The Pakistan-based Haqqani terrorist network has released a video which purportedly shows a training camp run by the terror group along with advertisements of the Taliban group’s relationship with al Qaeda terrorist network.
The video having a length of 95 minutes also includes a speech from siraj Haqqani and was released by the terror group around two weeks ago.
Titled ‘Army of Badr’ the video highlights the training camp named after Salahdin Ayyubi, the famous Muslim commander int he Crusades, according to Long War Journal which obtained the video.
The camp is shown in a heavily stylized fashion with fighters undergoing various physical training exercises before partaking in weapons drills.
The video shows the militants using AK-47 assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades (RPG’s), SPG-9 recoilless rifles, and various rocket systems.
The exact location of the training camp has not been disclosed but it is believed that in eastern Afghanistan where the Haqqanis are known to operate, or in North Waziristan, Pakistan, where the network also maintains a headquarters.
The training camp is famous for producing suicide attackers who have launched coordinated attacks on key installations in Afghanistan.
At least 14 security personnel and 19 heavily armed Taliban fighters were killed and another 154 people were wounded when the militants trained in Salahdin Ayyubi camp launched an attack on an Afghan intelligence compound in Ghazni last year.
The Haqqani terrorist network is accused of staging numerous cross-border attacks from their base in North Waziristan, including the 19-hour siege at the US Embassy in Kabul in September 2011.
Haqqani network was formed in the late 1970s by Jalaluddin Haqqani. The group is allied with al-Qaida and the Afghan Taliban and cooperates with other terrorist organizations in the region.
The network is considered the most lethal insurgent group targeting the NATO-led coalition security forces and Afghan personnel in Afghanistan.
The US Department of State designated the HQN as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on September 7, 2012.
The presence of the terror network apparently sheltered by Pakistani military has been one of the main controversies between Kabul and Islamabad since the beginning of the war against terrorism in 2001.
The Presidential Palace issued a statement earlier this month after Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz claimed that the terrorist network is no more operational in Pakistan and that they have shifted to Afghanistan.
The statement by the Presidential Palace stated “The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan believes that one of the major differences between Afghanistan and Pakistan is regarding the presence of terrorist groups, specifically the Haqqani Network in Pakistani soil.”
“The recent remarks by Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz, suggesting that the Haqqani Network has been decomposed following military operations, are repeated claims by Pakistani officials during the past one decade,” the statement said.
The Palace insisted that documents and evidences shows that the network’s leadership, commander and control, supportive infrastructure and sanctuaries are still operational in Pakistan.
The statement further added that the government of Afghanistan has repeatedly handed over evidences regarding the Haqqani Network operations in Pakistan and has urged the Pakistani government to take action.
Pakistan should and must declare war on NDS and snakes of Northern Alliance along with the Snake head Abduallah Abdullah. The Northern Alliance Government in Kabul is the biggest danger to Pakistan.
Any sensible Pakistani detests what you are saying. I want peace and stability in Afghanistan and genuine co-operation between our governments.
Now I would like to say that this is most illogical article I have ever read. The very title is illogical. How can a “Pakistan” based organisation be having its training camps in Afghanistan. If the training camps are there and by your own admission the very leader of the group is in Afghanistan who himself is an Afghani, it is by definition an Afghan based organisation by any objective man’s observations. I think the West will now be more aligned with Pakistan if this article is true, it proves Pakistan’s view which is that the Haqqani Network is not operating on Pakistani soil.
The article did not specified its location it says that its considered to be a place in North waziristan or somewhere in eastern Afghanistan , all the world knows these camps or located in North Waziristan and the group is one of the operational wing of ISI their leaders are living in luxiriouse banglows in Islamabad, abbatabad, hayatabad and karachi with proofs, closing eyes on so true facts is the only cause we got know Pakistan’s real intention and increasing tensions ,
To be Frank, it’s like a shining day, no body can ignore the fact that Pakistan is the biggest terrorist producer or should i call it a breeding place of terrorists in the world, we learned, who is our friend and who is our enemy.
We the Afghan people are the victims of this bloody game.