[ToloNews] The Ministry of Defense of the Islamic Emirate has announced that its air force carried out Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s last night against several ISIS-affiliated centers in various areas of 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... and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
According to the ministry, the facilities were being used to plan and organize attacks against Afghanistan and were targeted in the areas of Gulistan, Shakar Ab, and Qambar Khel.
The ministry added that the pre-designated targets were successfully struck.
In a statement, the Ministry of Defense of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said: "These strikes were carried out in the Gulistan area of Qila Abdullah district, as well as in the Shakar Ab area of Jangalgardi in Chaghi district of Balochistan, resulting in the targeting of joint centers used by corrupt elements and ISIS members."
The ministry also stressed that Afghanistan will not tolerate any threat to its security and stability and will use all available capacities to neutralize and eliminate such threats.
A number of analysts believe that the presence of Death Eater groups across the hypothetical Durand Line remains one of the region’s major security challenges, and that eliminating this threat requires coordinated action and intelligence-sharing among regional countries.
Hadi Quraishi, a military analyst, said: "We ask the countries of the region, especially Afghanistan’s immediate neighbors, to cooperate with the current government in ensuring Afghanistan’s security so that both they and Afghanistan can be freed from this threat."
Akhtar Mohammad Rasikh, a political analyst, stated: "Pakistain has repeatedly violated Afghanistan’s airspace, and security threats to Afghanistan have originated from its territory. From our perspective, the Islamic Emirate’s Ministry of Defense’s action against threat-generating centers is noteworthy."
While Pakistain has consistently denied any support for ISIS, the continued presence and activities of members of the group across the hypothetical Durand Line have fueled further doubts and criticism regarding Islamabad’s stance toward ISIS.
The RSF is setting conditions for an offensive on the SAF–controlled city of el Obeid in North Kordofan, which is a major operational objective for both sides, as it is key to control of central Sudan and breaking the current stalemate.
The RSF is setting conditions for an offensive on the SAF–controlled city of el Obeid in North Kordofan, which is a major operational objective for both sides, as it is key to control of central Sudan and breaking the current stalemate.
Emirati support received through neighboring countries continues to enable the RSF's war effort
According to unofficial IS accounts, the coordinated attacks against Nigerien forces in Bani Bangou, Tassia and Inates on June 17 resulted in the death of 150+ soldiers and militiamen and the looting of massive amounts of weapons, vehicles and ammunition from the bases, no… https://t.co/3Gi2WhoPQl
According to unofficial IS accounts, the coordinated attacks against Nigerien forces in Bani Bangou, Tassia and Inates on June 17 resulted in the death of 150+ soldiers and militiamen and the looting of massive amounts of weapons, vehicles and ammunition from the bases, no official toll has been released so far from either the Nigerien authorities or IS-Sahel.
🇨🇩 #Congo: ISCAP (ISIS in Central Africa) has raided several Christian villages in Beni, North Kivu, as well as attacking positions of the Congolese Army recently. An ISIS militant can be seen posing next to a burning army barracks.
🇨🇩 #Congo: ISCAP (ISIS in Central Africa) has raided several Christian villages in Beni, North Kivu, as well as attacking positions of the Congolese Army recently. An ISIS militant can be seen posing next to a burning army barracks.
[IsraelTimes] Australian police say they’re working with international partners in ongoing investigation, including to determine if three arsonists knew who ordered attack on house of worship
Police charged a third suspect on Friday with an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue that was allegedly directed by Iran.
The 20-year-old man was one of three masked offenders who broke into the Adass Israel Synagogue, doused the interior with flammable liquid, then set it alight in the early hours of December 6, 2024, a police statement alleged.
The fire caused extensive damage to the synagogue and a worshiper sustained minor injuries.
The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team, which brings together federal and state police with a spy agency, charged the man, who has not been named, with offenses including arson.
He was charged in a Melbourne jail where he was already being held in jug on unrelated offenses. Police declined to elaborate on those offenses.
His co-accused Giovanni Laulu, 21, was arrested in July last year and another suspect, Younes Ali Younes, 20, was arrested a month later.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last year accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guard of directing the synagogue fire and an arson attack two months earlier at a Sydney kosher eatery, Lewis’ Continental Kitchen.
Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation’s main domestic spy agency, said the Revolutionary Guard used a "complex web of proxies to hide its involvement" in both antisemitic attacks.
Iran’s ambassador to Australia and another three Iranian diplomats were expelled. Tehran has denied Australia’s allegations.
Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Peter Crozier told news hounds on Friday that Sherlocks were working with international partners in the continuing investigation. Police were also investigating whether the three alleged arsonists knew who ordered the attack.
"They may not actually be aware of the people who are directing or the principals of these investigations. That remains a key line of inquiry for us," Crozier said.
Victoria Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Paul O’Halloran said police had informed the local Jewish community of the third arrest before the news was made public.
"Our heart goes out to them. Again, this brings back this terrible incident," O’Halloran said. "People deserve the right to feel safe and be safe in their community and particularly at their place of worship. Today’s charges are a strong testament to this."
The latest suspect will make his first court appearance on the new charges next week.
The Australian government has established a public inquiry to investigate a rise in antisemitism across the country, including the killing of 15 people when two button men opened fire on a Sydney Hanukkah celebration in December at Bondi Beach.
#Lebanon#STIREP | Residents who had returned to parts of the Nabatieh basin over the past three days following a period of relative de-escalation were forced to flee once again on Friday as hostilities resumed. Local communities that had briefly experienced around 24 hours of… https://t.co/oqw5N1uM8dpic.twitter.com/MsgILYIrsl
#Lebanon #STIREP | Residents who had returned to parts of the Nabatieh basin over the past three days following a period of relative de-escalation were forced to flee once again on Friday as hostilities resumed. Local communities that had briefly experienced around 24 hours of calm were displaced anew amid renewed airstrikes and military activity across the area.
Lebanese President and Joseph Aoun condemned the ongoing IDF escalation in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, saying the widening attacks and continued killings and destruction represent a dangerous and unacceptable escalation.
Aoun said that dozens of innocent people, including women and children, have been affected and warned that the attacks are undermining all efforts aimed at maintaining the ceasefire and ending the war, especially following the recent developments between the United States and Iran.
Despite the escalation, Aoun stressed that Lebanon remains committed to achieving a comprehensive ceasefire as soon as possible. He said he had instructed the Lebanese negotiating delegation ahead of the upcoming talks in Washington to prioritize this objective, emphasizing that a full ceasefire is essential before addressing other issues, including an Israeli withdrawal, the deployment of the Lebanese Army, and the return of prisoners.
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WHICH IS IT? Either Israel is making it clear that it is not bound by the U.S.-Iran deal — or it is getting in its last licks before the pressure kicks in.
Lebanese and Arab media report large movements of residents fleeing southern Lebanon, heading north from the Tyre,… pic.twitter.com/bfWjUkRnV4
Either Israel is making it clear that it is not bound by the U.S.-Iran deal — or it is getting in its last licks before the pressure kicks in.
Lebanese and Arab media report large movements of residents fleeing southern Lebanon, heading north from the Tyre, Nabatieh, and Bint Jbeil districts toward Beirut and Sidon.
This follows extensive IDF strikes across Lebanon last night and this morning. Slightly stronger ending:
Either way, Israel is sending a clear message: Hezbollah does not get immunity because Washington and Tehran are talking.
Overnight, Hezbollah killed an Israeli Lt. Colonel, commander of Battalion 52, and 3 soldiers, in battles in the Ali Taher Ridge. Israel is seeking to capture this ridge due to the presence of major underground weapons storage, command & control & missile facility dug inside the… https://t.co/K4uzxUwwJD
Overnight, Hezbollah killed an Israeli Lt. Colonel, commander of Battalion 52, and 3 soldiers, in battles in the Ali Taher Ridge. Israel is seeking to capture this ridge due to the presence of major underground weapons storage, command & control & missile facility dug inside the mountain for over a decade.
While Hezbollah mostly avoided clashes with Israel forces as they advances across the south, withdrawing rather than engaging, Hezbollah has put up a serious defense of this facility.
IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said Hezbollah's latest attack on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, which killed four soldiers, underscores why the IDF continues to operate across the border.
…and explosive drones in recent weeks, describing the attacks as repeated violations of the ceasefire and evidence that the group remains intent on threatening Israel.
Earlier Friday, prior to the new truce, the IDF announced that four of its soldiers had been killed overnight after a suspected drone or anti-tank missile struck their tank in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Tebnit.
Israel responded by carrying out 150 strikes on what it said were Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon, with Netanyahu declaring in a statement that the IDF had killed dozens of Hezbollah holy warriors in those strikes.
The Lebanese health ministry later said that the Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s killed at least 47 people and maimed 97 others.
The dead included at least seven women and two children, it said, though the figures did not otherwise differentiate between civilians and combatants.pp
Since December 2024, Israeli operations have expanded beyond airstrikes to include ground incursions, raids, temporary checkpoints, detentions, and property destruction, particularly in southern Syria.
This map will be updated daily to document reported incidents and show the broader pattern behind repeated events that are often reported separately and quickly forgotten.
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.
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