Maldivian youth recruited by Taliban – President Nasheed

Miadhu
President Nasheed has revealed that Maldivian youths are being recruited and trained by Taliban operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He said this is an interview given to CNN IBN yesterday.

President Nasheed further said that there were Maldivians recruited by Taliban who are fighting in Pakistan. He went on to say that Maldives was facing a serious problem with Islamic radicalism.

In a separate interview given to Business Standard yesterday, President Nasheed said since the identity of all the dead terrorists of Mumbai attack (26 November 2008) was not broken down to nationalities yet, he feels that there is a Maldivian connection to the Mumbai attacks. He said that this was based on information about families of terrorists who are in Maldives.

In his interview to Business Standard, President Nasheed said that he believed that some Maldivians were trained by Al Qaeda in Pakistan to fight war in Afghanistan.