New Delhi – The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has received information that Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed, the terrorist organisation which orchestrated the Pulwama terror attack has close links with Al-Qaeda and Taliban. Mohammed Umar Farooq, the mastermind of the Pulwama attack, had been trained at the base in Sangin, in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. NIA said that nearly a thousand Pakistani terrorists are being trained at the Al-Qaeda and Taliban camps there.
Only two days ago, NIA filed the charge sheet in the Pulwama attack case. The charge sheet refers to a report by the United Nations. This report has the mention of Jaish, Al-Qaeda and Taliban joint camps in Afghanistan. One of the NIA officials said that the terrorist organisation, Haqqani network, also is a part of these camps at some locations.
As per the experts in Afghanistan, the terrorist organisations Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba smuggle terrorists into Afghanistan. These terrorists are functioning as advisors, trainers and explosive experts. Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba have anywhere between 200 to 800 terrorists active in the Nangarhar province.
The UN report said that terrorist organisations Taliban, Al-Qaeda and Jaish have set up base in the Nangarhar, Kunar and Nuristan provinces of Afghanistan, which lie close to the Pakistan border. NIA has published the identity card of Mohammed Umar Farooq and his photograph in the camp in Afghanistan in the charge sheet. NIA has also released pictures of three terrorists. These include terrorist Amar Alvi, and the identity of the third terrorist has not been established.
Only a few days ago, the Afghan security officials had said that the Pakistan-sponsored terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed had joined hands with Taliban and Al-Qaeda. They had been told that Jaish has set up base in the eastern Afghan provinces, along with Al-Qaeda and Taliban, and these terrorist organisations were responsible for the attacks on the Afghan soldiers in the Nangarhar and Kunar provinces. Information contained in the NIA charge sheet is being endorsed by the allegations made by the Afghan agencies.
