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There have been multiple reports of the Taliban arresting large groups of male non-combatants in Panjshir because the Taliban claims that they are suspected of supporting the Resistance. Currently, there are several hundred Panjshiri males who are thought to be detained. Their fate is unknown. Several assassinations of former government officials have also been reported, although official confirmation has not been given.
Taliban forces in Panjshir under newly appointed Special Commander Zakir have withdrawn from their assault positions near two NRF bases and are consolidating in an unidentified valley to confer with leaders. Sources within the Ministry of Defense said the previous attacks were meant to probe the NRF positions in an attempt to determine which directions their heavy weapons were oriented.
ISIS-K launched several recruiting calls on social media urging Uzbek men to come to Afghanistan and join their jihad. The videos have been dubbed in Uzbek and are captioned in Uzbek (both Latin and Cyrillic) leaving little doubt as to their target demographic. The posts are being distributed by Xuroson Ovozi (Voice of Khorasan), which recently announced it had partnered with ISIS-K’s propaganda wing. Most of the messages are circulating on the popular app Telegram.
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Panjshir: A roadside bomb claimed by the NRF reportedly killed 6 Talib turbans in the Dara district as a Taliban passed Sunday night.
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A second offensive in Panjshir will be likely once ongoing military consultations among Taliban commanders conclude. A local source claimed some senior Taliban commanders expressed consternation with the new special commander after yesterday’s probing attacks. The source stated that the senior commanders were not informed that the attacks were merely probes and they would not have committed so many of their men if they had known.
[KhaamaPress] Local sources in Taloqan, Sheberghan, and Maimana, the bucolic provincial capitals of the northern Afghan provinces of Takhar, Jawzjan, and Faryab respectively, said that Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... forces have started conducting extensive house-to-house searches.
The sources say that since early on Monday, the 29th of August, about a thousand Taliban forces have dispersed across Maimana city, the central district of Faryab province, and have begun searching homes.
Residents of Sheberghan, the bucolic provincial capital of Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan also stated that the Taliban’s checkpoints in the city have reportedly grown, with Taliban members conducting thorough searches of people’s houses.
Local media quoted a resident in Sheberghan city stating that hundreds of Taliban members have been divided into streets searching houses "one by one."
According to the Taliban chief of police in Jawzjan province the searches are conducted by the Taliban forces to ensure the security of the people.
The Taliban forces have reportedly begun checking people’s homes beginning in Taloqan City’s police district 4, according to sources in the province’s capital of Takhar, with their focus on the former military members.
Following the Taliban’s takeover of power, there was a strong reaction from human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... advocates and civil society organizations to the initial round of house searches in Kabul. The Taliban were also criticized for invading people’s privacy.
[AlAhram] A boat carrying Egyptian migrants colonists capsized off Libya's coast, leaving two people dead and 19 more missing and presumed dead, the Libyan agency that combats illegal migration said Monday, in the latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea.
The boat was carrying 27 migrants colonists and was found over the weekend off the northeastern town of Tolmeitha, around 110 kilometers (68 miles) east of Benghazi, the Department for Combating Illegal Migration said.
The agency said in a statement that at least six migrants colonists survived the shipwreck. Two bodies were retrieved while 19 others remained missing and presumed dead, it said.
A video posted on the agency's Facebook page showed rescuers providing drinking water to an exhausted survivor.
The agency said the boat embarked from Egypt and capsized off Libya. It did not provide further details including what caused the boat to overturn.
The migrants colonists were apparently sailing to Europe, a destination for thousands fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East and Africa. Tens of thousands attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea every year in efforts to reach European shores.
Libya has in recent years emerged as the dominant transit point for migrants colonists fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East. The oil-rich country plunged into chaos following a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... -backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Muammar Qadaffy ...a proud Arab institution for 42 years, now among the dear departed, though not the dearest... in 2011.
Human traffickers in recent years have benefited from the chaos in Libya, smuggling in migrants colonists across the country's lengthy borders with six nations. The migrants colonists are then packed into ill-equipped rubber boats and other vessels and set off on risky sea voyages. Officials didn't say what kind of vessel was found over the weekend.
[North Africa Post] An international drug trafficking operation has been foiled by the Casablanca judicial police Sunday evening and 3 tons and 168 kilograms of Chira have been seized. Chira=hashish
The intervention was carried out in close coordination with the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST).
During a security operation conducted in the suburbs of Casablanca, an individual involved in the trafficking of these shipments of narcotics was arrested onboard a vehicle with false registration plates, the National Police (DGSN) said in a statement.
Search operations carried out inside the vehicle resulted in the seizure of 99 bundles, totaling 3 tons and 168 kilograms of chira. The banned substance was intended to be shipped out by sea.
A batch of shotgun cartridges and several doses of cocaine were also seized.
The suspect was taken into custody. Investigations will be conducted to determine the possible ramifications of this criminal activity at the national and international levels and identify any possible accomplices, the DGSN said.
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Give them our captured Fentanyl in exchange for the hash.
[North Africa Post] Policemen in Tangier on Sunday arrested an ISIS-affiliated individual for his involvement in an attempted voluntary manslaughter, as part of a terrorist project to seriously undermine public order.
The 36-year-old suspect attempted to murder an individual under the pretext that the victim did not respect the precepts of Islam, revealed a statement released by National Police (DGSN).
The two men were both residing in a construction site.
According to the initial investigation, the victim was physically assaulted with a nail drill and suffered injuries to the neck, the DGSN statement said.
Immediately alerted to the incident, coppers intervened at the scene of the crime.
At the arrival of the police at the scene of the crime, the suspect tried to flee by jumping from the second floor of the building under construction, but he was arrested, which neutralized the danger he represented.
Searches in the suspect’s room led to the seizure of weapons and publications of murderous Moslem nature, in addition to the drill he used during his assault, the so-called "flag" of the terrorist ISIS organization and a homemade rifle with black powder, among other weapons. Police have also seized computer equipment and four electronic download media, three digital memory cards, two phone batteries and a cell phone, says the DGSN statement.
[An Nahar] Ten 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 soldiers were killed in an overnight rebel attack near the blockaded city of Taez, Yemen's government said on Monday, calling it a "dangerous escalation" after a months-long ceasefire.
The assault, which also left several soldiers maimed, was aimed at cutting off a key route to the southwestern city of about two million, the government said.
The Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s have blocked main roads into Taez since 2015, the same year that a Saudi-led coalition intervened in the conflict.
Yemen's warring parties have been observing a ceasefire since April, bringing a drastic reduction in hostilities although small-scale fighting has continued.
The Taez attack was a "blatant challenge to all initiatives and efforts seeking to end the war and achieve peace", Yemen's internationally recognized government said in a statement.
It was "an attempt to undermine efforts to expand and extend the humanitarian truce ..The purposes of a truce are twofold: 1.) bring up more arms, ammunition, and reinforcements; and 2.) get the enemy to relax his vigilance. A truce is not the same thing as a ceasefire, and a ceasefire doesn't mean you have to stop shooting... ", it added.
Military sources said the rebels, who hold much of Yemen including the capital Sanaa, were trying to cut off the road linking Taez with government-controlled restive Lahj ... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement The rebels infiltrated army sites and clashed with government soldiers in a battle fought on multiple fronts, they said. No detail was available on rebel casualties.
Also on Monday, 16 human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... groups made a joint appeal for the Huthis to open roads into Taez to ease growing humanitarian problems in Yemen's third-biggest city.
"Dangerous and poorly maintained mountain roads... are the only connection between Taez city's besieged population and the rest of the world," said Michael Page, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch.
"Opening the main roads would help immensely to alleviate the suffering of a population that has been in near-total isolation for seven years."
Holding talks about opening the roads was one of the conditions of the UN-brokered truce. But despite meetings in Jordan, no breakthrough has been reached.
The masked Antifa protesters, armed with AR-15 style rifles, showed up at a Texas drag brunch to defend those in attendance
The group of masked anti-facist counter protesters also arrived on the scene, brazenly standing guard outside the eatery holding the semiautomatic riles
Cops said that no arrests or police reports were made during the incident - and that they were aware of the protests in advance
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Yeah, cause real people have jobs. Besides, I like how they were standing in the open with their 'sniper OP' on the third floor of the parking garage nearby. I don't mind these twits standing out in the Texas heat wearing hoods and wearing all black.
[Rudaw] A suspected Ottoman Turkish drone bombarded Makhmour refugee camp in Erbil province, controlled by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), causing one casualty and material damages, a media outlet affiliated with the group reported on Monday.
The drone targeted a house in Makhmour camp and injured Abu Zayd Abdullah, a father of six children, who later departed this vale of tears after being taken to a hospital, PKK-affiliated Rojnews and Firat News Agency (ANF) said.
Ottoman Turkish forces frequently bombard PKK-controlled Makhmour camp in Erbil province on the grounds of targeting PKK fighters. Three people were killed in a suspected Ottoman TurkishArclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... near the camp in June 2021.
The PKK is an gang struggling for the increased rights of Kurds in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... . Ankara considers it a terrorist organization and frequently targets it at home as well as southward in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq and has launched successive cross-border operations against the group.
Makhmour camp hosts more than 12,000 Kurdish refugees who fled persecution by the Ottoman Turkish state, mostly in the 1990s. It is located in areas disputed between Erbil and Baghdad.
Last month, a Ottoman Turkish drone targeted the camp and only caused material damages, hours after an Iraqi military delegation visited Makhmour.
The Iraqi government lost control of Makhmour camp when the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) attacked the country and took control of large swathes of territory.
Saeed al-Jayashi, Security Advisor at the Iraqi National Security Advisory, told Rudaw in late February that the federal government is seeking to retake control of the administration, security, and services of the camp.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iraqi Shia holy manMoqtada Tater al-Sadr ...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry... announced Monday that he would resign from Iraqi politics, prompting hundreds of his angry followers to storm the government palace and sparking festivities with security forces and between rival militias. At least 15 protesters were killed.
Protesters loyal to al-Sadr pulled down the cement barriers outside the government palace with ropes and breached the palace gates. Many rushed into the lavish salons and marbled halls of the palace, a key meeting place for Iraqi heads of state and foreign dignitaries.
Iraq’s military announced a nationwide curfew, and the caretaker premier suspended Cabinet sessions in response to the violence. Medical officials said dozens of protesters were maimed by gunfire and tear gas and physical altercations with riot police.
As night fell, a militia loyal to al-Sadr clashed with the Popular Mobilization Forces security inside the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq’s government, wounding at least one woman, according to two security officials. Several mortar rounds were heard, the officials said.
The crackle of machine gun fire persisted and echoed throughout central Baghdad.
The PMF is an umbrella group composed of state-sanctioned paramilitary groups, the most powerful of which are aligned with al-Sadr’s rivals in the Iran-backed political camp.
Security officials said mortars and rocket-propelled grenades were used in the festivities, a culmination of intractable political impasse between the rival camps.
Iraq’s government has been deadlocked since al-Sadr’s party won the largest share of seats in October parliamentary elections but not enough to secure a majority government. His refusal to negotiate with his Iran-backed Shia rivals and subsequent exit from the talks has catapulted the country into political uncertainty and volatility amid intensifying intra-Shia wrangling.
Iraq’s majority Moslem population is split into two sects, Shias and Sunnis. Under Saddam Hussein, the Shias were oppressed until the US-led invasion reversed the political order. Now the Shias are fighting among themselves, with the dispute centering around power and state resources but also influence over the Shia street.
To further his political interests, al-Sadr has wrapped his rhetoric with a nationalist and reform agenda that resonates powerfully among his broad grassroots base of supporters who hail from Iraq’s poorest sectors of society and have historically been shut out from the political system.
Many were first followers of his father, a revered figure in Shia Islam. They are calling for the dissolution of parliament and early elections without the participation of Iran-backed Shia groups, which they see as responsible for the status quo.
During Monday’s festivities, Saraya Salam, a militia aligned with al-Sadr gathered in the capital’s Tahrir Square to "protect" protesters, one of its commanders said.
An News Agency that Dare Not be Named photographer heard gunshots being fired in the capital and saw several protesters bleeding and being carried away. It was not immediately clear who fired the gunshots.
A senior medical official confirmed at least 10 protesters were killed by gunfire. The number was also confirmed by the Sadrist media office, which provided a list of 10 names.
Iraq’s caretaker premier said he would open an investigation into the shootings and said the use of live ammunition against protesters was forbidden.
Protests also broke out in the Shia-majority southern provinces, with al-Sadr’s supporters burning tires and blocking roads in the oil-rich province of Basra and hundreds demonstrating outside the governorate building in Missan.
Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... considers intra-Shia disharmony as a threat against its influence in Iraq and has repeatedly attempted to broker dialogue with al-Sadr.
In July, al-Sadr’s supporters broke into the parliament to deter his rivals in the Coordination Framework, an alliance of mostly Iran-aligned Shia parties, from forming a government. Hundreds have been staging a sit-in outside the building for over four weeks. His bloc has also resigned from parliament. The Framework is led by al-Sadr’s chief nemesis, former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
This is not the first time al-Sadr, who has called for early elections and the dissolution of parliament, has announced his retirement from politics — and many dismissed Monday’s move as another bluff to gain greater leverage against his rivals amid a worsening stalemate. The holy man has used the tactic on previous occasions when political developments did not go his way.
But many are concerned that it’s a risky gambit and are worried how it will impact Iraq’s fragile political climate. By stepping out of the political process, al-Sadr is giving his followers, most disenfranchised from the political system, the green light to act as they see fit.
Al-Sadr also commands a militia and maintains a great degree of influence within Iraq’s state institutions through the appointments of key civil servant positions. His Iran-backed rivals also have militia groups.
Iraq’s military swiftly announced a nationwide curfew beginning at 7 p.m. It called on the holy man’s supporters to withdraw immediately from the heavily fortified government zone and to practice self-restraint "to prevent festivities or the spilling of Iraqi blood," according to a statement.
"The security forces affirm their responsibility to protect government institutions, international missions, public and private properties," the statement said.
Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi also demanded that al-Sadr call on his followers to withdraw from government institutions.
The UN mission in Iraq said Monday’s protests were an "extremely dangerous escalation," and called on demonstrators to vacate all government buildings to allow the caretaker government to continue running the state.
It urged all to remain peaceful and "refrain from acts that could lead to an unstoppable chain of events."
"The very survival of the state is at stake," the statement said.
Al-Sadr announced his withdrawal from politics in a tweet, and ordered the closure of his party offices. Religious and cultural institutions will remain open, it said.
The true motivations behind al-Sadr’s announcement appeared to be a reaction to the retirement of Shia spiritual leader Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri, who counts many of al-Sadr’s supporters as followers.
In a surprise announcement Sunday, al-Haeri said he would be stepping down as a religious authority for health reasons and called on his followers to throw their allegiance behind Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini... , rather than the Shia spiritual center in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf.
The move was a blow to al-Sadr, who despite harboring ambitions to be a religious authority lacks the scholarly credentials to be an ayatollah. al-Haeri, who resides in the Iranian holy city of Qom, once provided him with the legitimacy he lacked by designating al-Sadr as his representative in Iraq. He cut ties shortly after with the holy man, but continued to enjoy the support of his followers.
By calling on his followers to side with Khamenei, al-Haeri brought on a crisis of legitimacy for al-Sadr.
In his tweet, al-Sadr said al-Haeri’s stepping down "was not out of his own volition."
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[AlAhram] A boat carrying Egyptian 
...a proud Arab institution for 42 years, now among the dear departed, though not the dearest...
[North Africa Post] An international drug trafficking operation has been foiled by the Casablanca judicial police Sunday evening and 3 tons and 168 kilograms of Chira have been seized.
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...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry...
