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Taliban Control Spin Boldak Crossing in Kandahar, and beyond
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
IDF nabs dozens of Hamas activists after solidarity visit to terrorist’s village	3 17:30 CrazyFool [1791]
Good Morning	4 00:46 Sholuck Phaviter3407 [1768]
Taliban Control Spin Boldak Crossing in Kandahar, and beyond	8 21:07 KBK [1845]
Salma Dam under Taliban rockets	1 01:19 Glenmore [1762]
China claims its residents to be attacked in Pakistan	6 22:31 Zhang Fei [1795]
Jabhat al-Nusra continues shelling in the Idlib zone	0 [1751]
Police kill two militants in Cameroon	0 [1758]
Government forces targeted opposition sites in the towns of Hmeimat, al-Fateira, Sufuhn, and the outskirts of Kansafra in Zawiya Mountain	0 [1760]
Turkish forces and the affiliated armed factions continue to bombard the villages adjacent to Ain Issa	0 [1750]
Cryptocurrency intended for Hamas seized by Israel	5 14:30 Frank G [1756]
IDF: Hezbollah storing weapons 25 meters from a school	2 16:17 ed in texas [1760]
Crime Victims' Families Harassed By Antifa And Activists During Anti-Violence March	0 [1759]
Video shows DoorDash driver contaminating Brooklyn cop's Chipotle order	7 17:40 CrazyFool [1786]
In Khalistan extortion case, NIA arrests top arms trafficker from UP	0 [1755]
In Islamic State Voice of Hind case, NIA nets three operatives from J&K	0 [1760]
Top Lashkar commander gunned down with two more terrorists in Pulwama	3 18:10 Dron66046 [1814]
Five ISIS suspects arrested over planned attack on Erbil: security council	0 [1790]
REvil, blamed for global ransomware attack, disappears	7 11:51 Clans Omiling7802 [1804]
Turning to crime-fighting, IDF steps up efforts against drug running from Sinai	0 [1785]
Page 2: WoT Background
Dubai to use Israeli drones to secure World Expo	2 09:37 DarthVader [1747]
Egypt-Turkey: One step forward, two steps back	0 [1748]
Migrant deaths on sea routes to Europe more than double: UN	0 [1743]
Iran insists it can enrich uranium to 90% purity - weapons grade - if needed	0 [1767]
US lets Iran use frozen funds to pay back Japan, S.Korea	1 13:09 NoMoreBS [1742]
Taliban Say Do Not Want to Fight inside Afghanistan's Cities	4 16:19 Lord Garth [1753]
We had fought for Islam before you born: Hekmatyar to Taliban	6 13:57 SteveS [1761]
Pakistan cannot afford additional Afghan refugees: Pakistani officials	2 21:06 Snomoth Whereling9836 [1772]
General Authority of the Syrian National Coalition held its meeting in Istanbul	0 [1747]
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is ready for Moscow-sponsored dialogue with the central Damascus government	0 [1747]
The US Secretary of State stressed his country’s support for Armenia	2 11:01 Besoeker [1756]
Army of Islam in Gaza published a video today calling on supporters to donate to the cause of jihad against Israel.	3 18:08 trailing wife [1785]
International Project to Dismantle Human Trafficking Networks Launched in Libya	1 12:48 Skidmark [1753]
Greece: All Mercenaries Must Withdraw from Libya	5 19:09 Mercutio [1775]
Italian MP Asks Parliament to Deter ‘Unscrupulous Acts’ of Libyan Coast Guards against Migrants	1 17:29 Zorba Slolung9893 [1771]
Nigeria: Islamic State Fortifies Its Position in the Lake Chad Basin	0 [1769]
Mali: France to Close Three Military Bases in Northern Mali By Early 2022	6 13:12 ed in texas [1765]
Pakistan funded Rs 80 crore to Hizbul to further terror activities in J&K	3 10:00 g(r)omgoru [1760]
No politics please: UP’s deep rooted problem of radicalisation, terror have to be cleaned up	2 08:42 Mercutio [1769]
Nashik: Interfaith wedding ceremony called off; socal media protests call it love jihad	1 05:50 Mike Kozlowski [1758]
Using govt jobs as covers how Hizbul chief’s sons facilitated funds from Saudi to further terror in J&K	0 [1792]
CCP's six steps to dismember and eliminate Japan	9 12:50 Dale [1793]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Flash flood chaos in Europe: DOZENS dead across Germany and Belgium and scores more missing as buildings are destroyed and families left trapped on rooftops after heavy rain strikes the continent	4 18:44 Speik Ruthersquank9708 [1777]
Moment Russian fighter jet intercepts US spy plane over the Black Sea as region continues to be a flashpoint	0 [1751]
Cuban President acknowledges his government's shortcomings as demonstrators take to the streets for a fourth day to pressure Biden to intervene	9 21:24 KBK [1775]
Nurse demonstrates key sticking to her body, suggesting this stems from COVID shot.	11 13:05 Percy Darling of the Faith1699 [1753]
Business Johnson & Johnson recalling sunscreens due to benzene traces	5 16:13 ed in texas [1745]
The party of pedophiles backs one of their own - McAuliffe supports Morrisay	3 13:22 Dron66046 [1753]
CNN Medical Analyst Wen: Life ‘Needs to Be Hard' for Unvaccinated Americans	11 20:43 Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 [1779]
2 Armenian solders reported missing	0 [1763]
Mental health professionals will be dispatched to 911 calls in Chicago instead of cops following defund the police protests - as gang members now outnumber officers ten to one amid mass exodus from the force	25 17:26 Zorba Slolung9893 [1773]
Baltimore public high school students earning below 1.0 GPA nearly doubled during pandemic	11 15:23 Lord Garth [1746]
Lithuania passes new asylum laws to deter migrants	0 [1752]
A static fire on this massive booster today.	3 13:19 SteveS [1751]
Russia outpaces world’s top militaries in new armaments, less spending	5 20:56 Snomoth Whereling9836 [1787]
Unidentified man busted in Tver with a hand grenade	0 [1750]
Russian military operations have an impact on weapons development	0 [1745]
At least five wounded in Gresham shooting — second mass shooting of the day in Chicago	0 [1746]
'Please protest and loot responsibly'	2 08:53 Beavis [1746]
LGBTQIA+ admits it is racist and will yield to the QTBIPOC	10 13:44 Dron66046 [1750]
Twenty-Year Trail Behind COVID	21 16:31 swksvolFF [1753]
Page 4: Opinion
Dinosaur-killing asteroid generated a giant TSUNAMI nearly one mile high when it struck Earth 66 million years ago, fossilised 'megaripples' buried in sediment confirm	6 16:24 ed in texas [1747]
Tucker Carlson slams Biden administration for 'secretly enlisting the military to resettle illegal migrants around the country' as leaked emails reveal soldiers were banned from taking pictures or posting about mission on social media	5 12:39 Abu Uluque [1747]
1972 prediction of the collapse of society is on track to happen by 2040: Economic growth will halt in decade, food will become scarce and human population will decline, KPMG study finds	13 22:22 SteveS [1780]
Kiev does not need Donbass	1 10:25 ed in texas [1751]
Page 6: Politix
Democrat Candidate Harley Rouda Calls Trump Voters 'Morons'	15 16:28 ed in texas [1763]
Republicans demand White House hand over documents on 'disturbing' trend of Biden relatives 'profiting' off the presidency after Hunter's $500K paintings raised serious ethics concerns	6 13:25 Skidmark [1789]
Inflation will only get worse if Dems' $6 trillion spending plan passes	7 23:34 JohnQC [1784]
Biden wants to boost policing — after spreading toxic lies that tore it down	2 16:10 ed in texas [1765]
Hard times as NYC soft on crime, doomed by reforms	0 [1759]
Left-wing candidate who threatened to blow up school bus endorsed by bus-riders union	6 23:35 JohnQC [1777]
Team Biden's petty, foolish push to undermine the Abraham Accords	1 08:47 Mercutio [1764]
Dems lose their minds over voting laws	6 19:35 Procopius2k [1811]

    
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                        20:43 Blackbeard Barnsmell6454

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                        18:44 Speik Ruthersquank9708

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Who's in the News
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4	Sublime Porte
4	Human Trafficking
3	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
3	Taliban
3	Commies
2	Islamic State
2	Govt of Iran
2	Lashkar e-Taiba
2	Antifa/BLM
2	Govt of Syria
2	Hamas
2	Devout Moslems
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1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hezbollah
1	ISWAP
1	Narcos
1	Ottoman Proxies
1	al-Nusra

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