Kabul, Nov 30 : The Muslims are reminded yet again not to believe the lies spread by the international media about events in Afghanistan, that the war is going in the favour of the Crusaders and that they are killing and destroying the Mujahideen. This is because war today is three quarters propaganda and one quarter fighting. The reasoning behind this is to dishearten the Muslims and decrease their sympathy with their Mujahideen brothers in addition to putting a sense of despair into the souls of the Muslims. The Jihad that was ordained by Allah to His Messenger (SAWS) will continue until the Day of Resurrection; it will not finish or cease before that Day. At the same time, the media is attempting to put fear into the hearts of Muslim youths and their families who are thinking of supporting the Jihad against this international Crusade. Invented reports and false news regarding the situation in Kunduz province continue, with the objective behind these being to portray a state of affairs completely opposite to reality. It is made out that all the military encounters are going entirely in the favour of the oppressive enemy who spoils the religion and the worldly affairs.

The most recent of these reports about the fall of Kunduz state that the enemy has entered it after the surrender of all the Mujahideen in it, both Afghan and foreigners, to the enemy forces. In the coming days, Allah willing, these false reports will be refuted. The reality is that the Mujahideen of Kunduz have managed to withdraw safely and are making their way to the south of the country. Disclosing any information on their movements or whereabouts may expose them or cause them harm. Therefore, nothing more will be disclosed about these Mujahideen until they arrive safely at their bases in the South of the country, with Allah's Permission. The enemies are trying to taunt the Mujahideen with their propaganda and inventing lies about their situation so that they surface to refute these reports. For this reason, the Mujahideen of Kunduz have maintained silence on their movements until Allah wills.

The Muslims are therefore reassured that the Kunduz Mujahideen have safely evacuated Kunduz, by Allah's Grace, in a withdrawal that began six days ago. They divided into two groups: the first group providing protection to the ones withdrawing, vowing to remain and die with the sick and wounded amongst them if the situation demands it. The second group comprises all the remaining Mujahideen who were defending Kunduz. The first group was 600 strong and it consisted of 210 Pakistanis, 90 Uzbeks and 13 Arabs, the remaining being Afghan. The majority of this group volunteered to provide cover for the withdrawal and defence for the wounded and sick. They withdrew in the direction of Khanabad and occupied the enemy in battles lasting two days until the other groups were able to withdraw. They continued to fight until their ammunition ran out. It was then that they negotiated with the enemy because of the armament situation, but before doing so, they all swore an oath to fight to the death at the first opportunity available to them. They were transferred to Janghi Castle in Mazar-i-Sharif, where they managed to seize the arsenal of weapons in the fortress and attack the enemy. They managed to kill more than 140 of the Alliance soldiers, including five generals. They also killed more than 35 US and British soldiers, as was reported earlier. This enraged the Crusaders such that they began to rain destruction upon the fortress from their warplanes, even killing 30 of Dostum's forces in the indiscriminate bombing of the fortress. Eventually the entire fortress was destroyed above the heads of the Mujahideen and most of them were martyred by Allah's Permission.

This was the fulfilment of the vow they have made amongst themselves earlier. All of them longed for martyrdom in Allah's way so congratulations to them for this end in the Way of Allah. As and was all he hopes for the murder in the god sake then delicious to them that end in the god sake. As for those who remained, 60 of them continued to fight on. More information about them will be given later if Allah wills. As for the second group, they consisted of 1640 Mujahideen, of which 400 are foreigners (Pakistani, Uzbek and Arab), the Pakistanis comprising three quarters of them. They followed a different route to leave Kunduz because the enemy is not completely surrounding it as is claimed, but rather they are only controlling the principal highway into and out of the city. The Mujahideen thus followed pre-rehearsed mountain routes to leave the city. Skirmishes with enemy units and land mines caused the martyrdom of only six of them, may Allah accept them. They continued for three days until Allah made the way easy for them, under the leadership of the Taliban Commander, Mullah Dadullah. He is the one who divided all the 2240 Mujahideen who were in Kunduz, comprising 713 Pakistani, Uzbek and Arab Mujahideen, as explained above. This accounts for the vast majority of the original 2600 Mujahideen who entered Kunduz after withdrawing from Mazar-i-Sharif. 86 of them will killed because of the fierce bombardment and the others (Afghans) managed to secretly escape to join their families in nearby towns and villages. If Allah wills, they will soon re-join the Mujahideen and fight the enemies wherever they are. If there were only 2600 Mujahideen, who were all the 10-15,000 fighters in Kunduz that the World's media was reporting? They were not Allah's angels by any chance were they? We will shortly be posting exact details of American and British casualties in the war so far.

The Mujahideen have also filmed a video containing footage of bodies of the Crusader forces and their prisoners, together with pictures and their names. By Allah's Permission, soon this footage will be disseminated amongst the Muslims. The Muslims are encouraged to continue in their supplications for their brothers in Afghanistan.

- Abu Azzam