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Memri
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Memri
Jihadi Groups Look To AI For Recruiting The Next Generation
Terrorist groups have a new tool in their toolbox – Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is being used by a rising generation of members of Hizbullah, Hamas, and Yemen's Ansar Allah Movement (Houthis) and their ilk to win new supporters and followers. Pro-ISIS and pro-Al-Qaeda figures involved with these groups' online activity frequently discuss, on their closed encrypted platforms, how to best use AI. As one ISIS supporter recently exhorted, "In order to move forward in the future, we need to learn how to use the new technology." Children's high susceptibility to AI-generated content opens new opportunities for their exploitation by terrorist groups. Policy should be set in place now to respond to and counter this activity, which is evolving at a breakneck speed. The young extremists being trained on AI are themselves radicalizing others with it, particularly their peers. AI-generated content disseminated online by terrorist organizations provides an easy path to indoctrination. The Al-Azaim Media Foundation, a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), just released an extensive article in its English-language monthly magazine "Voice of Khurasan" discussing the use of AI in military and geopolitical environments. The article also emphasized that AI is important not only to "scientists" and "scholars" but that it is becoming a force shaping war and even education. On May 27, Europol announced a coordinated effort focusing on the online radicalization of minors online by finding thousands of links directing them to jihadi and violent extremist and terrorist propaganda. According to the announcement, terrorist organizations and their online supporters are "tailoring their message and investing in new technologies and platforms to manipulate and reach out to minors." Emphasizing the use of AI, it said that the "content, short videos, memes, and other visual formats" are "carefully stylized to appeal to minors and families that may be susceptible to extremist manipulation" and that it also "incorporate[s] gaming elements with terrorist audio and visual material." Among the recently released AI-generated animations distributed online by supporters of jihadi organizations include a series of videos created by a pro-Hizbullah and pro-"resistance" video producer in the UK who releases them on his Instagram account, where he has 182,000 followers and views of his videos have topped 20 million. One of his online followers spreading his videos was identified as the person chanting "Death to America" at a Dearborn, Michigan rally last year who also happens to be a teacher at private Islamic schools there. Other AI-generated animations created and distributed online by jihadi groups are videos glorifying the October 7 Hamas attacks and canonizing the group's slain leader Yahya Sinwar, along with its other dead leaders. AI videos and imagery created and shared by jihadis deliver threats to the U.S. and show jihadi armies conquering enemy territories. All of this is part of their efforts to indoctrinate children. AI-generated images and videos are being used to incite their target audiences to jihad and martyrdom, to emulate fighters even to the death, to carry out assassinations, and to commit arson – much like children playing violent video games. Another group using AI is Hizbullah. Its media outlets frequently have discussions about AI's importance. On October 25, 2023, two weeks after the October 7 Hamas attack, its affiliate Mayadeen Network posted on its website an AI animated music video warning that Israeli and U.S. aggression would spark a land, air, and sea invasion prompting Israelis to abandon the country as it is overrun by its gunmen on motorcycles and massively attacked with missiles. Pro-Hamas social media accounts have used AI to celebrate October 7 and indoctrinate young audiences. Cartoon Filistin-Palestinian Animations, a Telegram channel specializing in animated productions, published an AI-generated video showing Palestinian fighters and civilians manufacturing IEDs and carrying out attacks, including arson attacks using explosive balloons, as Israeli communities go up in flames. One more example is a AI-generated animated video for children glorifying Hamas military spokesman Abu Obeida as a role model for Muslim children, posted by a Telegram channel affiliated with the East Turkestan Islamic Party (formerly the Turkestan Islamic Party, TIP) in early March 2025. Additionally, an AI-generated video depicting a take on the last moments of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was produced and aired after his death by the Turkish state-run TRT Network. In it, an AI-generated Sinwar figure "give[s] the details of [his] last battle" and how he "patrolled the streets, looking to hunt down Israeli soldiers." Iran-backed Shi'ite militias linked to designated terror organizations are also integrating AI-generated imagery in their propaganda efforts. On April 4, 2025, Sabereen News, an Iraq-based Telegram channel supporting all "resistance" organizations, published a series of OpenAI-generated images in the style of the Ghibli Japanese anime studio, aimed at children and young people. They depicted soldiers with sleeve patches resembling the emblems of Ansar Allah (the Houthis) in Yemen, Hizbullah in Lebanon, and Hamas's military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades. The channel also released AI-generated images of U.S. President Donald Trump humiliated and defeated by the Houthis, in front of the wreckage of a plane pierced by a giant jambiya, the traditional Yemeni dagger. Another channel, affiliated with Iran-backed militias in Iraq, published an AI poster showing the Houthi military spokesman standing triumphantly over a defeated, submissive Trump, with his foot on his neck. The Houthis also produced AI generated videos of attacks on Israel including one from October that included drones hitting Tel-Aviv. Jihadi groups in Syria too are using AI to reach the next generation. In a nod to its young online supporters, a year before it overthrew the Syrian government, Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), formerly the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda and now in charge of the country, posted, in December 2023, AI-generated images of its forces taking Aleppo. Although AI companies have promised to integrate strong safeguards for children into their technology, this does not appear to be happening. Also highlighting the danger of AI to youth and how easy they can be radicalized by it, in June the American Psychological Association issued a health advisory warning they are in a critical period for brain development. It urged all stakeholders to "ensure that youth safety is considered relatively early in the evolution of AI" so that the "same harmful mistakes that were made with social media" are not repeated. The companies must recognize that terrorist groups will benefit from this technology; they bear the responsibility to establish teams and develop algorithms for ongoing scrutiny of their products for this activity and to set industry standards for monitoring and blocking this use of them. Otherwise, a new generation will be inspired, recruited, and radicalized through AI, and aim to attack the U.S. and same cities where these companies are headquartered. *Steven Stalinsky is Executive Director of MEMRI.
Memri
17-04-2025
- Politics
- Memri
Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Weekly: April 12-19, 2025
The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@ with "Membership" in the subject line.) Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@ Please include your name, title, and organization in your email. EXCLUSIVE: Houthi Article: President Trump's 'Reckless' Economic Measures Distance Europeans From New Coalition Against Yemen; Further Military Action Contributes To Increasing Attrition On April 8, 2025, the Iran-backed Ansar Allah Movement, commonly known as the Houthis, published a defiant article on their official website, titled: "When Trump Admits Helplessness And Begs [For] A New Alliance Against Yemen." EXCLUSIVE: Lebanese Hizbullah-Affiliated Outlet Publishes Detailed Report On U.S. Military Sites Across West Asia, Framing Them As Targets In Potential War With Iran On April 9, 2025, the Lebanese Hizbullah-affiliated news site published an article titled, "Which U.S. Military Bases are Under Threat in West Asia?" EXCLUSIVE: Leader Of Iraqi Militia Mocks U.S. Talks With Iran 'As Humiliating Defeat' For America On April 14, 2025, Secretary-General of an Iran-backed Iraqi brigade ridiculed Washington's efforts to negotiate with Tehran, calling them a "desperate and humiliating act." EXCLUSIVE: Houthi Poster Incites Anti-Israel Protesters In Western Universities To Sustain Protests, Defy Security Challenges On April 15, 2025, the Iran-backed Ansar Allah Movement (Houthis) in Yemen published a poster on Telegram urging anti-Israel protesters in Western countries to resist local authorities, calling for sustained activism and support for Palestinians, despite security challenges. EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Outlet Touts U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) Terror Assessment As Alleged Proof That ISIS Is Main Threat, While Al-Qaeda's Somali Affiliate Is Not, And Never Was On April 8, 2025, a Telegram channel supporting the Islamic State (ISIS) published a post commenting on terror assessment remarks by U.S. Marine Corps Commander of U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) during a testimony before the U.S. Senate Armed Forces Committee. EXCLUSIVE: Al-Shabab Releases English-Language Video Railing Against International Monetary Fund And World Bank Al-Shabab, Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, released a 50-minute English-language video lambasting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, as well as the Somali Government. Syrian Outlet: Iran Activating 'Sleeper Cells' In Syria, With Financial, Logistical Aid From Hizbullah, To Promote 'Iranian Project' In Region On April 13, 2025, a media outlet which covers the Deir Al-Zour region in northeastern Syria reported on its Telegram channel that Iran has begun to activate cells of its supporters, in southern Syria, taking advantage of the anarchy that has prevailed there since the fall of the Assad regime. In Video Message, 'The Islamic Resistance Front In Syria – Formidable In Might' Warns IDF: 'Not Welcome In Syria,' Threatens Long Confrontation On April 7, 2025, on its Telegram channel, a militia released a video clip, with Hebrew and Arabic texts, warning Israel that the group had accumulated warfare experience, and its members seek to achieve eternal life after death. Syria's Top Alawite Cleric Calls For International Protection And Probe Into Violence Against Sect Members On April 9, 2025, head of Syria's Alawite council accused proponents of an "extremist terrorist ideology" and of committing "murders, abductions, and mutilations" against Alawite sect members, urging the international community to protect Alawites in Syria. Article In Syrian Jihadi Magazine Urges Action To Support Gaza, Writing: Sowing Seeds Of Awareness Among Younger Generations Would Yield Effectual Action In Future On April 7, 2025, Issue 71 of a jihadi publication featuring essays and articles by a group of independent Syrian and foreign jihadi clerics in Syria's Idlib region, was released and featured an editorial inciting people in the region to support fellow Muslims in Gaza and break the silence and betrayal of governments. Syria-Based Jihadi Uyghur 'East Turkestan Islamic Party' Releases Photos Documenting Eid Celebration On March 31, 2025, the Syria-based East Turkestan Islamic Party, formerly known as Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), released two photosets documenting the group's members observing the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Pro-Hamas Outlet Continues To Solicit Bitcoin And Tether Cryptocurrency Donations, Provides Updated Accounts On April 10, 2025, a pro-Hamas outlet published a post on its English-language Telegram channel calling for followers to donate money in cryptocurrency to save lives in Gaza. Houthi Ansar Allah Movement Claims Drone And Missile Attacks On American And Israeli Targets; Houthi Military Spokesman: The Great Yemen Is Resilient And Does Not Kneel Except To Allah On April 9–13, 2025, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis) claimed responsibility for two drone and missile attacks against U.S. vessels in the Red Sea, chief of them the USS Harry S Truman, and for intercepting an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen's Hajjah Governorate, the fourth drone interception claimed by the movement in the past two weeks. Ansar Allah Houthi Movement Claims Responsibility For Downing U.S. Drone In Yemen's Al-Jawf Governorate Yemen's Ansar Allah Houthi Movement claimed that its air defenses shot down an American drone over the country's Al-Jawf Governorate. Iraqi Hizbullah Brigades Deny Intention To Disarm On April 7, 2025, the Reuters news agency quoted six unnamed commanders of four Iran-backed Iraqi Shi'ite militias who said that the groups are ready to disarm in response to threats by the U.S. administration to target them with airstrikes if they refuse to do so. Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) Launch Military Academy Project On April 11, 2025, the head of the Directorate of Training at Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) announced the launching of a project to establish a military academy for PMU fighters. Outlets Linked To Iraqi Militia: Washington Failed To Stop Houthi Rockets; Instead, It Suspended Houthi Spokesman's X Account On April 11, 2025, Telegram channels affiliated with Iran-backed Iraqi Shi'ite militias reported that the X (formerly Twitter) account of the military spokesman for Iran-backed Yemen's Ansar Allah Movement (Houthis) was suspended. Syrian Media Outlet: Islamic State (ISIS) Suspends Attacks Against Syrian Government, Orders 'Media Escalation'; Instructs Operatives To Integrate Into Syrian Society Or Relocate To Other Countries On April 4, 2025, a Syrian website published an article reporting that the Islamic State (ISIS) is exhibiting a "remarkable change in its strategy" in the Syrian Desert. Islamic State (ISIS) Weekly Newsletter's Exclusive Reports: 33 Christian Villagers Killed In The Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC) And Mozambique, Several Military Sites Assaulted In Nigeria On April 10, 2025, the Islamic State (ISIS) published issue 490 of its weekly newsletter, featuring reports detailing "exclusive" claims, photos, and operational details of attacks attributed to the group's affiliates. Islamic State (ISIS) Weekly Editorial: International Law Is Just A Tool Used By Jews And Christians Against Muslims On April 10, 2025, the Islamic State (ISIS) released issue 490 of its weekly newsletter. Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) Claims Killing Seven In Three Attacks Against Christians Within Four Days In Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC) Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) claimed responsibility for three attacks against Christians between April 8-11, 2025, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ISKP Video Accuses Afghan Taliban Of Developing Close Ties With Iran, To Which It Shows Hostility In Name Only On April 2, 2025, a Facebook account that publishes content related to the Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP), released a new Pashto-language video in which it accuses the Afghan Taliban rulers of turning a blind eye to the prevalence of unbelief in Iran. ISKP Poster Says ISIS-Led Caliphate Is Destroying Iran As Saladin 'Did Not Conquer Al-Aqsa [Jerusalem] Until He Had Destroyed The Fatimid Rafidhi [Shi'ite] State In Egypt Because The Rafidhis Are The Donkeys Of The Jews' On March 26, a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP) published the fourth part of a Pashto-language poster series on its Facebook account comparing the Islamic State (ISIS) caliphate with the jihad and army of Saladin, who conquered Jerusalem in 1187 CE. ISKP Magazine Honors Commanders From Islamic History, Jihadi Fighters, Rejects Quran Interpretation That Denounces Violence: 'Rome Will Fall, And Islam Will March Through Its Gates With Grandeur By Allah's Will' The Issue 44 of the "Voice of Khurasan," an English-language monthly magazine published by a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which defines itself as a supporting entity for the Islamic State (ISIS), includes the four stories that: honors generals from Islamic history; connect Muhammad's "faith-based" love for his first wife Khadijah to jihd, and arguing against a Quranic interpretation that rejects violence. ISKP Magazine Stresses Importance Of Jihadi Wars During Ramadan, Questions Jihadi Rulers Of Syria And Afghanistan For Befriending 'Unbelievers' The latest issue of the Urdu-language magazine published by a media outlet linked to the ISKP which defines itself as a supporting entity for the Islamic State (ISIS), which is published by an Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP)-affiliated media outlet, contains a major article on the importance of jihadi battles during the fasting month of Ramadan, questions the jihadi rulers of Syria and Afghanistan for befriending "unbelievers" and engaging in talks with them, and says that Shi'ites are the first defenders of Jews. ISKP Poster: Afghan Taliban Digressing From Prophet's Methodology; 'The Apostate Taliban Gradually Changed The Path Of Enmity With The Unbelievers To The Path Of Friendship' On April 5, 2025, a Facebook account which publishes content related to the Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP) shared an Urdu-language poster saying that the Taliban are allied with the unbelievers – Jews and Christians – in their war against Islam, and have diverged from the methodology propounded by Muhammad, the founder of Islam, with respect to the global nature of jihad. Sudanese ISIS Cleric Endorses ISIS Weekly Al-Naba' Newsletter As Manifestation Of The Significant Role Of Media In Jihad A prominent Sudanese jihadi cleric who supports the Islamic State (ISIS) endorsed the group's weekly newsletter, highlighting its April 3, 2025 editorial, which criticized individuals and groups who claim to follow Islam and the Quran but do not support the implementation of shari'a. Lashing Out At Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) For Failing To Implement Shari'a, Fighting Islamic State (ISIS), Pro-ISIS Video Declares ISIS Vindicated In Its Challenge To HTS, Threatens Syrian President Al-Sharaa On April 1, 2025, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media group released a 46-minute video titled "The Flood of the Mubahalah," referring to the March 2014 mubahalah [imprecation] in which a slain ISIS spokesman challenged the chief religious official of Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), calling on Allah to curse whichever of the groups deviates from Islam. Pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Outlet Releases Guide To Artificial Intelligence (AI), Including Its Applications And Dangers A pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet released a document on artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential dangers. English-Speaking Jihadis Disavow Preacher Affiliated With Pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Preachers, Accuse Him Of Doctrinal Extremism, Money Fraud On April 2, 2025, a Telegram channel associated with a Michigan-based pro-Islamic State (ISIS) cleric released a statement disavowing an English-speaking Salafi-jihadi preacher. Al-Qaeda Affiliate Al-Shabab Claims Killing, Injuring Over 100 Pro-Government Militiamen In One Day In Four Attacks In Central Somalia On April 9, 2025, the official Arabic-language media outlet of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabab), translated a Somali-language statement of Al-Shabab's military command summarizing same-day attacks by the group in which over 100 pro-Somali government militia operatives were killed and injured, including officers and commanders. Al-Qaeda Affiliate Al-Shabab Claims Killing Over 26 Soldiers In 'Fierce Battles' In Central Somalia On April 11, 2025, the media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabab), issued a statement claiming that Al-Shabab operatives engaged in "fierce battles" with Somali government militias that day on the outskirts of Aborey, near Buloburde, in central Somalia's Hiran province. Al-Qaeda In Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Claims Armed Assault On Outpost Manned By UAE-Backed Forces In Southern Abyan Governorate: 'Our Mujahideen Now Use Advanced Attack Methods' Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for a new attack against forces backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), stationed in Yemen's southern Abyan Governorate. Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Claims Two Drone Attacks On UAE-Backed Forces in Southern Abyan Governorate On April 13, 2025, the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), released a statement claiming responsibility for two drone attacks carried out earlier that day against military outposts manned by UAE-backed forces in Yemen's Mudiyah district, located in the southern Abyan governorate. Al-Qaeda Affiliate GSIM Releases Video Glorifying Group's Burkina Faso March 28 Largescale Attack That Killed 100 Army Personnel, Promises: The Operation Is But A Fragment Of What Is To Come On April 8, 2025, the official outlet of Al-Qaeda's affiliate, Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen (the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims – GSIM) released summary of a video address titled "The Raid To Avenge The Oppressed," which featured GSIM commander, leader of the Burkina Faso-based U.S.-designated terror faction. The Group For The Support Of Islam And Muslims (GSIM) Claims Responsibility For Multiple Attacks In Benin, Burkina Faso, And Mali Over The Weekend On April 12-13, 2025, the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM) – Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the Sahel – claimed responsibility for attacks in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Mali. Al-Qaeda Affiliate In Sahel Group For The Support Of Islam and Muslims (GSIM) Increases Assaults On Military Outposts In Burkina Faso: 17 Burkinabe Soldiers Killed, Weapons And Military Equipment Seized In three days of operations, between April 12-14, 2025, Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the Sahel, the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM), claimed responsibility for killing 17 Burkinabe soldiers in attacks in Burkina Faso. In Photos: Al-Qaeda's Affiliate In The Sahel Preaches To Civilians In Central Mali Photos show Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the Sahel, the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM), proselytizing in Mali's central Mopti region. London-Based Al-Qaeda Ideologue: Military Rule In Egypt Antagonizes Islam And Shari'a, Egypt Must Be Liberated From 'Army Of Mischief'; 'It Is Either Islam, Or The Military' On April 13, 2025, a Telegram channel affiliated with a London-based Egyptian Al-Qaeda ideologue reposted a summary of a lecture accusing the government of Egypt of antagonizing Muslims and secularizing public life. Canada-Based Pro-Al-Qaeda Cleric Claims Trump's 'Isolationist' America-First Policy Opens 'Window Of Opportunity' To Overthrow Regime In Egypt, Urges Exploiting Change In 'Global Equations' On April 9, 2025, a Canada-based, Egyptian-born pro-Al-Qaeda jihadi cleric, posted a commentary on his Telegram channel, arguing that President Donald Trump's economic policies are not arbitrary, and that his "tariff war" approach aims to serve his "isolationist" America First policy. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Magazine Advises Fighters To Learn From Hamas Strategy Of 'Tunnels And Hiding Places' In Gaza, Urges Islamic Religious Scholars To Aid TTP Jihad Against Pakistani Army Issue 35 of the Urdu-language magazine "Taliban," which is published by the Pakistani jihadi organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), features several articles lashing out at the Pakistani military, describing it as an anti-Islamic force thrust on Pakistan, and arguing that jihad in Pakistan must be fought under TTP's leadership against the army in particular. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Podcast: 'Pakistan, Which... Is Often Referred To As The Fortress Of Islam, Has In Reality Become The Frontline Bunker Of Global Unbelief' The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) released Episode 44 of its Urdu-language audio podcast, Pasoon, on March 23, which, being the anniversary of the 1940 Lahore Resolution, in Pakistan is celebrated annually as Pakistan Day. Indian Media Report Lists Terrorists Wanted By India And Shot Dead By Assassins In Pakistani Towns, Pakistan-Controlled Kashmir In recent years, a number of terrorists and radical Islamic religious scholars associated with jihadi terror organizations have been killed in Pakistani towns and in Pakistan-control Kashmir. Al-Quds Day 2025 – Afghan Shi'ite Leader Sayyed Esa Hussaini Mazari: If One 'Does Not Take A Confrontational And Combative Stance Against The Usurper Israel, Such A Person Is Not A Muslim'; 'The Issue Of Israel Is Not Limited To The Land Of Palestine – Israel Is A Cancerous Tumor That Today Stands Against All Muslims' On March 18, 2025, the Twitter account of the head of the Kabul-based Tebyan Cultural and Social Activities Center, shared a video to mark International Al-Quds Day, which was launched by Iran's late leader Imam Khomeini to support Palestinians and fight Israel. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) In Eid Al-Fitr Message: In Balochistan And Khyber Pakhtunkhwa During Ramadan, Pakistani Intelligence Agencies 'Massacred The People, Set Their Homes Ablaze, Desecrated Corpses, And Dumped Mutilated Bodies' In his annual message on Eid Al-Fitr, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) emir extended his greetings to Muslims, especially the Muslims of Gaza, and accused the Pakistani intelligence agencies of executing massacres in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Afghan Daily 'Etilaat Roz' Examines Deepening Tensions Between Taliban Leader Hibbatullah Akhundzada And Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani On March 18, an Afghan daily published a Dari-language report examining the absence of the Taliban Interior Minister from his office in Kabul since the day of his last known public meeting on January 14, 2025. Hizb-ut-Tahrir-Affiliated X Account Accuses Muslim Rulers Of Issuing Empty Condemnations Of Israeli Attacks In Gaza: 'Defending Jerusalem Is A Religious, Shari'a, And Historical Duty' On April 4, 2025, an account affiliated with Hizb-ut-Tahrir Afghanistan on X (formerly Twitter) posted a short Dari-language essay accusing the rulers of Muslim countries of "empty condemnations" of the Israeli attacks in Gaza.
