A message posted on a militant website on Wednesday repeats a June 2009 appeal by the group's top Afghanistan commander, Mustafa Abu al-Yazeed. He said then that many militants in Afghanistan were unable to fight because they lacked money and equipment.
Al-Yazeed was killed in an airstrike in May.The web message also included an earlier audio recording of Osama bin Laden urging businessmen to direct their alms to al-Qaida.
Abu al-Yazeed's appeal was echoed a month later by al-Qaida deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri, who called for financial support from Pakistanis.
(Published 12 August 2010, 03:28 IST)
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