UN: Al-Qaida, Afghan Taliban Assist TTP With Attacks in Pakistan

FILE - A vendor selling Taliban flags waits for customers next to a large Taliban flag in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 24, 2021. FILE - Pakistan Army troops patrol along the fence on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Big Ben hilltop post in Khyber district, Pakistan, Aug. 3, 2021.

A new United Nations report warns that al-Qaida has established eight new training camps in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and is increasingly assisting anti-Pakistan militants to launch cross-border attacks.