[2] Farooqi's home town of Kalaya is known foremost for its bloody sectarian conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims and the heavy presence of violent militant groups.

[2] Following the September 11th attacks in the United States, Farooqi met with senior Afghan Taliban leaders to include Mohammad Abdul Kabir in 2001 to plan a joint campaign against NATO forces entering Afghanistan.

[3] Farooqi reportedly offered the Afghan Taliban, who were unseated from power in Kabul, 12,000 armed and supplied men to join in the resistance against coalition forces.

[2] On 18 December 2014, Farooqi was named by Pakistani police as a suspect alongside fourteen other TTP leaders two days after the 2014 Peshawar school massacre, widely considered one of the world's most deadly and heinous terror attacks.

[15] Less subtly, an advisor to the Afghan National Security Council, Kabir Haqmal, reportedly told the Turkish news outlet Anadolu Agency that Farooqi was working under direct command of Pakistani ISI and, following a later clash between the Afghan and Pakistani governments over a possible extradition, Haqmal surmised "Pakistan fears he will reveal all their secrets about ties to militant groups.

"[1] Two days after Farooqi's arrest, on 6 April 2020, the international humanitarian group Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a public statement calling on the Afghan government to "bring appropriate war crimes charges against Aslam Farooqi... for his alleged role in directing attacks against civilians in Afghanistan" citing Article 337 of the 2017 Afghan penal code which proscribes intentional attacks against civilians including those against religious and educational buildings.

Patricia Gossman, Human Rights Watch's associate Asia director remarked "Farooqi's arrest is an opportunity for the Afghan authorities to show that they are capable of securing fair justice for victims of war crimes and other atrocities...

An accompanying press release from the ministry explained "It was underscored to the Ambassador that since Aslam Farooqi was involved in anti-Pakistan activities in Afghanistan, he should be handed-over to Pakistan for further investigations.