Afghans, Pakistanis training Islamists in Mali: Niger

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Afghans, Pakistanis training Islamists in Mali: Niger
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PARIS — Jihadi fighters from Afghanistan and Pakistan are training Islamist groups in northern Mali, Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou told France 24 television on Thursday.


"We have information on the presence of Afghans and Pakistanis in northern Mali... They are believed to be working as instructors," he told the French news channel.


"They are the ones who are training those who have been recruited across various African countries," said Issoufou, whose country shares a long and porous desert border with Mali.


Mali, once considered a beacon of democracy in western Africa, has plunged into chaos since the collapse of Moamer Kadhafi's regime in Libya last year scattered mercenaries and weapons across the Sahel.

Tuareg rebels rekindled their decades-old struggle for independence in January and conquered the entire northern half of Mali virtually unopposed after renegade soldiers in the south toppled the regime in March.


The Tuareg rebels fought alongside a previously unknown Islamist group called Ansar Dine (Defenders of Faith), which is believed to be backed by Al Qaeda's north African branch.
Government troops have no control over Mali's north, a territory larger than France, heightening fears in the region and beyond that the landlocked country could become a new global haven for Al Qaeda.


Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has been active for years in northern Mali, where it has launched attacks against government army positions, kidnapped foreigners and allegedly benefitted from drug running.


AFP: Afghans, Pakistanis training Islamists in Mali: Niger

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[KRAIT]

Next destination of NATO.....

 

[lightoftruth]

isn't it on expected lines..?

 

[KingMamba]

Next destination of NATO.....

After Yemen

 

[W.11]

HAHAHAHAHA, extremely funny, looks like niger is using this so that nato invades mali which might have political rivalry with niger

 

[Bond]

spreading "Knowledge" is a holy act !!!

Afghans, Pakistanis training Islamists in Mali: Niger
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"We have information on the presence of Afghans and Pakistanis in northern Mali... They are believed to be working as instructors," he told the French news channel.


"They are the ones who are training those who have been recruited across various African countries," said Issoufou, whose country shares a long and porous desert border with Mali.

 

[E Pencho]

Oh Damn. paks training again. lol

 

[harpoon]

We Mallus always pride ourselves in our diaspora..now no more.

 

[rohailmalhi]

Oh thanks God its is just Pakistani jihadist , i thought ISI is there helping in training jihaids..........................

On a side note i am use to listening to these kind of news coz now its turn for Pakistan , as it is the last thing standing in their way and whatever little resistance it can offer to ones who are trying to take control of everything.......

Its the old tactics ,Even we got english media lying a million times they started a wars by telling lies but we still beleive in them like they are some sort of holy people who cannot speak lies............. Thumbs up to the ignorants and thumbs up to the genious behind the scene who are very sucessfull in making the millions of people thinking that what media tells then is 110 percent thruth and nothing less............

I hope people can open their eyes and see what really is going on in this world rather than hearing news and believing them like holy words.


PS: I doesnt matter anymore Pakistan was ,is and will remain the only country in this world which will be pain in the **** for many.

 

[Shafi Nasir]

It was not Niger but actually it was some one else ....