Did the Taliban take advantage of the chaos that reigns in the country to infiltrate aboard flights repatriating Afghan nationals and, thus, reach France? If so, for what purpose? The intelligence services have identified at least three cases in recent days, including a certain Niangalay S. The young man, born in 1995 in the province of Logar, in the east of the country, less than one hundred kilometers from Kabul, has was able to take advantage of a repatriation operation on August 18 to favor, underlines a police source, “Of the ambient confusion which reigned on the spot”. Transferred from the French Embassy to Kabul International Airport then to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) by A400M jumbo military aircraft, he was then able to reach France. It was during this flight that his profile would have aroused suspicion, doubts raised as soon as the “stowaway” passenger arrived at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport.
“Treaty” on the spot, Niangalay S. belongs to a group of four formally identified people, including two brothers born in Kabul. All these individuals were seen carrying weapons in the ranks of the Taliban in the Afghan capital after the conquest of the city and even a few days before their repatriation. The young man himself would not only have admitted belonging to the Taliban movement, but also confirmed the elements collected by the intelligence services, according to which he held in particular the function of person in charge of a checkpoint located not far from the embassy of France before. to mingle with the flow of refugees welcomed into the building when the city fell. He then took advantage of the urgency of the situation to board French aircraft. For what reasons ? This is what apply to try to understand the relevant departments.
“A big hole in the racket”
“There was a big hole in the racket, which partly explains the local circumstances, underlines a police source. This is the big problem with regard to the situation of the last days in Kabul: in the surrounding disorder, the controls were difficult, if not impossible. It was necessary to evacuate urgently and upstream sorting could have been faulty. On the other hand, the mesh of the net tightens as soon as the most doubtful cases arrive on the national territory. “
Informed of the situation of the three “stowaways”, the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin urgently requested, Saturday, August 21, their placement under administrative control, evoking the links between them and “A movement giving itself as an end the establishment of an Islamic emirate governed by sharia, and terrorism as a means”, the interested parties must therefore be considered as “Habitually entering into contact with persons or organizations facilitating or participating in acts of terrorism” and their behavior likely to constitute “A particularly serious threat to public security and order”.
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