known as Abu Badr, meanwhile, is also accused of running safe houses for al Qaeda in Karachi, but he has maintained that he was merely a taxi driver and a victim of mistaken identity.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11716267/Biden-quietly-releases-terrorist-Belize-16-years-CIA-custody-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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

Of course, al Qaeda has had an affiliate in Africa for many years that’s been involved in, you kidnaping Westerners often for really pretty nice sums of money, which has kind of kept them afloat.

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

The junta came to power after two military coups last year, triggered in part by worsening insurgency by armed groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that has destabilised Burkina Faso and its neighbours in West Africa’s Sahel region.

Source: https://advocatengr.com/2023/09/28/breaking-aborted-coup-in-burkina-faso/

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

The two successive base attacks in less than a week across two distinct areas of Somalia provide a stark warning for how the fight against the al Qaeda branch is far from over.

Source: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/06/shabaab-storms-army-base-in-central-somalia.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shabaab-storms-army-base-in-central-somalia

The upheaval has raised concerns about the security of a region where Niger has been a key ally of Western powers seeking to contain insurgencies by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/07/28/niger-military-council-takes/

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/