Page 30 - Monitoring Team News Today

Aug 31, 2023 - Afghanistan, September 2023 Monthly Forecast : Security Council Report

Demands should include removing Al Qaeda members from Taliban ranks and severing ties with regional jihadist groups.

The Biden administration must stop downplaying terrorist threats in Afghanistan and start viewing security through a regional lens.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about AQAP, which stands for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Sudan, a country beset by internal conflict, has been directing operations through Turkey, United Nations investigators have revealed. In a report submitted to the UN Security

Two years on from the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan’s neighbors are increasingly concerned that their return to power has emboldened terrorist groups and networks, which are using the hospitable environment to regroup, rearm, and recruit substantially. The main question now for Afghanistan’s neighbors in the region, and the international community more broadly, is just how reliable the Taliban’s counterterrorism assurances to other states really are.

Read MEI's weekly briefing featuring expert analysis of key regional developments for the week ahead.

The Afghan people continue to suffer as the Taliban consolidates its power. Meanwhile, the Taliban’s support for Al Qaeda, the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, and a number of regional terror groups grows.

The international community must recognize the links between the repression of women and the Taliban's support for violent extremism.

Read MEI's weekly briefing featuring expert analysis of key regional developments for the week ahead.