US officials debunk UNSC report on growth of terrorist groups in Afghanistan

US officers have dismissed the latest UN Safety Council Sanctions Committee report on terrorist teams together with al-Qaeda and ISIS in Afghanistan and stated their intelligence doesn’t match that issued by the UN.

Talking to VOA, plenty of American officers stated they haven’t seen proof that confirms the findings of the United Nations.

The Evaluation and Monitoring Group of the UN Safety Council Sanctions Committee stated in its latest report that terrorist teams in Afghanistan have extra freedom of motion in comparison with the previous and terrorist threats are growing in Afghanistan and the area.

However one American official advised Voice of America on situation of anonymity that this data “doesn’t match the evaluation of our intelligence group.”

The United Nations report additionally said that al-Qaeda and ISIS have additionally established coaching camps in numerous provinces of Afghanistan.

Based on United Nations assessments, there are 30 to 60 high-ranking officers of al-Qaeda within the provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Kunar and Kabul, and a complete of about 400 fighters of this group and 1,600 members of their households are current in varied coaching camps in Afghanistan.

The report additionally said the Khorasan department of ISIS has 4,000 to six,000 members in Afghanistan and has camps and shelters in no less than 13 provinces of Afghanistan.

A senior American official spoke extra frankly about this and advised VOA: “The estimates in regards to the variety of members of al-Qaeda and ISIS within the United Nations report are irregular and scattered in comparison with the knowledge of the American intelligence group and the estimates of our companions and allies.”

The official additionally stated that in accordance with U.S. assessments, fewer than 12 main al-Qaeda members are presently in Afghanistan, and that no main al-Qaeda chief is in Afghanistan after the U.S. killed the group’s chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul.

He stated that al-Qaeda has not revived its presence in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal in August 2021, and that the group doesn’t seem to have established coaching camps in Afghanistan.

The US has additionally denied data from some members of the United Nations that Saif al-Adel, additionally known as Ibrahim al-Madani, the chief of al-Qaeda, left his base in Iran and visited Afghanistan in 2022. At the very least one member of the United Nations has stated that Saif al-Adel is presently based mostly in Afghanistan.

This American official stated that the Khorasan department of ISIS has not been in a position to obtain its aim of attacking the USA prior to now two years.