"Chief among those likely to turn the country into fertile ground for terror is Farooqi, who was arrested by Afghan forces in April 2020 in Kandahar.

He was Isis’s emir in South and Central Asia at the time, according to analysis by the Counter Extremism Project CEP). 

David Ibsen, Executive Director of the New York-based think tank, told Metro.co.uk: ‘Farooqi is a dangerous mastermind for Is-K and his potential release undoubtedly poses a grave threat to Western interests and safety."