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Yemen Online
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yemen Online
Yemen : The Guardian Exposes Houthi-Linked Arms Trade Operated via Social Media Platforms
Sana'a — A new investigation by The Guardian has revealed that arms dealers linked to Yemen's Houthi movement are using social media platforms—including X (formerly Twitter) and WhatsApp—to traffic military-grade weapons, in direct violation of international sanctions and platform policies. The report, conducted in collaboration with the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), identified over 130 X accounts and 67 WhatsApp business profiles operating from Houthi-controlled areas, primarily in Sana'a. These accounts openly advertised rifles, grenade launchers, and U.S.-branded military equipment, some marked 'Property of U.S. Govt' and 'NATO.' Despite policies prohibiting weapons sales, both X and Meta have failed to remove many of the accounts, some of which are monetized through premium subscriptions and tipping features. TTP director Katie Paul warned that the platforms' inaction poses a threat to U.S. national security and enables sanctioned groups to profit from illicit trade. The findings have sparked renewed calls for stricter content moderation and accountability from tech companies, especially as the Houthis continue to target international shipping and expand their influence through digital channels.
India.com
2 days ago
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- India.com
After causing destruction in Pakistan, TTP is now spreading its network in this Muslim country, not Afghanistan, tension for India due to…
Representational Image Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been spreading terror in Pakistan for a long time. Its name has been linked to several terrorist incidents. Now, after Pakistan, this terrorist organization is increasing its presence in Bangladesh and also creating new concerns for India. TTP's New Plan In Bangladesh Recently, TTP has been actively recruiting new fighters in Bangladesh to spread terror. As Bangladesh shares borders with India, these activities of TTP can lead to future terrorist incidents that may also impact India. Therefore, TTP may become a threat to India's national security. According to an India Today report, at least two TTP recruiters were recently found to be traveling from Bangladesh to Afghanistan via Pakistan. In April, the Pakistan Army conducted an encounter with them. Last month, Malaysia arrested 36 Bangladeshi nationals accused of being in contact with terrorists. Why Is Bangladesh TTP's Next Destination? TTP primarily operates from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, planning attacks within Pakistan from there. Now, it is reportedly attempting to expand its reach into Bangladesh as well. During the political unrest in Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina's exit from power in August last year, extremism rose. In July, Bangladesh's Anti-Terrorism Unit arrested two individuals, Shamim Mahfuz and Mohammad Fojol, accused of having links with TTP. According to The Daily Star , Bangladeshi officials are running surveillance-based operations to monitor and counter such threats. Bangladeshi police are reportedly using the 2017-established 'Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism' to address these challenges. The arrests came after a report published by Bangladeshi digital outlet The District in May, which revealed that at least eight Bangladeshi nationals are currently active members of TTP in Afghanistan. TTP Commander Killed In Pakistan Last week, A militant commander of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) died when a bomb he was handling exploded while attempting to launch a quadcopter in Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to sources. The militant commander, Yasin alias Abdullah, was killed when a bomb accidentally fell while he was attempting to operate a quadcopter in Tirah Valley, Khyber district bordering of his associates were also injured in the incident, credible independent sources said. Yasin and his group had formally joined the banned TTP on May 24, they said. (With Inputs From PTI)
Business Recorder
2 days ago
- Business Recorder
3 TTP terrorists killed in joint operation in KP's Bannu
At least three terrorists affiliated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed in a joint intelligence-based operation by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and district police in Bannu, officials said Thursday. According to a statement from Bannu police, the operation was conducted late on Wednesday night on a tip-off near Nawaz Abad in the Fatteh Khel area, where the terrorists were reportedly hiding. 'As law enforcement personnel cordoned off the suspected location, the terrorists opened fire, the statement said, adding that all three were killed in the retaliatory exchange. Army officer martyred, 3 terrorists killed in Balochistan's Awaran: ISPR The deceased were identified as Mudassir alias Mudassari, son of Haider Ali; Turab alias Umar Khitab alias Malang, son of Raqiyaz; and Muhammad Hussain alias Muaz, son of Shad Ayaz. The police said the terrorists were involved in targeted killings of police personnel, attacks on police stations and check posts, and several bomb blasts in the region. Recovered from the scene were one AK-47 rifle, three magazines, a 30-bore pistol, and a locally made improvised explosive device (IED). DIG Bannu Sajjad Khan and DPO Bannu Saleem Abbas Kalachi, who led the operation, said the action demonstrated the 'professionalism, bravery, and determination' of law enforcement agencies. Key facilitator in Peshawar Police Lines terrorist attack arrested: KP IG 'This operation is a clear example of our unwavering resolve to protect citizens and establish lasting peace in the region,' the officials said in a joint statement. Security operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have intensified in recent months amid a surge in militant activity following the collapse of a ceasefire agreement with the TTP in late 2022.
Arab News
2 days ago
- Arab News
Two Pakistani Taliban militants killed in Karachi counterterror raid, police say
KARACHI: Two suspected militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) were killed in an intelligence-led security operation in Karachi, police said Thursday, amid growing concerns about the outfit's efforts to regroup in urban centers across the country. The TTP, also known as the Pakistan Taliban, has operated in the southern port city for over a decade, often in coordination with sectarian or ethnic militant outfits. The group has been linked to a series of high-profile attacks, including the 2014 assault on Karachi's Jinnah International Airport and the 2023 siege of the Karachi Police Office. In addition to violence, the network is known to engage in extortion, targeted assassinations and intimidation campaigns in the city. The latest operation, carried out jointly by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Sindh Police and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), took place in the Askani area of Karachi's Keamari district after authorities said they received 'reliable intelligence' regarding a plot to carry out 'subversive activities.' 'Two terrorists affiliated with the banned organization Fitna Al-Khawarij (TTP) were neutralized in the gunfight,' CTD official Mazhar Mashwani told Arab News, adding that the identification of the militants was ongoing through biometric and intelligence verification. Security forces recovered a pistol, a Kalashnikov rifle, explosives and a suicide vest from the site of the operation. The vest was later defused by a bomb disposal unit, Mashwani added. Criminal cases are being registered under anti-terrorism and explosives laws at the CTD Police Station. Though large-scale security operations have weakened the TTP's organizational infrastructure in Karachi, police officials say sleeper cells remain active, often operating in alliance with other militant groups. Pakistan has experienced a sharp increase in militant violence since November 2022, when a fragile truce between the state and the TTP collapsed. While the violence has been most intense in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, the presence of TTP-linked cells in Karachi, the country's commercial capital, remains a serious security concern. Islamabad has repeatedly accused Afghanistan's Taliban-led government of sheltering TTP leaders and fighters involved in cross-border attacks, though Kabul denies the allegation and insists Pakistan address its own internal security challenges.
India Today
2 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Pakistani Taliban recruiting actively in Bangladesh, but intel agencies clueless
After years of wreaking havoc in Pakistan, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) – a jihadist terrorist group – now appears to be recruiting and expanding its footprint to Bangladesh. The activities of the TTP in Bangladesh, which shares an over 4,000-km-long border with India, might come as a concern to New Delhi. What makes the situation graver is that the Bangladeshi security and intelligence establishment seems oblivious to the is evidence of at least two Pakistani Taliban recruits from Bangladesh travelling to Afghanistan via Pakistan. One of them was killed in April in an encounter with the Pakistan Army in comes even as Malaysia detained 36 Bangladeshi nationals in June for their alleged ties to militant networks. The TTP mainly operates in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of the rise in activities of the TTP come even as Bangladesh sees home-grown jihadi groups getting a boost after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime in August July, Bangladesh's Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) arrested two individuals, Shamin Mahfuz and Md Foysal, for alleged links to the TTP, according to Dhaka-based The Daily authorities are focused on containing the threat through intelligence-driven operations, said the ATU, established by Bangladesh Police in 2017, targets such threats using advanced intelligence arrests follow a May report by Bangladeshi digital outlet The Dissent, which revealed that at least eight Bangladeshi nationals are currently active in Afghanistan as TTP of them was reportedly killed by the Pakistan army in April, though news of his death only surfaced in Bangladeshi media in Bangladesh's security establishment seems unaware of these Rahman Chowdhury, who identifies himself as a human rights activist and a political analyst on X, wrote on Tuesday, "I am wondering about the possible number of active members of the Pakistan-based banned militant group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Bangladesh. Yet, various officers of ranks like DIG and Police Commissioner from the Yunus-led interim government's administration have repeatedly stated that there are no militants in the country...""Bangladesh authorities arrested a man from Gaibandha for being associated with Pakistan-based terrorist organisation. A rare good job in recent time... (sic)," Soumik Saheb, who identifies as a human rights activist, took a dig at the country's security establishment and the with two arrests and reports of Bangladeshi nationals actively joining the Pakistani Taliban, more arrests could is no stranger to extremist violence – a 2016 Islamic State-linked attack in Dhaka killed 22 civilians and triggered nationwide crackdowns on militant TERROR GROUP LEADER ARRESTED AGAINOn July 14, the ATU arrested Shamin Mahfuz in Narayanganj, following his alleged involvement with the TTP. A former leader of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and founder of Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya in 2019, Shamin has a significant militant detained in 2014 for Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) recruitment and in 2023 by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit with explosives, he faces 10 cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act, Explosives Act, and Arms November 2005, JMB marked a grim chapter in the nation's history by carrying out its first-ever suicide was released on bail in October 2024. He allegedly collaborated with Nathan Bom of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), a Bandarban-based separatist group, to establish militant training camps in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Shamin and Nathan Bom were close friends at Dhaka University, according to The Daily Star report. Bangladesh police escort Shamin Mahfuz (second left) and his wife (second right) after his arrest in the capital Dhaka in 2023. (Photo: AFP) advertisementA Dhaka University graduate and former teacher at Bangladesh Open University, Shamin, known as "Sir" in militant circles, was expelled from a cadet college for ties to Islami Chhatrashibir. He is currently under a five-day remand for questioning.2 BANGLADESHI TTP Recruits TRAVELLED TO AFGHANISTANMeanwhile, on July 2, Md Foysal, 33, was arrested at his shop, Bhai Brothers Telecom, in Savar city, based on intelligence linking him to the TTP, The Daily Star also allegedly travelled to Afghanistan via Pakistan in October 2024 with Ahmed Jubair, a Bangladeshi national who was killed in a Pakistan Army operation in Waziristan in April to Foysal's reported confession, he and Jubair were recruited by Imran Haider, an aeronautical engineer who he met in Afghanistan, a central figure in mobilising Bangladeshi youths for militant ideology online and preparing for jihad.A case was filed on July 5 under the Anti-Terrorism Act naming Foysal and five others — Imran Haider, Rezaul Karim Abrar, Asif Adnan, Zakaria Masud, and Md Sanaf Hasan — for these remains in jail pending further investigation, the Dhaka-based daily arrests align with regional efforts to curb militancy, as seen in Malaysia's detention of 36 Bangladeshi nationals in June for alleged militant network ties, according to Malaysian outlet New Straits to Reuters, all of them had gone to Malaysia to work in factories or in sectors like construction and services. The network recruited Bangladeshi workers and used social media and messaging platforms to spread extremist ideologies, per police intelligence quoted by network also reportedly raised funds using international fund transfer services and e-wallets to send to the IS group in Syria and Bangladesh. Five were charged with being part of a terrorist organisation, while 15 will be deported to Bangladesh. Another 16 remained in custody pending further probe, the Reuters report of the crackdown and arrests of two terrorists, the presence of TTP-linked operatives in Bangladesh is a troubling development for a nation already grappling with political turmoil. It might also be of concern for India.- EndsMust Watch
