[8am] Local sources in Jawzjan province have reported a distressing incident in which Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... fighters killed a man’s brother after he refused their demand to return to Afghanistan from abroad. The victim, identified as Hafizullah, was a resident of Sheberghan, the center of Jawzjan.
According to the sources, on Wednesday, July 26th, Hafizullah was killed two nights ago in the presence of his wife and children, carried out by Taliban fighters. Subsequently, the lifeless body was taken away by the fighters.
Sources further revealed that Hafizullah’s brother had been employed at a foreign institution during the previous government’s rule and had sought refuge in a foreign country following the Taliban’s takeover. The Taliban had repeatedly demanded Hafizullah to establish contact with his brother and persuade him to return to the country. However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... due to security threats, Hafizullah’s brother had rejected the Taliban’s request.
The family of the dear departed pleaded with the Taliban to hand over his body, but their request was met with refusal.
As of now, local Taliban officials have not made any statements regarding this incident.
This tragic event follows a similar incident in May when the Taliban killed an employee of the German institution GIZ in Kabul after holding his son hostage to force his return to Afghanistan.
Despite declaring a general amnesty, the Taliban have persistently detained, tortured, and even killed government officials, international institution workers, and other civilians and military personnel on various pretexts.
QUESTIONS RAISED OVER HALTED US EVACUATION FLIGHTS – A recent article in the Voice of America cites anonymous sources within the Department of State who provided several explanations for the stoppage of evacuation flights since mid-June. Many Afghans who have approved SIV cases expressed concerns over the pause and have been left in limbo as to when flights will resume. No official reason was given for the action and officials failed to provide any indication of if/when flights would resume.
MUHARRAM CEREMONIES INVITE TALIBAN CRACKDOWN – Shiite Muslims who chose to take part in religious observances for Muharram were filmed being dispersed violently by Taliban security personnel. The Afghan Shiite Ulema Council and many prominent Shiite leaders have called on the Taliban to allow the mourning period to continue. The Taliban continue to maintain they have imposed restrictions over security concerns. Some senior religious leaders in the Shiite community have called on followers to defy the Taliban.
TALIBAN PRESS REGISTRATION PROGRAM VIEWED WITH SUSPICION – A program to register all journalists in Afghanistan commenced yesterday in Kabul. However, journalists say they do not trust the program and the virtual lack of credibility on the part of the Taliban have many international journalism organizations warning their Afghan colleagues not to participate. The Taliban’s Ministry of Information and Culture says the program is meant to support journalists and continues to claim it was a program that began under the former regime. To obtain a Press Identity card, one must provide photos, names, affiliations, and contact information to the Taliban. Obviously, the rather harsh treatment many members of the Afghan press have dealt with over the past two years has caused many to question the true motivations behind the program.
US/TALIBAN MEETINGS SCHEDULED IN QATAR – US envoys will meet with the Taliban in Doha to discuss several topics of interest. The US team will then travel to Kazakhstan for meetings with the Central Asian States on Afghanistan. The majority of the meeting is expected to focus on human rights but will also include discussions about trade, security, and economic stabilization. The meeting in Kazakhstan will involve the C5+1 group of nations that was formed with President Obama at the UN in 2015. The members include Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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ISIS-K ISSUES THREAT TO TALIBAN – ISIS-K released a message on several of its many social media platforms that scoffed at claims the terrorist group had been neutralized in Afghanistan and warned of impending attacks. Historically, ISIS-K launches an operation within 2-5 days of posting such messages. There has been no information received about any specific targets or dates for any potential attack. However, with the ongoing Muharram observance taking place, ISIS-K could well target Shiite Mosques or neighborhoods. Alternatively, they may attempt to strike at senior Taliban leadership owing to the many insults the Taliban have thrown at them over the past two months.
UPDATE: At least 25 Al Shabab militants, including foreigners, were killed in an operation. https://t.co/9XmPSU80WW
— Shabelle Media Network (@ShabelleMedia) July 26, 2023
Al-Shabaab ...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... members were killed in an operation by the Somali National Army in the western areas of the Wajid district in the Bakool region of the Southwest regional government.
A blurb from the Somali government said that 25 al-Shabaab fighters were killed in the operation in the Bakool region, which came following an ambush attack on the airport.
Also, the government said that five of the slain al-Shabaab members were foreigners, who were assigned to the operations in the Bakool region that lies near the Æthiopian border.
Wajib DC Mohammed Moalin Yusuf confirmed the death of the members, including foreigners, adding that other members of al-Shabaab were maimed in the battle.
The government has said that it is concentrating its operations against al-Shabaab in the regions of the state, especially on the road connecting the cities of Mogadishu and Baidoa.
In conjunction with clan militias, the national army has dislodged al-Shabaab from swathes of central Somalia, marking a breakthrough in the fifteen-year war.
As its campaign proceeds to the second phase, Mogadishu should take steps to strengthen its hold on the territory it has retaken.
BREAKING: Over 60 Al-Shabaab militants killed in a joint operation by the Somali National Army (SNA) supported by local residents at El-Dhun Adegow in Bay region. South West state information ministry says the operation is part of recent efforts to combat terrorism in Al-Shabaab. pic.twitter.com/H2prWiOy7y
[Garowe] A day after losing control of a strategic village in Somalia, the national army has recaptured it from the al-Shabaab ...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... bad boys, who have been wreaking havoc on innocent civilians and members of security forces, who are fighting to control the region.
The national army recaptured Goofgaduud Burey village within Southwest state, in what officials termed as a "significant step" towards stabilization of the Horn of Africa nation. The village, which is situated about 30 kilometers west of Baidoa, was lost to al-Shabaab on Sunday before being recaptured on Wednesday.
According to locals, security officers entered the town without much resistance, an indication that the murderous Moslems have been diffused following systematic campaigns that have left them completely dismembered. The district had fallen to al-Shabaab after the withdrawal of Somali troops from the area.
The Somali National Army [SNA], African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] troops, and local militia have been using the town for a strategic offensive against the bad boys. Baidoa is the regional administrative capital of Southwest State and could be the center of struggles in the coming weeks.
The takeover took place a few days before the army with assistance from international partners killed over 45 al-Shabaab murderous Moslems in the neighboring Bakool region, with at least five foreigners dying in the ambush. The ambush also comes days before Somalia starts the second phase of operations against al-Shabaab.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A former British rapper once believed to be the ISIS killer 'Jihadi' John has been found dead in his prison cell in Spain.
Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary,
...another Anjem Choudary protégé and 2nd gen jihadi...
32, had been tried earlier this month at a court in Madrid on suspicion of heading an itinerant jihadist cell he allegedly formed after leaving Syria, and was awaiting the verdict.
He is understood to have been found dead at a prison in El Puerto de Santa Maria in Cadiz, south west Spain. One unconfirmed local report said his body presented no obvious signs of any violence. too bad.
An internal Spanish Prison service investigation will now take place and his family will be given the right to hold their own autopsy aside from the official post-mortem to establish the exact cause of death.
A separate probe will be carried out by a court in the town of El Puerto de Santa Maria.
He was arrested with two men described as aides less than a week after they were smuggled onto a beach on Spain's south-east coastline in April 2020.
Abdel Bary was born in Egypt but schooled in London. He was stripped of his British citizenship after allegedly joining ISIS and was charged after a long-running investigation sparked by his arrest at a hideaway rented flat in Almeria.
Investigating judge Maria Tardon concluded in her written ruling outlining her decision to charge him that he had been smuggled into Spain by boat with two Algerian men less than a week before he was located and held.
He was warned before his trial at Madrid's Audiencia Nacional court, which finished on July 14, he could face nine years in prison if convicted.
On the opening day of his trial he denied all terrorism charges against him, insisting he had never been in the Syrian city of Raqqa before claiming he went to the country for humanitarian reasons.
Prosecutors said in a pre-trial indictment that the former British national, the son of Adel Abdel Bari
...an Al Qaeda Big Turban who didn't spend nearly enough time in prison — or possibly too much, depending on one’s philosophy about such things...
who confessed to murdering more than 200 people in a series of Islamist bombings in Africa, used bitcoin to buy stolen or cloned bank cards on the Dark Web.
His alleged accomplices, named before the trial as Abderrazak Seddiki, 30, and Kossaila Chollouah, 27 were accused in a pre-trial indictment of playing other key roles in the fraud including carding which is a type of credit card scam in which a criminal steals or fraudulently uses credit card details to buy prepaid gift cards.
He was alleged to have posted an image of himself holding a severed head on Twitter.
He was accused of posing for a photo with the head in the Syrian city of Raqqa with the caption 'Chillin' with my homie or what's left of him' in August 2014.
The alleged terrorist, who at his trial showed he had put on considerable weight since his arrest, denied it was him with the severed head.
Insisting he and his family had lived in the UK for more than 30 years and completely adopted a Western lifestyle, Abdel Bary told the court trying him: 'Al Qaeda and all the radical extremists… I hate them. I don't agree with their ideology or actions.'
Abdel Bary claimed to be a Syrian national called Ahmed Mohamed Al Oulabi when he was held in Almeria in April 2020.
Reports at the time said he was arrested after police spotters identified him by his ears when he opened a second-floor door to receive a kebab takeout from an Uber Eats kebab delivery man.
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[KavkazUzel] The court found Dmitry Igumentsev, a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, guilty of preparing a terrorist attack and participating in the activities of an extremist organization. The man was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, Dmitry Igumentsev, was found guilty in the case of a terrorist attack, the press service of the Southern District Military Court reported today.
According to the investigation and the court, Igumentsev joined a cell of the banned extremist association At-Takfir Val-Hijra
...At Takfir wal Hijra split off from the Muslim Brotherhood in about 1970 to pursue violent jihad. It split again when the more moderate faction followed Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who subsequently became Al Qaeda’s second in command. Takfir wal Hijra has cells all over the world ...
and organized its activities - held meetings of participants, organized the study of extremist religious literature. Igumentsev was also preparing for a terrorist attack - "illegally acquired and stored explosive devices, explosives, firearms, ammunition and cartridges in a cache," but was detained on February 9, 2021, according to a message on the court's Telegram channel.
Igumentsev was found guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization, storing weapons and ammunition, and preparing for a terrorist attack and was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony with the first five years in prison. He also was fined 100,000 rubles.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that in February 2021, the FSB reported on the detention in four regions of southern Russia, including Karachay-Cherkessia, 19 supporters of "At-Takfir wal-Hijra"* who were planning terrorist acts in the North Caucasus. In a forest in Karachay-Cherkessia, they found a cache with a machine gun, an AKM assault rifle, cartridges and improvised explosive devices with a total mass of more than three kilograms of TNT, "including the so-called suicide belt with striking elements," the report says.
[Shafaq News] On Wednesday, the Danish far-right group "Danske Patrioter" (Danish Patriots) burned copies of the Koran before the Iraqi and Pak embassies in Copenhagen while being protected by the police.
The group's members displayed anti-Islamic banners and offensive messages during the event. They also desecrated the Pak flag and set ablaze copies of the Holy Koran, live-streaming it on their social media accounts.
This incident took place amidst stringent security measures enforced by the police.
The same group recently carried out similar actions in front of the Ottoman Turkish, Egyptian, and Iranian embassies in Copenhagen, with police safeguarding their activities during each event.
On Tuesday, the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... General Assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday to address the rising violence based on religion and abuse of religious symbols and holy books, deploring such acts as violations of international law.
The resolution promotes dialogue between religions and cultures and urges the international community to tackle hate speech, which can fuel religious tensions and incite violence.
The 193-member General Assembly adopted Morocco's proposed resolution through consensus. It strongly denounces all forms of violence against individuals based on religion or belief. It condemns any acts directed against religious symbols, holy books, homes, businesses, properties, schools, cultural centers, places of worship, and attacks on sacred places, sites, and shrines that contravene international law.
On July 12, the UN Human Rights Council based in Geneva condemned recent attacks on the Koran, despite some Western countries voting against the resolution.
The Council's resolution called for condemning such attacks and labeled them as "acts of religious hatred."
[GreaterKashmir ...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.... ] Police along with security forces on Wednesday arrested a terror associate and recovered arms and ammunition during searches in main Wopzan area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
Quoting a top police officer, GNS reported that police along with Army’s 3RR arrested a bully boy associate in Wopzan.
He has been identified as Liyaqat Ahmad Gani son of Lateef Ahmad Gani, he said.
From his possession, one pistol, 2 Magazines, 14 rounds of pistol and incriminating material were recovered, the officer added.
Meanwhile a case has been registered in this regard and investigation has been taken up.
Jammu and 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.... Police on Wednesday said to have busted a terrorist recruitment module with the arrest of a PhD scholar in South Kashmir's Kulgam district.
A police spokesperson said that acting on specific information generated by Kulgam Police, a search for a code-named person Dr Sabeel who was motivating, funding and providing logistic support to the gullible youth of District Kulgam and adjoining areas to recruit them into terrorist ranks.
The spokesperson said that special teams were constituted by Kulgam Police to track and search for this suspected person. After systemic efforts, one suspected vehicle bearing number JK18B-4852 was zeroed in. When the credentials of the vehicle were sought, it came to fore that this vehicle was being used by one person namely Dr. Rubani Bashir son of late Bashir Ahmed Dar resident of Ashmuji, Kulgam. Accordingly, a special checkpoint was established at Ashmuji and Dr Rubani was apprehended. During questioning, he disclosed his code name as Dr Sabeel, a PHD scholar from Central University of Kashmir and has also applied for Job as assistant professor there.
"During further questioning, Dr Rubani Bashir @Dr Subeel disclosed that he has been associated with Jamat-e-Islami from his student days and he has been its member in student wing (IJT) Islamic Jamat-ul-Tulbha for 14 years and later on has been a full-fledged member of JEI. The basic modus operandi of Dr Sabeel was to work for proscribed terrorist organizations HM/JeM behind the curtain, " the spokesperson said. "He used to identify the youngsters, motivated them, funded them and then made them ready to join terrorist organizations."
The police claimed that during investigation it also came to fore that Dr Rubani Bashir @Dr Subeel motivated two youngsters and had made them to join the terrorist ranks. On the disclosure of Dr Rubani Bashir, two terrorist associates linked with proscribed terror outfit HM /JeM were arrested. They have been identified as Fazil Ahmed Parrey son of Sheraz Ahmed Parrey resident of Ashmuji Bhan and Tariq Ahmed Naikoo@ Chawla son of Abdul Ahmed Naikoo resident of Check Wattoo Aharabal.
On their disclosure, 01 Chinese Pistol, 01 Pistol Magazine, 09 9mm rounds were recovered from Dr. Rubani Bashir, 01 AK-47 Magazine & 19 AK 47 rounds were recovered from Fazil Ahmed Parrey and a Chinese grenade, 10 AK-47 rounds & an Alto car bearing registration number JK18B-4852 used for ferrying the snuffies have been seized.
ADGP Kashmir has appreciated efforts of Kulgam police for busting this important recruitment module.
In this regard, a case vide FIR No 143/2023 under relevant sections of law stands registered in Police Station Kulgam and further investigation is going on.
Moreover, in Bandipora, acting on specific information, police alongwith 26 Assam Rifles, CRPF (3rd Bn) and BSF (K2) arrested a terrorist associate linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT at Turkpora junction Bandipora in a swift car bearing registration number JK15B-0992. He has been identified as Javid Ahmad Malla son of Mohd Kamal Malla resident of Arin Dardpora Bandipora. 02 Hand Grenades and other incriminating materials have been recovered from his possession.
Accordingly, a case under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Bandipora and further investigation has been initiated.
[GEO.TV] Sindh MPA Aslam Abro’s brother and nephew were bumped off by person or persons unknown in a "assassination" in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... ’s Defence Housing Society (DHA) Phase VII near Ayesha Mosque on Wednesday.
SSP South Asad Raza confirmed that the politician’s brother Akram Abro, his son Shahryar Abro and another person named Irshad were killed while another man sustained bullet injuries when unidentified gunnies riding on cycle of violences and a vehicle targeted them earlier today.
The police officer also said that they recovered a licenced pistol from the victims, adding that no bullet was fired from inside the vehicle. It seemed that the attack was carried out after the victims’ recce, he added.
The SSP investigation revealed that two types of weapons were used in the attack. The police found spent shell casings of 9mm pistols and heavy weapons from the scene of the crime, he added.
He said that the assailants opened fire on the vehicle from all four sides. The victims, he added, were heading to DHA Phase VII from Khayaban-e-Shamsheer.
After being informed the police and rescue officials rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies and the injured to the Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC).
Advocate Akram Abro was a member of the Sindh Bar Council and he practices law in Jacobabad. It is pertinent to mention here that the victim’s brother was elected to Sindh Assembly in 2018 on a Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) ticket but he was expelled in 2021 for reportedly violating the party’s discipline during the Senate elections.
Hospital authorities said that the senior lawyer scumbled to his injuries during treatment while his son was dead when he was brought to the health facility.
Talking to journalists at the JPMC, Additional IG Karachi Javed Alam Odho said that they have collected 50 spent shell casings from the scene of the crime and set for a forensic audit. He was of the view that the gunnies were riding on a cycle of violence and a vehicle. The victims did not have personal enmity with anyone, the police officer said quoting their family.
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[IsraelTimes] Police deny receiving complaint; IDF says it was aiding in hunt for stolen property near West Bank’s Hebron, declines to comment on presence of civilians, one bearing assault rifle
Armed settlers stormed into Paleostinian homes in a village near the West Bank city of Hebron Tuesday morning and searched them as IDF soldiers looked on, according to video footage circulated online.
In a video published by the Yesh Din human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... group said to be in an unnamed Bedouin village near Hebron, a group of settlers, one of whom was carrying an assault rifle, can be seen walking from home to home searching their meager belongings and shouting at the inhabitants.
One of the settlers can be seen kicking a hole in the door of a cabinet inside one of the homes. A child can be heard crying in the background.
No uniformed IDF soldiers can be seen in that video, although Yesh Din claimed that several arrived later. Private Israeli citizens are not legally able to purchase assault rifles.
In a separate video shared by the Breaking the Silence organization said to be in a nearby village, IDF soldiers can be seen accompanying the settlers conducting searches.
Asked to comment, the Israel Police said in a statement that the incident had been "managed entirely by the military." The police said that no complaint had been filed, although some Israeli activists said they had called the police during the searches.
In response to a request for comment from The Times of Israel, the IDF said it had received a report Monday evening of property stolen from Israeli citizens by Paleostinians in the South Hebron Hills area. The IDF said its forces conducted a search in the area in coordination with the Israel Police.
[IsraelTimes] Clashes break out as Israeli troops surround home and detain terror suspect in refugee camp in northern West Bank city
An alleged Paleostinian gunman was rubbed out by Israeli forces during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday, the military and Paleostinian health officials said.
The Israel Defense Forces said troops entered the Ein Beit al-Ma’ refugee camp in the city, also known as al-Ein Camp or Camp No. 1, in order to detain a Paleostinian suspected of involvement in terror activities.
As troops surrounded a home where the wanted Paleostinian was holed up, festivities broke out in the area, according to the military and Paleostinian media reports.
The IDF said Paleostinian button men opened fire toward the Israeli forces, and rioters hurled stones and other objects.
"The forces shot and hit an armed terrorist who fired toward them," the IDF said.
The Paleostinian Authority health ministry said a young man, 23-year-old Muhammad Nada, was fatally shot in the chest by Israeli forces.
No Israeli soldiers were hurt during the raid.
The IDF said the wanted man, named by Paleostinian media as Nour al-Bassiouni, was handed over to the Shin Bet security agency for further questioning
Earlier, the IDF said that troops had detained 32 wanted Paleostinians during overnight sweeps across the West Bank, with violence in some areas. Two assault rifles were seized in the southern West Bank town of ad-Dhahiriya, the IDF said.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
...... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A former British rapper once believed to be the ISIS killer 'Jihadi' John has been found dead in his prison cell in Spain.
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it 
