The alleged Bondi Beach shooters, Naveed and Sajid Akram, tried to travel to terrorist hotspot Afghanistan in the years leading up to the December 14 atrocity.
The pair, however, were turned away in Kyrgyzstan, which is separated from Afghanistan by Tajikistan, according to the Daily Telegraph.
It has been known for some time that Naveed, 24, and Sajid, 50, took a month-long trip to the Philippines weeks before they allegedly opened fire at a Hanukkah by the Sea event at Bondi Beach, killing 15 and injuring dozens more.
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett said in December that the Philippines National Police found that the Akrams barely left their hotel room on that trip.
That information was refuted by NSW Police detectives who travelled to Asia to conduct their own investigations.
'They certainly did not spend one month sitting in a hotel room in the Philippines,' a police source said.
Police investigating the terrorist attack have now revealed the pair also tried to get into Afghanistan.
'Their travel movements, particularly in that part of central Asia, are pretty interesting,' a police source told News.
Naveed and Sajid Akram tried to travel to terrorist hotspot Afghanistan in the years leading up to the Bondi attacks
Naveed Akram is yet to enter a plea to 59 charges including 15 counts of murder
The pair travelled to the Philipphines in the lead-up to the attack but also tried to get to Afghanistan earlier
'It's going to come under close examination in all the investigations.'
It is not known why the pair were trying to get to Afghanistan or why they were not allowed in.
Afghanistan is ranked in the top 10 on the Global Terrorism Index's list of most dangerous countries, as the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISK) has grown into Asia.
'Since its formation in 2015, ISK has steadily extended its reach beyond Afghanistan into Pakistan, Iran, Russia and Central Asia,' the Global Terrorism Index's 2025 report said.
'In Central Asia, there has been an increase in ISK-related arrests and incidents, reflecting both the group's focus on the region and heightened counter-terrorism efforts by governments.
'The affiliates of IS in Central Asia were divided between those linked directly to IS leadership in Iraq and Syria and Tajikistan, and those aligned with ISK in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.'
The December 14 attack is being investigated by a NSW Joint Counter Terror Team.
Sajid Akram was shot dead by NSW Police officers at the scene on December 14, while his son Naveed is on remand in Goulburn Supermax and is yet to enter a plea to 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder and 40 counts of wounding with intent to murder.
Sajid Akram conducting firearms training in the lead-up to the attack
The pair only got as far as Kyrgyzstan
Akram is being kept in Area 1, the original part of Supermax which opened in September 2001 and for the past 25 years has been home to the state's most dangerous felons
He is also charged with discharging a firearm in public, causing a public display of a prohibited terrorist symbol and placing an explosive in or near a building with intent to cause harm.
It was revealed this week that a family visit to alleged gunman Naveed in prison was called off at the last minute after officers allegedly found a knife and handwritten notes during a security check of a car.
The Daily Mail revealed the cancelled jail visit was the first Akram's family had attempted since he was arrested after the Bondi massacre more than two months ago.
His mother, grandmother and siblings all had to undergo extreme security vetting before they were approved by the Corrective Services Commissioner Gary McCahon.
The mass shooting - the worst in Australia since 35 people were killed in the 1996 Port Arthur massacre - is being treated as a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State.
