Afghan Militants Vow To Send ‘Thousands’ Of Fighters To Yemen

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Afghan Militants Vow To Send ‘Thousands’ Of Fighters To Yemen
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ISLAMABAD: An Afghanistan-based jihadist group on Wednesday vowed to send “thousands” of fighters to Yemen in support of Saudi Arabia.

Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin was one of the main Sunni insurgent groups that fought against Soviet troops and later re-emerged to fight US-led coalition forces after 2001.

“If there is any possibility to go to Iraq and Yemen, thousands of Afghan mujahideen would be ready to go, to counter Iran’s interference and to defend their Muslim brothers,” its leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, former prime minister of Afghanistan, said in an online statement.

“After Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, Tehran has now started interfering in Yemen, it is supporting the anti-Muslim, apostate troops,” he added.

Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin first emerged as part of the anti-Soviet mujahideen alliance in the 1980s which was bankrolled by Saudi Arabia and the United States, and coordinated by Pakistani intelligence.

Saudi Arabia has asked its longstanding ally Pakistan to contribute planes, ships and ground troops to the operation against Iranian-backed Shiite Huthi rebels in Yemen.

But Pakistan has resisted so far, calling for a diplomatic solution and saying it does not want to take part in any conflict that would worsen sectarian divisions in the Muslim world.

(AFP)
Afghan Militants Vow To Send ‘Thousands’ Of Fighters To Yemen | Daily Capital

 

[Dalit]

This is getting way out of hand. Every time a conflict erupts, militant groups start forming allegiances. Nations which covertly support these groups use them as pawns against one another. Not good. Not good at all.

Iran and Saudi Arabia need to give it a break now. These two countries need to be forced to stop supporting militant groups against each other. This is the crux of the problem.

 

[Devil Soul]

Oh No Saudia should keep these so called Jihadi's away from all this mess... or else we r looking at another Afghanistan

 

[Zarvan]

Oh No Saudia should keep these so called Jihadi's away from all this mess... or else we r looking at another Afghanistan

I agree this can be dangerous for Saudi too. Armed Forces should do the operation not rogue militant wings

 

[!eon]

Any similar announcement from TTP ?

 

[Jaanbaz]

Saudi Arabia is about to get a taste of its own medicine. You can't get away for too long after supporting terrorism in our countries. Pakistan is all ready paying for its crimes because of the fake Afghan Jihad.

 

[Prometheus]

well thats good news.............Poor Afghanistan will get a fresh breather from Militants and their govt. can actually function in that time.

First ISIS made a dent in the money and foreign fighters going to Taliban....now Yemen will take away fighters from Taliban

 

[HttpError]

well thats good news.............Poor Afghanistan will get a fresh breather from Militants and their govt. can actually function in that time.

First ISIS made a dent in the money and foreign fighters going to Taliban....now Yemen will take away fighters from Taliban

Market is getting very saturated, as competition is fierce and demand is also on the rise. If one company wants to retain their employees they better start offering them some lucrative offers.

 

[Srinivas]

well thats good news.............Poor Afghanistan will get a fresh breather from Militants and their govt. can actually function in that time.

First ISIS made a dent in the money and foreign fighters going to Taliban....now Yemen will take away fighters from Taliban

No this move will only increase the fund flow from Saudi, some one wants to create the Afghan Jihad like situation.

There is also a temporary advantage in this move for many countries including Pakistan.

 

[third eye]

Saudi Arabia is about to get a taste of its own medicine. You can't get away for too long after supporting terrorism in our countries. Pakistan is all ready paying for its crimes because of the fake Afghan Jihad.

Correct.

The fighting will neither be restricted to the KSA - Yemen border regions or within Yemen.

Soon KSA will experience bombings & shootings within. This genie cannot be put back into the bottle once uncorked. KSA has just uncorked it.

 

[Madali]

Saudi knows how to handle Al Qaeda. It's, "I'll pay you money & won't attack you, if you please don't do anything in my land." So, for now, this is no big deal.

 

[A.M.]

And they'll be fighting one another with US made weapons so who wins in the end?

The same country that always wins.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

Hekmatyar has been known to be shifting alliances consistently, so his new announcement should be taken with a grain of salt. He has actually been an allied with Iran against the Taliban government in Afghanistan until the latter was driven out of power in December 2001. His organization is not very big, so not sure any significant military impact that he can bring into the table.

 

[django]

If Iran according to hekmatyar is an apostate nation, what was he doing in tehran during taliban rule in afghanistan, talking about ungrateful.

 

[Kompromat]

It would be the worst mistake Saudis will make.