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Al-Qaida Resurfaces in Afghanistan With New Training Camps, Islamic Schools (themedialine.org)

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A UN Security Council report has found that since the Taliban resumed ruling Afghanistan in 2021, the country has returned to being a shelter for terrorist organizations, increasing the chances of conflict on the Afghanistan-Iran border

The al-Qaida terrorist organization is having a resurgence in Afghanistan under the ruling Taliban, setting up eight new training camps alongside five madrasas, Islamic educational institutions, around the country, a report from the UN Security Council in late January has revealed.

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io -3 points 16 hours ago

The border between Afghanistan and Iran has been tense for several years, with the two Islamist governments, one Sunni and the other Shiite, citing various grievances against each other, each claiming that the other is persecuting and failing to protect their ethnic minorities. The tensions are compounded by a longstanding dispute over the Helmand River.

So much for one book, one people. They are like leftists in the West: they don't see the same purity in others that they see in themselves. I don't know what it will take for them to realise that religion is not the answer...