Rahimi’s Al Qaeda handler is based in Quetta: "Ahmad Khan Rahimi who was born 28 years ago n Afghanistan made several trips to his home country and Pakistan between 2011 and 2014. During those trips, he secretly visited Quetta, the capital of Pakistani Baluchistan for covert meetings with Al Qaeda and Taliban commanders,debkafile’s exclusive counterterrorism sources reveal. They also disclose that Rahimi was taken under the wing of a regular Al Qaeda controller during those visits. He was in contact with this controller, who also runs a number of sleepers in America, when he executed his three bombing attacks over the weekend in New York City and New Jersey." - DebkaFile
Bombings in New York, New Jersey were terror attacks, White House says Friday September 23 rd , 2016 at 1:18 PM DEBKAFile 1 Share September 21, 2016, 8:37 AM (IDT) White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Tuesday at a briefing for journalists in New York that the bombings carried out by Ahmed Khan Rahami in Manhattan and New Jersey are being investigated as terrorist attacks. See DEBKAfile 's exclusive report on the attacks and the link to Al Qaeda. FBI seeks two men in connection with NYC bombings Friday September 23 rd , 2016 at 1:17 PM DEBKAFile 1 Share September 21, 2016, 9:36 PM (IDT) The image of two men was circulated by the FBI Wednesday night as wanted for questioning, after they were seen walking away with the suitcase which Ahmed Khan Rahimi carried containing the unexploded pressure cooker bomb he planted in a trash cam At a news conferences, officials said the investigation has tu