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Sen. Marco Rubio: Biden's open border lets ISIS walk right into US

2024-05-21

[FoxNews] ISIS-K can enter US through Biden's open border. The scary part is they have already done it

The world first saw what the al Qaeda offshoot ISIS was capable of in 2014, when it began beheading Americans and committing genocide against Christians and Yazidis in Iraq. Today, the terror group’s descendant, ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K), is growing and strengthening its ability to kill innocent civilians across the globe.

In the face of this danger, the U.S. government should be working day and night to uphold our national security. Instead, President Biden’s illegal immigration policies are giving ISIS-K clear access to the homeland, raising the threat of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Just look at recent press reports of ISIS-K affiliates crossing the southern border.

In February 2022, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) apprehended an illegal Uzbek immigrant named Jovokhir Attoev. Following Biden’s protocols, CBP then released Attoev — a single, military-aged male who had traveled thousands of miles through multiple countries — into the country.

Last May, however, the Uzbek government published a global notice that Attoev was wanted for ties to ISIS-K. The Biden administration only tracked him down last month, which means he flew under the radar inside the United States for two years.

It doesn’t end there. Per the press, illegal Afghan immigrant Mohammad Kharwin was suspected to be on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) terror watch list for being a member of Hezb-e-Islami, a terrorist organization that has killed American service members.

But when Kharwin crossed the border illegally in March 2023, officials couldn’t verify his identity, so once again, they let a single, military-aged male who had traveled thousands of miles through multiple countries, roam the homeland freely. It took 13 months for law enforcement to confirm his presence on the FBI’s watch list and arrest him.

These examples are disturbing enough, but they are just a drop in the bucket compared to the threat posed by terrorists who have entered the United States and remain undetected.

Since Biden took office, CBP has recorded more than 9 million encounters with people who have entered the United States illegally, virtually none of whom have been detained or expelled, and the vast majority of whom we know nothing about.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, more than 6,000 of these illegal immigrants hail from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan, in each of which ISIS-K has an active recruiting presence. There is no telling exactly how many affiliates of ISIS-K or other terror groups are now living among us.

Things look even grimmer when you consider the public reporting that foreign smugglers with ISIS ties have facilitated illegal immigration at the southern border. In short, our soft underbelly is ripe for exploitation by fanatical killers.

The answer to this problem is simple: secure the border and enforce America’s immigration laws. Yet, aside from dropping idle hints about executive orders, Biden has done nothing to reverse the open-border policies he campaigned on and spent the last three years enacting.

This is unacceptable and places American lives in jeopardy. ISIS-K is no longer a distant threat hiding in the Middle East. It may already be here, just waiting for the right moment to inflict mass destruction.

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Afghanistan

Daily Evacuation Brief April 17, 2023

2023-04-17

[AfghanDigest] LAST 24 HOURS

HEKMATYAR MAY BE UNDER HOUSE ARREST – A few reports are beginning to arrive suggesting that Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Hezb-e-Islami party, was placed under house arrest by the supreme leader. He is also reputedly banned from making any public statements or political action. This information has not been confirmed yet and a local source said security around his home and party headquarters appeared to be unchanged. It is not clear what would have provoked the supreme leader to take such actions. We are waiting on additional information.

DISTURBING REPORT FROM PAKISTAN CLAIMS EVIDENCE OF AFGHAN/PAKISTAN COOPERATION IN ANTI-POLICE ATTACKS – The Express Tribune has issued a report that is said to have originated from a senior Pakistani Intelligence official says that between 35%-50% of those participating in terrorist acts in Pakistan are Afghan citizens. The report went on to say that over the past three months, 51 militants killed in clashes were Afghans. Their source reputedly said that diplomatic notes are flying between Islamabad and Kabul. Our analysis indicates that Pakistan is using such leaks to build a case for eventual cross-border operations.

MORE RAIN AND SNOW PREDICTED – A strong storm system is expected to cause heavy rains and snowfall across the Central and Eastern portions of Afghanistan. Some Provinces have already reported rain and there is concern that flooding will wipe out four major bridges which were undergoing repairs from the previous flooding. Flooding is expected to affect communities and roadways as early as Monday afternoon.

DIRECTORATE IN CHARGE OF NGOS IN AFGHANISTAN MAY SUSPEND EDUCATION IN SELECT PROVINCES – A letter shared on social media is being attributed to the ‘Directorate of Coordination of Projects, NGOs, and Funding’ which is ordering the education departments in Kandahar and Helmand to suspend classes of all education centers until further notice. The letter has yet to be verified and the reason for any potential suspension was not provided.

RESISTANCE UNITS REPORTEDLY RECEIVING RECRUITS AFTER THE DEATH OF AKMAL AMIR – Sources with two prominent Resistance forces say they have taken on several recruits after the 10 April operation that resulted in the death of Commander Amir and 11 of his fighters. One of the sources says that no recruiting call had been communicated to people and that the recruits actively sought out contacts to join the struggle. It is not clear how many new recruits have volunteered so far.

PAKISTAN PLANS TO RELEASE REMAINING AFGHANS DETAINED IN PAKISTAN BEFORE EID – In a conversation between both Foreign Ministers, a deal was purportedly struck for Pakistan to release Afghans who have been imprisoned by the end of Ramadan. It is not clear if the deal can be achieved in such a short amount of time.

NEXT 24 HOURS
POTENTIAL FLOODING RISK WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS – With this new round of storms, flooding will likely paralyze transport across much of Central, Eastern, and Northern Afghanistan. At-risk Afghans should consider delaying any potential travel plans if at all possible.

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Uzbek leader 'Dostum' criticizes Hazara leader 'Khalili' for his secret ties with Pakistan

2022-09-22

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Abdul Rashid Dostum
...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier...
, political figure and leader of Uzbek community in Afghanistan accuses Mohammad Karim Khalili, a Hazara
...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets...
leader for having secret ties with Pakistain.

In an online meeting among the anti-Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
figures, Abdul Rashid Dostum criticized the absence of Mohammad Karim Khalili in the meeting and accused him for having secret ties with Pakistain.

Mohammad Karim Khalili has received money from Pakistain to stay ’silent’ against the Taliban, Abdul Rashid Dostum said in the meeting which was held on the death anniversary of former Afghanistan's Caped President, Burhanuddin Rabbani
... the gentlemanly murdered legitimate president of Afghanistan...
Mohammad Karim Khalili has shown reactions to Dostum’s statement and has asked the Uzbek leader to apologize for his words.

Khalili has written on his Facebook page that his political party believes that war and violence is not the solution of Afghanistan’s crisis and the country needs to switch from a centralized system to a fully decentralized administration system through negotiations.

This comes as the majority of political figures in Afghanistan are living outside after the intra-Afghan peace negotiations failed and the country fell in the hands of Taliban last August.

The world did not recognize the Taliban’s government which was taken by force and asked the Taliban to form an inclusive administration having all other ethnic and religious groups in the circle, but the Taliban has not showed any positive intention to include others in the government.

The political parties and figures who are not included in the Taliban’s administration and the majority of them live outside Afghanistan are trying to form an anti-Taliban alliance with the presence of the National Resistance® Front led by Ahmad Massoud, the son of the former Jihadi leader Ahmad Shah Massoud.

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Haroon: US Forces Tortured Me During 15 Years at Guantanamo

2022-06-29

[ToloNews] Asadullah Haroon,

...also in our archives as Haroon al-Afghani. Asadullah Haroon “al Afghani” Gul, as he is listed in his lawsuit against Donald J. Trump, et al demanding his release as a mere member of merely Al Qaeda-linked Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin rather than a full member of boogey-groups Al Qaeda and the Taliban. The lawsuit ignored the fact that the innocent economist was also an admitted courier for senior Al Qaeda leaders...

one of two Afghans recently released from the US's Guantanamo Bay, says he was imprisoned without charges.

In an interview with TOLOnews, Haroon said that he had been tortured many times during his 15 years at the prison and that his health was not good now.

"Ten years of my life were wasted. I graduated from the Faculty of Economics. Now I have forgotten everything.

“One the other hand, I’ve gotten really good at flinging poo, and... well I’m really good at flinging poo. Also, I’ve gotten fat — something that never would have happened had I been supporting myself.”

My identity, dignity and areputation is ruined, and I don’t know what my fault is," he said.

Haroon, 41, was arrested in 2007 by US forces in eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province, and taken to Guantanamo Bay.

He said US forces treated him in a bad manner and that the US lacked documents to prove his guilt.

During his 15 years in prison, he said, he wrote more than 900 letters to find a lawyer to defend himself.

"Guantanamo prison was a military camp. I had no legal rights, and I did not have a lawyer for ten years," Haroon said.

But what rights do prisoners have during their imprisonment?

"Under international law, all detainees must be treated fairly and humanely until their crime is proven, free from any discrimination based on religion, ethnicity, language, or gender," said Javid Sangdel, a lawyer.

The Pentagon has identified Assadullah Haroon as the commander of Islamist militias and al-Qaeda couriers.

The Islamic Emirate said that Haroon was freed as a result of engagement between the US and Kabul, but they did not provide details.

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Afghanistan

Afghan Freed From Guantanamo Arrives in Kabul

2022-06-27

[ToloNews] Asadullah Haroon,

one of two Afghans recently released from the US detention area in Guantanamo Bay, arrived in Kabul on Saturday.

Haroon said US forces treated him in a bad manner and that the US lacked documents to prove his guilt.

"There was no legal grounds for detaining me in Guantanamo. They didn’t have any legal documents about me. They would make allegations one after another. I think they were just wasting time and then finally thought to free me," he said.
"Thanks, Asadullah. Your valuable intel helped us eliminate multiple ISIS, AQ, and Taliban heads. Your account has been paid. Stay in touch!"
The Islamic Emirate said that Haroon was freed as a result of engagement between the US and Kabul but did not provide details.

Haroon was welcomed by senior Islamic Emirate officials, including Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Zabiullah Mujahid, the Islamic Emirate’s front man.

"The engagement which we now have with the US--we have made good progress in this regard and it resulted in the release of (Haroon). We hope for further progress and another brother of ours will be freed too," Muttaqi told news hounds.

"The Islamic Emirate says to the nation that we will reach out to any Afghans who are detained abroad. And we will address their problems. We are assessing the cases of detainees in other countries too and some of them will be soon, inshallah, be released," Mujahid told the news hounds.

Haroon was arrested in 2007 by US forces in eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province.

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Home Front: WoT

US transfers Guantanamo Bay detainee after court ruling

2022-06-25

[Dawn] The Pentagon said on Friday it had transferred an Afghan detainee who was held at Guantanamo Bay for 15 years, a move that comes after a court ruled the United States had no legal justification to hold him.

Opened under Republican President George Bush, the Guantanamo Bay prison had its population peak at about 800 inmates. President Barack Obama
If you like your coverage you can keep it...
, a Democrat like Biden, whittled down the number, but his effort to close the prison was stymied, largely by Republican opposition in Congress.

The latest transfer reduces the number of detainees to 36.

In a statement, the Pentagon said Asadullah Haroon al Afghani

... accused of being an al Qaida courier and senior commander of Hezb-e-Islami/Gulbuddin who allegedly commanded multiple HiG terrorist cells, conducted IED (improvised explosive device) attacks in Nangarhar province, and had regular contact with senior Al-Qaeda and HiG leadership, but possibly all that was someone else...

had been transferred from the detention facility and would be repatriated to Afghanistan. It thanked the Qatar
Qatar

...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
i government for its help. In October, a US court ruled that Haroon’s detention was unlawful. Prior to the ruling, a review board of national security officials had said Haroon was eligible to be transferred.

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Afghanistan

TAPI Pipeline Project to Resume in Afghanistan

2021-11-01

[ToloNews] Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at a presser with Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov said the Turkmenistan delegation and Islamic Emirate held good talks on economic and political issues.

Muttaqi said the Turkmenistan delegation included officials from various ministries who held talks with Islamic Emirate officials.

Muttaqi said during the two-day visit both sides discussed issues around strengthening political relations and economic ties.

Muttaqi said they talked about the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistain-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, adding the implementation of the project in Afghanistan will start soon.

"Important issues such as TAPI, railroads and electricity were discussed. We discussed how to strengthen the projects that had already started.

Also, the projects that were started by Turkmenistan, such as TAPI--its practical implementation will start soon in Afghanistan."

Muttaqi said Meredov has invited him to visit Turkmenistan.

Meredov and his accompanying delegation also met with PM Deputy Abdul Salam Hanafi and discussed economic issues--especially the TAPI project--and railroads and made important decisions, the Islamic Emirate Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.

The TAPI project was launched in 2016.

TAPI pipeline is expected to carry 33 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas each year along a route stretching 1,800 km (1,125 miles) from Galkynysh, the world's second-biggest gas field, to the Indian city of Fazilka near the Pakistain border.

Work on the project in Afghanistan began in February 2018 and will include a 1,814-kilometer gas pipeline intended to pass through Afghanistan to Pakistain and India, with at least 816 kilometers of the pipeline passing through Afghanistan.

However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth...
the construction has faced delays in Afghanistan due to insecurity, among other issues, in the past years.

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Home Front: WoT

US to release only Afghan prisoner from Guantanamo

2021-10-17

[KhaamaPress] US Defense Ministry said that they are releasing two prisoners from Guantanamo bay one of them is Asadullah Haroon Gul,

...Asadullah Haroon “al Afghani” Gul, as he is listed in his lawsuit against Donald J. Trump, et al demanding his release as a mere member of merely Al Qaeda-linked Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin rather than a full member of boogey-groups Al Qaeda and the Taliban. The lawsuit ignores the fact that the innocent economist was also an admitted courier for senior Al Qaeda leaders...

the only Afghan left in the jail.

The second prisoner who is going to be released is a Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
i citizen by the name of Sanadi Salaam al-Kazimi.

...listed in Wikipedia as Sanad Ali Yislam Al-Kazimi, who arrived at GITMO on 2004-09-20, but has not previously appeared in our archives in either version...

The pardon verdict of Haroongul (40) reads that he was not leading krazed killer groups and has now shown remorse for what he did in the past.

Asadullah Haroongul who is also known as Haroon al-Afghani was arrested in 2007 accused of leading krazed killer groups.

He has personally written 900 letters for his innocence and was recently denied past year.

Clearly a degree in economics is not as helpful to one’s life endeavours as has been so frequently promised, however pleasant it might have been to acquire the thing.

Haroon al-Afghani was rumored to be suffering from serious depression last year.

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Afghanistan

Taliban’s caretaker cabinet is most ideal in past 50 years: Hekmatyar

2021-09-12

Pakistan approves.

[KhaamaPress] Head of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbadin Hekmatyar said that the interim cabinet of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is the most ideal one he has seen in the past five decades in Afghanistan as it does not include dual passport holders.
Hek throws em a bone. As usual, he misses
Though he himself is not part of the cabinet, he has praised the cabinet as it is free of seculars and what he called agents of other countries.

Gulbadin Hekmatyar said that the announcement of the interim cabinet was an urgent requirement since there was a complete political vacuum.

He also suggested the Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
be cautious in reopening those embassies that were part of the 20 years’ war and killed over one million people in Afghanistan.

The Head of Afghanistan’s largest political party also accused the defense minister of the previous government Bismullah Muhammadi of stealing 17 helicopters and other military equipment.

He said that Muhammadi was appointed as defense minister before the US’s full withdrawal and he stole hundreds of Humvees, rangers, artilleries, and other military equipment to fight the Taliban.

On the cabinet, Hekmatyar said that it includes those who have been in Bagram and Guantanamo and have fought NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants...
He said that the Taliban has said the cabinet to be flexible and added that they have to be given time.

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End of republic, Kabul’s first night under Taliban’s control

2021-08-16

Article posted to Khaama Press Monday, 16 Aug 2021 06:34 AM Afghan Time

[KhaamaPress] Hours after Afghanistan's Caped President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
along with his close aides and the first lady left Kabul for Tajikistan, the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
entered Presidential Palace ARG.

The retreat of Afghan national police from their outposts around the capital left the city in chaos and allow the city to be looted and plundered easily. Though the Taliban earlier on Sunday had said that there is no plan to enter the Afghan capital militarily, the security vacuum in Kabul city made them decide to direct their fighters to enter Kabul and occupy the empty police outposts and police districts.

Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...One of the more egregious mistakes of the post 9-11 era...
International airport was also packed with tens of passengers awaiting flights out of the country who then took to the runway but found no plane and are still stuck there.

To avoid the power vacuum created after the escape of the president, head of High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah

...the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against both Karzai and Ghani. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun. He also held the meaningless salaried sop position as CEO of Afghanistan, while Ghani was president...
, former President Hamid Karzai and head of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbadin Hekmatyar came together and shaped a temporary council.

The council is aimed at transferring the power peacefully to the Taliban and asked Afghan cops and forces of the Afghanistan Islamic Emirate to secure Kabul city and do not allow any chaos.

The trio in their separate video clips delivered different messages to the people of Kabul.

Abdullah Abdullah accused Ashraf Ghani of fleeing the country and leaving the people in mess. Abdullah also erupted into the streets of Kabul and greet the people who were hugging crying and thanked him for being with them.

Hamid Karzai encouraged people not to panic as he and his children are still living in the Afghan capital.

Meanwhile,
...back at the comedy club, Boogie was cracking himself up, but nobody else seemed to be getting the non-stop jokes...
Gulbadin Hekmatyar accused Ashraf Ghani of continuing the war and remaining stubborn to transfer power peacefully to a government that is acceptable to all.

The Afghanistan Islamic Emirate asked people to cooperate with them in identifying and arresting those who impersonate them and rob people and property.

In several video clips shot by the members of AIE show that looters and plunderers were arrested after people call them.

The night was rather quiet when it comes to the nightlife of a city but there were sporadic fires and the choppers were patrolling the Afghan capital.

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We had fought for Islam before you born: Hekmatyar to Taliban

2021-07-15

[KhaamaPress] Head of Hezb-e-Islami

...which grew out of the Kabul University Muslim Youth organization to combat communism, drawing its members from ethnic Pashtuns and its ideology from the Muslim Brotherhood and Jamaat-e-Islami. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar split off a few years later because he wanted to be more radical on his way to forming his own caliphate...

Engineer

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil...
in his recent video clip addressed the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
fighters telling them to shun violence since it only kills innocent Afghans.

Hekmatyar has told the Taliban that they-Hezb-e-Islami-have fought for the cause of Islam even prior to the Taliban’s birth.

True. Not that Islam has benefitted from either champion, but they have tried in their differently deqr little ways.

The former warlord added that if the Taliban can prove the ongoing war to be in favor of Islam and the people of Afghanistan, they-Hezb-e-Islami will too join them. He reiterated that the current conflict is neither in the favor of Islam nor the people of Afghanistan.

"There is neither rational nor religious justification for continuation of war", Hekmatyar added

He suggested, reconciliation, peace, intra-afghan talks and dialogue should be deemed as the ideal and rational means through which the goals should be pursued.

Gulbadin Hekmatyar by addressing the Taliban said, they-the Taliban- can achieve nothing but demolition and killing civilians by persisting in the ongoing war, thus they have to shun it.

Earlier, former president Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...A product, and probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance...
also said that the Taliban with their current territorial gains can achieve nothing. He in similar call on both the Taliban and Afghan government said, the current opportunity for peace must be seized not wasted.

It comes as 11-member delegation led by head of High Peace Council Abdullah Abdullah

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India-Pakistan

Khan Concern India will Use Afghan Soil for Attacking Pakistan

2020-11-02

[KhaamaPress] Pak Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who isn't your heaviest-duty thinker, maybe not even among the top five...
, in an interview with Spiegel Magazine, said they have no preferences in Afghanistan and their only interest is the future Kabul government should not allow India to operate against Pakistain from its territory.

He said he had discussed the issue with Abdullah Abdullah

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil...
, leader of Hezb-e-Islami leader, according to sources.

Khan further said no one can predict the future of Afghanistan, but what he want to say is that after Afghanistan, Pakistain needs peace the most, reiterating Islamabad’s role in Afghan grinding of the peace processor.

Pakistain sees the Indian government’s active presence in Afghanistan as a threat to its national interests and has repeatedly claimed that Indian intelligence forces are using Afghan territory to strike Pakistain.

While the claim has been repeatedly denied by Kabul and New Delhi, the Afghan government dubs the allegations as an excuse for Islamabad supporting the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
Over the years, Kabul and New Delhi have built close ties, Indian government being a major supporter of Afghanistan for the past two decades.

Disputes between India and Pakistain over Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
have led Islamabad to see New Delhi’s presence in Afghanistan as a threat to its national security.

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