[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Pakistain-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 Sirajuddin 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 Moslem 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 bully boyz 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 Wazoo, Pakistain, where the network also maintains a headquarters.
The training camp is famous for producing suicide kaboomers 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 maimed when the bully boyz 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
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title
Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
in September 2011.
Haqqani network was formed in the late 1970s by Jalaluddin Haqqani. The group is allied with al-Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban and cooperates with other terrorist organizations in the region.
The network is considered the most lethal holy warrior group targeting the NATO
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-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 Pak 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 Pakistain's National Security Advisor Sartaj
PrunefaceAziz
...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in goodjihadis and
badjihadis as a matter of national policy...
claimed that the terrorist network is no more operational in Pakistain and that they have shifted to Afghanistan.
The statement by the Presidential Palace stated "The Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Afghanistan believes that one of the major differences between Afghanistan and Pakistain is regarding the presence of terrorist groups, specifically the Haqqani Network in Pak soil."
"The recent remarks by Pakistain's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz, suggesting that the Haqqani Network has been decomposed following military operations, are repeated claims by Pak 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 Pakistain.
The statement further added that the government of Afghanistan has repeatedly handed over evidences regarding the Haqqani Network operations in Pakistain and has urged the Pak government to take action.