Al Qaeda Calls on Fighters To Return to Afghanistan To Create a Terrorist Safe Haven Once Again

The jihadists may be planning an attack on Western soil, a national security expert tells the Sun.

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Taliban fighters celebrate one year since the fall of Kabul, in front of the American Embassy, August 15, 2022. AP/Ebrahim Noroozi

The de facto leader of Al Qaeda, Sayf Al-Adl, is calling on jihadists across the globe to travel to Afghanistan, marking an effort to re-establish the country as a safe haven for the terrorist group.

“The loyal people of the Ummah,” the global Islamic community, “interested in change must go to Afghanistan, learn from its conditions, and benefit from” the Taliban’s experience, Adl said in a pamphlet titled, “This is Gaza: A War of Existence, Not of Borders.”

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