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[KhaamaPress] Two children were killed, and three others were maimed when unidentified individuals tossed grenades into a house in the eastern province of 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.. , Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred late on Monday night in the Shiekh Mursi community of Surkhrod district when two faceless myrmidons threw two grenades into a house, killing two children and injuring three others, including a woman, according to provincial police spokesperson Abdul Basir Zabuli.
The injured people were taken to the local hospital for medical treatment. Meanwhile, ...back at the Council of Boskone, Kinnison began his slow infiltration of the sewer system... officials said that further investigations had been started into the incident.
Nine people were killed, and five others were maimed after two families clashed in Nangarhar province.
The clash occurred in the Khogyani district of the province.
The motive behind such violence is reported mainly due to personal enmity, which has become common in some parts of the country.
Notably, Taliban officials in Nangarhar have refrained from commenting on this matter, adding to the uncertainty surrounding the incident.
Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, there has been a noticeable surge in targeted killings, explosions, and criminal activities within the province.
RELEASE OF US REPORT ON AFGHANISTAN PAINTS A BLEAK PICTURE OF THE CENTRAL BANK – The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) delivered the quarterly report to the US Congress yesterday and one of its major findings was that major issues remain in the leadership and functioning of the Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB). Basically, there were not sufficient safeguards/controls in place to ensure the DAB could not be used to launder money and there are signs the bank does not operate free and clear from political influence. The report is important because it plays a central role in the question of the possible return of over $3bn of frozen funds that sits in a Swiss-based trust.
IRANIAN DELEGATION WRAPS UP VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN OVER WATER RIGHTS – Very little information was provided to the public after the 11 Iranian analysts/negotiators concluded their assessment visit to the country. A source in Kabul opined that the discussions over diverted water from the Helmand River became heated at times and the Iranian delegation had Russian satellite imagery in their possession to use as leverage during the talks. The source went on to say that the Iranian team warned that it could not be held responsible for possible actions taken by residents in its Southern Provinces should drout conditions continue. The Iranian Foreign Ministry refused to comment on details of the discussions when pressed by members of the Iranian press.
PAKISTAN’S HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SAYS THE IEA IS NOT SUPPORTING TERROR ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN – Minister Riaz Pirzada broke with others in the government and stated the Afghan Taliban are not actively supporting the TTP, but did say that some of the attacks had taken place without their knowledge. The Minister did not go so far as to refute others in the regime and/or the Army but he flatly rejected the notion the IEA had a hand in the recent surge in terror attacks.
IRAN STRIKES A NEW TONE WITH THE TALIBAN – For the first time, Iran has placed blame on the Taliban for the attack on Iranian diplomats that took place in Mazar-i-Sharif that killed 8 diplomatic personnel and 1 journalist. Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, shared a social media post to commemorate the tragedy and laid the blame on the Taliban. Previous to this admission, Iran has blamed regional or international intelligence agencies for the attack. There are many theories as to why the shift has taken place with some blaming the water issue while others say that Tehran is suspicious the Taliban is actively cooperating with the US on counter-terrorism operations.
CONFLICT TRACKER Nangarhar: 2 unidentified men tossed hand grenades into a house, killing 2 children and wounding 3 adults. It is not clear what prompted the attack or which group many have been involved.
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PAKISTAN TO DISSOLVE ASSEMBLIES – While no threats have currently been reported, it is important to note that both Khan’s arrest and the expected announcement that elections will be delayed could push the PTI party faithful to launch demonstrations. The crackdown on Afghan refugees in Pakistan appears to be continuing as 6 more were detained in Karachi and an unknown number had been rounded up in Islamabad. At-risk Afghans sheltering in Pakistan are urged to avoid any potential flashpoints between demonstrators and police.
[Garowe] al-Shabaab ...... the personification of Somali state failure... suffered a huge blow on Monday following coordinated operations involving the Somali National Army [SNA] and foreign troops.
According to the state media, the Somali National Army with assistance from the 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] and the US Africa Command, managed to destroy the turbans bases in Mukayle and Bulo Burde villages where the turbans have been regular.
The two villages have been under the control of the holy warriors, who still control large swathes of rural central and southern Somalia, but have recently lost substantive grounds to the military following coordinated operations. The two villages are also strategic to the military in the whole concept of operations.
During the raid, state media notes, a large garage where explosives are stored was seized with four buses destroyed. Several turbans are also said to have been killed during the incident, but the exact number is yet to be shared by relevant authorities in the country, officials confirmed.
"In a coordinated operation, the Somali National Army and allies destroyed an al-Shabaab stronghold in Mukayle, Bulo Burde," state media reported. "A large garage storing explosives was discovered. Four mini-buses rigged with explosives were destroyed. Several individuals were killed."
The national army with assistance from international partners has activated the final phase of operations against the al-Shabaab within Galmadug and HirShabelle states, dubbed Black Lion Mission, which is set to comb the region before the military diverts attention for the second phase of operations in Jubaland and Southwest states.
BREAKING: Reports of an airstrike against Al Shabab militants in Mukeyle area of Hiiraan region. pic.twitter.com/2zAFyBbemw
— Shabelle Media Network (@ShabelleMedia) August 8, 2023
BREAKING: Somali National Army (SNA) in a joint operation with its allies kill several Al-shabaab militants in Mukayle, BuloBurde area. Garage used to store explosives discovered and four mini-busses rigged with explosives destroyed. pic.twitter.com/qhJsPVE3aQ
SNA together with local forces conducts operation against the Al-shabaab militants in several areas including Maraay Suuleey, Shiikhoow Gaab, Hilowle Gaab, Ciid Kuus and Hussein Cageey in the Galgaduud and Middle Shabelle regions. Several militant bases destroyed. pic.twitter.com/dLWuzw9Q02
[AFRICANEWS] The United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... says the first humanitarian convoy to reach East Darfur has arrived, delivering 430 tons of agricultural seed.
Briefing news hounds in New York, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq informed that "The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs negotiated the movement of these trucks from White Nile to EdDaien, the capital of East Darfur.
"According to Haq, "the convoy delivered 430 tons of agricultural seeds provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization, to be distributed to farmers across the state by the Ministry of Agriculture."
The Spokesperson added, "Further humanitarian access is urgently required so that all agricultural areas in Darfur can benefit from the provision of seeds. All parties must also provide farmers access to agricultural lands and ensure their protection as they plant and harvest their crops."
The delivery last week came as U.N. officials say the conflict in Sudan has left 24 million people — half the country’s population — in need of food and other assistance.
The operations director of the U.N. humanitarian agency and the deputy executive director of UNICEF painted a dire picture Friday of the devastation and upheavals in Sudan, with no peace talks in sight.
They say that hotspots like the capital of Khartoum, southern Kordofan and western Darfur have been devastated by fighting and that the more than 110-day conflict has turned a humanitarian crisis into a catastrophe.
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[AFRICANEWS] Twenty people were killed in Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... on Sunday in an attack by suspected jihadists in Nohao, near the town of Bittou, in the Center-East region bordering Togo, AFP learned on Monday.
"The attack killed around twenty people, mainly shopkeepers," a security source told AFP. A trader reports for his part a balance sheet of "25 people killed" and "more than fifteen transport trucks looted and then set on fire by the terrorists".
Another merchant reported "ten maimed", evacuated to Bittou, where traders were returning after going to the market in Cinkansé, a trading town on the Togo border.
"We deplore the loss of life whose bodies were deposited" at "the morgue of the CHR (Regional Hospital Center) of Tenkodogo", capital of the Center-East region, said in a blurb a local official, Sami Beranger Pooda, who does not specify any figures.
Another attack occurred "Thursday around 6 p.m.", according to the same security source, and "targeted a convoy of several dozen vehicles carrying goods".
Since 2015, Burkina has been caught in a spiral of violence perpetrated by jihadist groups affiliated with 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.... and al-Qaeda. action (Acled), including more than 5,000 since the start of 2023.
This violence has also led to the displacement of more than two million people inside the country.
In mid-July, President and Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who came to power in September 2022 by a coup d'etat, deplored "increasingly recurrent attacks against civilians", believing that the jihadists were showing "cowardice".
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[Regnum] An accomplice of IS was detained in Omsk, Irina Rusnak, an official representative of the regional department of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, said on August 8.
“The FSB of Russia in the Omsk region, when trying to travel to the Syrian Arab Republic to participate in hostilities on the side of the international terrorist organization Islamic State (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation), a citizen of one of the countries of the Central Asian region was detained,” Rusnak quoted agency TASS.
The court chose him a measure of restraint in the form of arrest. The representative of the FSB said that the detainee was in contact with ISIS members who are in Syria. He himself offered to help them buy explosives, ammunition and weapons.
He also offered to help promote the ideas of the organization via the Internet. During interrogation, the detainee testified that he expressed his readiness to join the ranks of a terrorist organization, swearing allegiance to it.
He was going to go to Syria and there to participate in terrorist activities and in hostilities. The detainee encouraged his acquaintances to join him. The IS accomplice independently learned mine-explosive business via the Internet, assembled components for creating explosives.
The Omsk department of the FSB opened a criminal case on the financing of terrorist activities and on training for its implementation.
As IA Regnum reported, in April the FSB detained an IS accomplice in the Stavropol Territory. On the instructions of a terrorist organization, he was preparing a terrorist attack in Mineralnye Vody. The attack was planned on one of the objects of mass stay of people.
In mid-June, an IS member was extradited to Russia from Iraq. She came to Syria in 2016 and voluntarily joined the IS.
A member of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) was killed and another maimed in an attack orchestrated by ISIS bad boys, marking a concerning escalation of violence in the eastern region of Saladin Governorate.
The attack, which occurred late Monday night, targeted a station operated by the PMF's 88th Brigade within the al-Fatha sector along the rugged Hemrin Mountains east of Saladin.
The terrorists, armed with RBG7 weaponry, killed one PMF member and injured another.
Eastern Saladin and the Fatha sector have long been identified as fertile grounds and strongholds for ISIS elements.
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[IsraelTimes] Security agency says PFLP operative in Leb ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... recruited Paleostinians, including relatives, to carry out attacks against Israelis
The Shin Bet security agency on Tuesday said it had foiled plans by a terror cell of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine in the West Bank to carry out attacks against Israeli civilians and troops. It said the cell received orders from an operative in Lebanon.
According to the Shin Bet, Aalam Qaabi, originally from Nablus in the northern West Bank, was deported to the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip in the 2011 Shalit deal, and now lives in Lebanon.
"Qaabi leads terror activity [in the West Bank], as part of which he recruits Paleostinian terror operatives, some of whom are relatives, in order to carry out attacks against Israelis," the agency said, calling Qaabi a PFLP operative.
The Shin Bet named two suspects indicted in connection with the terror cell: Murad Qaabi, a resident of the Balata refugee camp near Nablus and a relative of Aalam Qaabi, and Khaled Abu Alhaija, a resident of Jenin.
The agency said that during the investigation of Murad Qaabi, "it emerged that he was instructed by Aalam to carry out shooting attacks." Two M16 assault rifles in Murad Qaabi’s possession were seized, the Shin Bet added.
In the investigation of Abu Alhaija, the Shin Bet said it emerged he was recruited by Aalam Qaabi "to carry out attacks and to head a military unit that would operate in the Jenin area."
The pair were charged with "serious" security offenses, according to the agency. Several other suspects were also detained over suspicions they were recruited by Aalam Qaabi, the Shin Bet added.
Earlier Tuesday, the military said that troops detained 21 wanted Paleostinians during sweeps across the West Bank, with violence in some areas. The Israel Defense Forces also demolished the home of a Paleostinian terrorist who killed two Israeli brothers in the West Bank in February.
[NPASyria] 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) forces of Evil carried out on Monday two violent mostly peaceful attacks on posts of Iranian-backed militia and National Defense, affiliated with Syrian government forces, in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria.
A military source of the National Defense forces in Deir ez-Zor said that ISIS forces of Evil targeted a common checkpoint of the National Defense forces and the Iranian-backed militia in the village of Ma’adan Atiq, in the western countryside of Deir ez-Zor, with machineguns.
The attack was followed by festivities between the ISIS forces of Evil on the one hand and the two other parties on the other hand. As a result, the ISIS forces of Evil took control of the military checkpoint, in addition to two posts near it.
The ISIS forces of Evil killed one soldier of the National Defense forces and confiscated weapons, two trucks, and a bus. They also sat fire to the checkpoint, the source added.
While the ISIS forces of Evil were fleeing towards the desert, festivities broke out between them and a patrol of the National Defense forces who came to support the soldiers at the checkpoint. The festivities resulted in the killing of another soldier of the National Defense forces and the injury of two others, the source added.
Simultaneously, ISIS forces of Evil carried out an attack on three points of the Iranian-backed Liwa Fatemiyoun militia in the town of al-Masrib in the western countryside of Deir ez-Zor.
A military source of the Liwa Fatemiyoun said that unknown gunnies, riding a cycle of violence, targeted a headquarters and posts of Liwa Fatemiyoun on the vicinity of the al-Masrib.
The attack lasted for more than an hour and resulted in the injury of three forces of Evil of Liwa Fatemiyoun and material damage to a truck of the headquarters, the source added.
The Iranian-backed militias and the government forces control large areas of the Syrian Desert and the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, which constitutes a source of concern as it witnesses intensive operations by ISIS sleeper cells.
[NPASyria] On Thursday, a Ottoman Turkish drone targeted a village near Tel Tamer town, in north of Hasakah city, northeastern Syria.
A source reported to North Press that "the attack targeted Tel al-Laban village, west of Tel Tamer town."
The Internal Security Forces (Asayish) has not yet made any official comment on the incident.
On Thursday, a Ottoman Turkish drone struck a vehicle near the Ali Faro intersection, nearly 10 km west of Qamishli city, northeastern Syria, killing four fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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[NPASyria] On Tuesday, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS) handed over three imported muscle who were tossed into the calaboose in HTS’ prisons to Ottoman Turkish intelligence through the Bab al-Hawa crossing border, northern Idlib.
A source informed North Press that HTS handed over three detainees — Abu Hafs al-Baljiki, Abu Fatima al-Faransi, and Abu Jaafar al-Magharbi — to the Ottoman Turkish intelligence after spending two years in HTS’ prisons on charges of espionage.
The source added that the handover was done under the supervision of Abu Maria al-Qahtani, the head of HTS’ General Security Apparatus. However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... there is no further information regarding the fate of the detainees after their handover to Ottoman Turkish authorities.
HTS continues to hand over imported muscle to Ottoman Turkish intelligence. In August alone, the group handed over six foreign detainees to the Ottoman Turkish side, according to the same source.
[Rudaw] At least 10 soldiers of the Syrian army were killed in an overnight attack by 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) bully boyz in Raqqa province, northeast of the country, a war monitor reported on Tuesday.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that the attack also resulted in six soldiers maimed, projecting the corpse count to increase in the coming hours due to the severity of some of the injuries.
The bully boyz reportedly seized control over the targeted locations for a few hours, before setting them on fire and withdrawing from the area.
At least 165 Syrian soldiers, 157 civilians, 37 pro-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... militia members, and 20 ISIS fighters have been killed in festivities in the Syrian desert since the start of year, according to data from SOHR.
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[IsraelTimes] Local media says the fate of 11 detained journalists, including news hounds who covered Mahsa Amini’s death, ’is still unknown’
Iranian authorities have questioned or arrested over 90 journalists since nationwide protests rocked the Islamic Theocratic Republic last year, local media reported Tuesday.
Mass demonstrations erupted in September 2022 following the death in jug of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurd Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for allegedly breaching the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s strict dress code for women.
Hundreds of people including security forces were killed and thousands arrested over their participation in what the authorities have described as "riots" fomented by the West.
"More than 90 journalists have been arrested or summoned over the past 10 months in different cities" across the country, according to the reformist Shargh daily, quoting a report by a local committee that supports detained journalists.
Most have been released on bail or granted amnesty, but the fate of 11 journalists, including six detained and five others awaiting verdicts, "is still unknown," said the report published on Iran’s National Journalists’ Day, celebrated on August 8.
Among the detained journalists are Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who covered Amini’s death and have been detained since September.
The pair are being tried separately behind closed doors in Tehran and were charged in November with propaganda against the state and conspiring against national security.
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...... the personification of Somali state failure...
...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 
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
...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 
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang 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 
