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Al Qaeda/Bin Laden's Arms Chief Amin ul-Haq RETURNS to Afghanistan after 20 years |
2021-08-31 |
![]() Amin ul-Haq, a top Al Qaeda arms supplier, returned to his hometown in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Monday just over two weeks after the Taliban completed its lightening fast offensive to take over nearly all of the country. Ul-Haq headed bin Laden's security when he was occupying the Tora Bora cave complex. The two men escaped together when US forces attacked the complex, according to NBC. The Al Qaeda leader was killed by US forces in Pakistan in 2011. In the video, a car carrying ul-Haq is seen driving through a checkpoint amid a small crowd. At one point the car stops and ul-Haq rolls down the window. Apparent admirers crowd the vehicle's passenger side, with men taking turns grasping and even kissing the top Al Qaeda associate's hand. Two men take a few steps forward along with the slow-moving car in order to take a next to ul-Haq. The car is then followed by a procession of vehicles carrying heavily-armed fighters, some flying the Taliban's flag. Ul-Haq had been a member of Hizb-i Islami Khalis, one of seven groups that fought against the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan. He was detained by Pakistan's intelligence agency in 2008 but released in 2011, according to the Daily Telegraph - roughly half a year after bin Laden was killed. 'Amin al-Haq had been arrested mistakenly, therefore, the police failed to prove any charge of his association with Osama bin Laden and the court set him free,' a security source told the outlet. |
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Bill Roggio on 'Invasion' of Pakiwakiland |
2007-03-09 |
Deputy Taliban commander in Waziristan captured by Task Force 145; Taliban commander arrested in Kandahar; Tora Bora Front cell broken up; Achilles update As NATO and Afghan forces are on the offensive in northern Helmand province, U.S. special forces have conducted a cross border raid in Pakistan and nabbed the deputy Taliban commander in Waziristan, according to a report by Al Jazeera Television. The Taliban leader is identified as Mullah Hakimallah Mansub, however the likelihood is the Romanization of the name is mistake. 'Mansub' may well be of the Mehsud tribe, of which Baitullah and Abdullah Mehsud are the two leading Taliban commanders in South Waziristan. This raid would have been conducted by Task Force 145, the specialized hunter-killer team designed to detain or kill senior al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Task Force 145 was behind the strike in Danda Saidgai against Osama bin Laden's praetorian Black Guard in the spring of 2006, among other operations in western Pakistan. Today's raid in South Waziristan follows the capture of Mullah Mahmood, a Taliban commander In Nangarhar province in northen Afghanistan NATO forces captured the leader of an IED cell of the newly formed Tora Bora Front. The Tora Bora Front is an al-Qaeda linked organization and offshoot of Hizb-i-Islami Khalis fighters led by Anwarul Haq Mujahid. Mujahid is the Meanwhile, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Taliban and al-Qaeda allied Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), has claimed he has broken with the Taliban and is willing to negotiate with the Afghan government. " I don't think either the Talibs or Qaeda were particularly fond of Hek from the start. He's out for himself and nobody else. When he could pretend to command the entire Hezb he was of some value, though never as much as he thought. But his end of the Hezb has been tossed by the rest of the party and there's not much room for the politicking he's so much better at than he is at military operations. It's doubtful he's actually got a big-time sponsor like he did way back when. In short, he's an idea whose time has gone. The raids against Taliban leaders occur as NATO and Afghan forces enter the third day of Operation Achilles in Northern Helmand province. Over 4,500 NATO and 1,000 Afghan troops are battling Taliban forces in the Taliban infested districts. Mullah Abdul Qassim, a "top Oooooo, scary. Better hide the boys, but the men of the Angloshere (and a some Dutch) will be ready to turn these 'fighters' into corpses. Many corpses. "All of them are well-equipped Yeah, right. Unlike Iraq, there aren't 1M tons of munitions scattered about the country. Every round must be hauled from Pakiwakistan via Donkey, Toyota truck or whatever. Typical muzzie wild threats without any ability to back it up. The fighting over the past 24 hours has focused around the Garmsir district. "[The NATO led International Security Assistance Forces] consisting of the British 45 Commando Royal Marines, supported by Afghan National Army troops, have successfully engaged Taliban extremist strongholds as well as compounds being used by the enemy as arms and ammunition storage facilities in the general area of Garmsir," according to the ISAF press release. Afghan artillery has been firing in support of the operation, and U.S., British and Dutch close air support has been called in as well. The ANA has arty? And the Dutch F-16s fight? Who knew? Elements from the Royal Canadian Regiment and the U.S. 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division appear to be conducting blocking operations at the Kandahar and Helmand provincial boundaries. 1000 or so first-class infantry with a wide-range of supporting arms is an excellent block. And with the hammer on it's way, that means a whole lotta dead talibunnies. The Taliban control the districts of "Today Nawzad, tomorrow the caliphate". The Sangin, Kajaki and Grishk districts have also been been the scene of heavy Taliban activity this winter. ISAF is attempting to secure the region around the Kajaki Dam in northren Helmand province to push forward with reconstruction projects in the region. |
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