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Amanullah Khan	Amanullah Khan	Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front	Afghanistan/South Asia	20030719
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Amanullah Khan Sial	Amanullah Khan Sial	Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan	India-Pakistan	20031105

Afghanistan

Daily Evacuation Brief August 20, 2023

2023-08-20

[AfghanDigest] LAST 24 HOURS

FORMER CANADIAN AND AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADORS CALL FOR ESTABLISHING TIES WITH TALIBAN – Arif Lalani, a former Canadian Ambassador to Kabul, and Nicola Gordon-Smith, a former Australian Ambassador to the country both say it is time to reopen diplomatic facilities in Kabul. Their arguments highlight the inability of sanctions to moderate the Taliban domestic policies that have resulted in gender apartheid and a steady roll-back of human rights across society.

TALIBAN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY – Yesterday marked the 104th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence from Great Britain. The Taliban used the day to implore the world to ‘work with them’ and to remove the sanctions on the country. While the Taliban attempted to use the day as a center stage for its propaganda, human rights critics seized the moment to point out that King Amanullah Khan implemented education reforms for both boys and girls shortly after casting off the British yoke.

IRAQ ANNOUNCED THAT IT IS PROVIDING GRATIS VISAS FOR PAKISTAN, LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN, AND YEMEN – With Arbaeen approaching, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced it would provide free visas for pilgrims from several countries. Afghanistan was specifically mentioned and it is thought that Iran will similarly offer free transit visas for Afghans to make the Arbaeen pilgrimage. Iraqi diplomatic facilities in Iran and Pakistan have the details for applying for the visas and the government of Iran is expected to announce its free transit visa program in the coming days.

AFGHAN REFUGEE IN UK JAILED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING 12-YEAR-OLD ALBANIAN REFUGEE GIRL – Sakhidad Ahadi was sent to jail for reportedly raping a 12-year-old Albanian refugee girl who was staying in the same government-sponsored hotel at the time the crime was committed. Ahadi had been seeking asylum in the UK since shortly after the fall of Kabul and the offenses took place in December of 2022. He was first arrested in January of 2023 and now faces at least 8 years in prison before he can be considered for parole.

PAKISTANI BUSINESS OWNERS AND UNION LEADERS CALL FOR THE REOPENING OF THE ANGOOR ADDA BORDER CROSSING – Union leaders, trade representatives, and business owners attended a meeting at the Rustam Bazar to discuss the continued closure of the Angoor Adda border crossing. The crossing has been closed for several months in response to increased terror activity. The group called a press conference and demanded the Pakistani government reopen the crossing on an emergency basis so that trade could be resumed.

NEXT 24 HOURS
PARWAN SECURITY OPERATION RAMPING UP – Sources in Kabul say that Taliban security forces have moved approximately 300 men to Parwan in an effort to reinforce the local Taliban units in the Province that came under attack recently by Resistance forces. In addition, the local GDI offices have received additional personnel from the Ministry of the Interior who have participated in several of the clearing operations in Kabul in 2022 and 2023. Sources say that house-to-house searches will begin today in certain areas and that additional road checkpoints are being planned to try and interdict Resistance forces.

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Afghanistan

Taliban’s Brutal Public Whippings: Two Men and One Woman Face Horrific Punishment in Maidan Wardak Province

2023-07-11

In which the journalist employs a surplus of purple adjectives and adverbs, but there are facts underneath.

[8am] In a shocking display of barbarism, the Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
’s Supreme Court has unleashed a wave of public floggings, leaving the people aghast. This time, their merciless lashings targeted three individuals—two men and one woman—who dared to escape their homes in Maidan Wardak province.

The horrifying scene unfolded on Thursday, July 6th, at the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Sports Stadium. As the whip cracked through the air, Taliban officials and local residents stood by, witnessing this appalling spectacle.

Reports reveal the sheer brutality inflicted upon these hapless victims, as each one endured a spine-chilling 39 lashes, mercilessly administered by the Taliban’s merciless enforcers.

Despite widespread national and international outcry, the Taliban brazenly persists in their reign of terror, continuing to impose these heinous acts of "retaliation" and floggings upon the people of Afghanistan.

It is a stark reminder that even in mid-June, the Taliban publicly lashed a man in Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
province, shamelessly punishing him for the "crime" of engaging in extramarital relations.

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Afghanistan

Taliban Transformed Seraj-ul-Emarat Palace into Jihadi Madrasa

2023-06-05

As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined. I guess the TTP have first call on Pakistan’s madrassa graduates nowadays, so the Taliban have decided to grow their own.

[8am] Local sources in 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 have reported that the Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
have transformed the historic Seraj-ul-Emarat Palace in Jalalabad city, the center of this province, into a jihadi madrasa.

Sources state that the Taliban had been attempting to convert this palace into a school over the past few months, and on Monday, June 4, they successfully accomplished this task.

Local Taliban officials in charge of information and culture in the province have not made any official statements regarding this matter.

The Seraj-ul-Emarat Palace, constructed during the reign of King Amanullah Khan, underwent restoration during the previous government’s rule after being damaged during the country’s prolonged wars.

Previously, the Taliban had converted the Sharia Faculty building of Panjshir University into a jihadi madrasa.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Failure of Operation Amanullah Khan

2021-09-13

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Stanislav Tarasov

[Regnum] In 1919, Khabibullah Khan was allegedly accidentally killed while hunting in Afghanistan. He ruled the country for 18 years. Then his brother Nasrullah ascended the throne (only one week), who was immediately accused of fratricide. He was sent to prison by his nephew, Amanullah Khan, the third son of Habibullah. A year later, Nasrullah was killed in custody.

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Afghanistan

Injuries Reported in Multiple Rocket Attacks in Kabul

2020-08-19

[ToloNews] At least 17 people were maimed in rocket attacks in Kabul city on Tuesday morning while President Ghani placed a wreath at the Minaret of Independence to mark Afghanistan’s Independence Day.

At least 14 rockets were fired in different parts of Kabul city, including eight launched from PD16 and six from PD17, a security source said, adding that "all rockets were launched from two Toyota "Corolla" vehicles.

Eyewitnesses said that the rockets landed in Wazir Akbar Khan, Sherpur, first Macroryan and Shashdarak areas of Kabul, and that several maimed people have been taken to the hospital.

At least seven people were maimed in rocket blasts in the surrounding area of the Presidential Palace, a source said.

However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday...
officials at the Palace have not yet confirmed the incident.

10 other people were maimed in different parts of the city, according to eyewitnesses.

The Ministry of Interior said that at around 9:30 am on Tuesday morning several rockets were fired from two moving vehicles in areas PD16 and PD17 of Kabul city, adding that details will be provided as they become available.

No group including the Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
grabbed credit for the incidents.

The rocket attacks started after President Ghani placed a wreath at the Minaret of Independence at the Ministry of Defense to mark Afghanistan’s 101st Independence Day.

This national holiday honors Shah Amanullah Khan's founding of the nation in 1919.

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India-Pakistan

Zehri denies involvement in Zarakzai’s murder

2019-08-24

[DAWN] Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
’s former chief minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has said he is not involved in the murder of Nawab Amanullah Khan Zarakzai and his grandson.

Nawab Zarakzai was killed along with his grandson and two other people on Saturday.

Speaking at a presser in his native town of Anjira on Wednesday evening, the chief of Jhalawan said that although the late Zarakzai was nominated in the FIR of his sons’ murder neither he nor any member of his family was involved in his murder.

Earlier this week, the late tribal elder’s wife had nominated 10 people in the FIR registered with Levies’ Zehri post. The people nominated in the FIR include Nawab Zehri, his brother MPA Naimatullah Zehri and special assistant to the former chief minister Agha Shekeel Ahmed, who is also a close relative of Mr Zehri.

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Afghanistan

NDS forces thwart deadly attacks in Kabul city

2018-05-04

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The operatives of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS), have foiled deadly attacks plotted by the anti-government armed murderous Moslems to target Kabul city.

According to a statement by NDS, a group of at least seven murderous Moslems were tossed in the calaboose
You have the right to remain silent...
in connection to the attack plots.

The statement further added that the murderous Moslems were tasked to target the Ghazi Amanullah Khan hosptial as well as another health facility belonging to a security institution.

The NDS also added that the detained individuals have confessed that they were trained in Ashab-ul-Jinnah, Hashemiya, Ashab-ul-Safa, Mansoori Lashkar, and Omari Lashkar religious seminaries.

They have also added that the seminaries or religious Madrasas are located in Chaman area of Pakistain.

According to the detained individuals, the Madrasas are run by a key Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
commander'>Taliban Überstürmbannführer Mawlavi Ahmad Kandahari and that they were sent from the same area for the attacks in Kabul city.

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Afghanistan

5 wounded in fighting over funeral

2016-09-02

At least five people were reportedly wounded during a brief clash between the supporters of the former King Habibullah Kalakani and First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum in Kabul this afternoon.

The incident took place in Shahrara area of the city as scores of supporters of the former king arrived in Shahrara to rebury the remains of Kalakani after shifted from its previous place.

According to reports, the supporters of Gen. Dostum opposed with the reburial of Kalakani in Shahrara hill, claiming that the place belongs to the Uzbek people of the country.

However, the supporters who are mainly comprised of the Tajik nations of Afghanistan insisted that the remains of the former king should be reburied in Shahrara hill.

The funeral service of Kalakani and his 16 comrades was organized in Eid Gah mosque of Kabul city which was attended by several government officials, parliament members, and some residents of the country.

Kalakani took control of the country following an uprising in 1929 against Amanullah Khan’s regime and remained as king of the country for a period 9 months, from from January to October of the same year.

However, Nadir Khan took control of the country shortly by toppling the regime of Kalakani and hanged him alogn with some of his comrades.

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Afghanistan

15 suspects detained in Nangarhar

2015-12-14

Arrest 515 suspects have been rounded up during separate raids of security forces in eastern Nangarhar province.

Officials say three suspects have identified themselves as Pakistani nationals while the others, which include a woman and two children, have said they are Tajik and Uzbek nationals.

Spokesperson for the governor of Nangarhar province says the three suspects who identify themselves as residents of Kuram Agency and Swat areas of Pakistan were arrested from Ghanikhil District and the 12 others were detained from Ghazi Amanullah Khan City of Rodat District on Saturday.

It is yet unknown what the suspects planned to do but Ataullah Khogyanai said the investigation is still open to find out more about them.
Nangarhar which shares a long border with Pakistan has turned into a hot spot of terrorists in the eastern part of the country.

It was predominantly a Taliban and Hizb-e-Islami area of insurgency but now the affiliates of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Daesh and other militant groups have also established a foothold in parts of it.

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Afghanistan

Ghani Says Kabul Needs Improvement

2014-10-19

[Tolo News] Addressing a gathering of civil society activists and Kabul municipality workers on Friday, President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University. 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. ..
said that the current conditions in the capital do not represent what the leading city of the country should.

Over 200 representatives of civil society institutions and officials from the Kabul Municipality held discussions for two hours on Friday in hopes of developing better city management and quality urban life in the city. In the meeting it was decided that Kabul would have an elected mayor in two years.

"Kabul is on the edge of disaster and it is unacceptable to me," Ghani said. "The roads are cracked and the ongoing situation can't prevail."

In addition, Ghani maintained that the current municipality law does not meet the needs of a 21st Century capital city.

"The municipality law is from the time of Amanullah Khan and it cannot respond to the necessities of today's time."

He emphasized that the future mayor should put the needs of the people first and foremost. "We don't want an emperor, the mayor must serve the people."

Environmental pollution, poor garbage and waste disposal, lack of public awareness are a few of the other major issues facing Kabul that the president spoke about with the civil society activists and municipality workers.

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India-Pakistan

SHO shot dead in Peshawar

2013-06-27

[Pak Daily Times] PESHAWAR: Another senior police official, second in three days, was rubbed out in an attack by gunnies near Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
's border with Khyber Agency on Wednesday, officials said.

Hayatabad Police Station SHO Mera Jan was killed and four coppers were maimed in the attack near Karkhano checkpost on the main highway linking Khyber tribal

region with Peshawar. Mira Jan was on routine patrol along the main Pakistain-Afghanistan highway when his vehicle came under gunfire near an Afghan market, a police official said. "The in-charge of Hayatabad Police Station was struck down in his prime, whereas four coppers escorting the police officer were maimed in the attack and are being treated," the official told media while declining to be identified. Mera Jan was patrolling the highway to ensure safe entry and exit of NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
supply trucks. On Monday, DSP Traffic Amanullah Khan and his driver were bumped off while on their way to office.

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Senior traffic cop killed in criminals' ambush

2013-06-25

[Pak Daily Times] A senior traffic police official and his driver were rubbed out in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
on Monday, police said. "DSP Traffic Amanullah Khan was on his way home when unidentified motorcyclists ambushed his vehicle and opened fire. Resultantly, he and his driver sustained bullet wounds and was struck down in his prime", SSP Traffic Asif Iqbal told the media. "Khan was under threat form some time," Iqbal was quoted as saying. No group has so far grabbed credit for the killing. Police are investigating the incident as motives behind the killings could not be ascertained yet. Another senior Police Office Khalid Ameer Hamdani said often bully boyz were involved in such attacks on security forces but immediately nothing could be said about it. The funeral prayers were offered at Police Line in Peshawar which was attended by politicians, IG Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
and other bigwigs.

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