The Afghan United Front was founded by former Afghan National Army (ANA) special forces Lieutenant General Sami Sadat after he arrived in America and settled in Virginia in 2023 after the NRF rejected him as a competitive power center or something. He originally worked on advocacy and information in the U.S., just beginning the military campaign this month.
The AUF began its military campaign against the Taliban government in August 2026, around the fifth anniversary of the Taliban returning to power, under 'Operation Muharib'.[3]
On 1 August 2026, Sadat claimed the AUF's first attack in Kandahar which killed two Taliban fighters. A second attack occurred in Lashkar Gah, Helmand.[2][3]
On August 2, it claims to have killed in Badghis Province two Taliban members it claims were involved in torturing former Afghan security force personnel, and whilst carrying out an attack in Ghor Province in retaliation for the death of a woman who was a former Afghan National Police officer.
On August 3, it claims an attack on a police centre in Kandahar that killed two Taliban guards in retaliation of torture.
On August 4, it claims to have killed a member of the Taliban's intelligence centre in the Qaysar district of Faryab Province.
On August 6, it claims two separate attacks again in Kandahar Province that killed Taliban intelligence officers in Spin Boldak and Kandahar City.[2]
On August 26, AUF fighters targeted a Taliban checkpoint at Daman district, Kandahar.[13]
[GaroweOnline] Heavy fighting
... as opposed to the more usual name-calling or slapsy... erupted Sunday in the Basra area of Middle Shabelle region, about 30 to 35 kilometres from Mogadishu, between Somali government forces and al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... holy warriors.
The festivities entered their sixth consecutive day, with both sides using heavy weapons, residents said. Sustained gunfire and explosions were heard in areas around the battlefield as fighting continued.
The number of casualties remained unclear, with access to the area restricted and the fighting still ongoing. The situation of civilians living near the conflict zone was also a concern.
Somali government and local forces have stepped up operations against al-Shabaab in recent weeks, particularly in Middle and Lower Shabelle. The operations are aimed at driving the Death Eaters from areas where they maintain a presence and disrupting their ability to launch attacks.
The operations have also involved Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) and Danab special forces, which have carried out planned and intelligence-led missions in central and southern Somalia. The government has reported holy warrior deaths in recent operations in Lower Shabelle, Hiiraan, Middle Shabelle and Bay regions.
#Yemen 🇾🇪: Ansar Allah (#Houthis) struck numerous positions and vehicles belonging to Saudi-backed Forces with Drones.
Fighters used Hexacopter “Rajum” Drones; seemingly armed with various mortar bombs including possible Iranian M48 HE Bombs and Improvised Bombs. pic.twitter.com/EvKO8oqHWj
[IsraelTimes] Military says terror group commander killed in Deir al-Balah; local officials say three-year-old among dead; another attack targets commander hiding adjacent to hospital
The Israel Defense Forces announced Sunday that a series of attacks over the weekend killed several of the terror group’s fighters, including one in a strike in central 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 a rusty iron fist by Hamas with 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... The Sunday strike in Deir al-Balah killed Hassam Osama Hussein Nasir, who the military said was advancing attacks on troops and Israeli civilians. Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... did not immediately comment on the military’s allegation.
Gaza health officials, who operate under the terror group, said that in addition to Nasir, the strike killed a three-year-old boy, Tayyem Hamdan, and maimed several others.
The IDF said it took steps to minimize harm to civilians in the strike. It justified the attack amid an ongoing ceasefire by saying it was carried out because the Hamas operative "posed an immediate threat."
The military cited the same terms regarding other strikes it carried out on Saturday, which also killed turbans who participated in the October 7, 2023, onslaught.
It announced that a strike in northern Gaza’s Jabalia killed Abd al-Fatah Abu al-Eish, a Hamas Nukhba Force commander who invaded Israel on October 7.
The same strike also killed Raed Adel Mohammed Alyan, a Hamas operative, according to the military.
The IDF said both operatives had been advancing attacks on troops and civilians, as well as trying to restore Hamas capabilities, "all in violation of the ceasefire agreement."
The strike was carried out to "remove the threat," the military added.
Two other members of the Nukhba Force were killed in a second Saturday strike in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF said in a separate announcement.
The military said the strike in Khan Younis killed Yasser Abu al-Khair and Mohammed al-Din, both of whom, it claimed, had been advancing attacks on troops and Israeli civilians.
On Saturday, the IDF said that a Hamas commander who was planning attacks was killed in a strike in central Gaza.
The IDF said the commander was targeted in a strike in the Deir al-Balah area, while "hiding adjacent to Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital." The military said that it took steps to mitigate harm to civilians in the area.
"This is another example of Hamas’s cynical use of humanitarian infrastructure and Hamas’s systematic embedding within medical facilities to advance and carry out terror activity," the military said.
The IDF said the Hamas commander had recently been advancing attacks on troops and Israeli civilians, as well as acting to restore the capabilities of the terror group, "while systematically violating the ceasefire."
"The strike was carried out to remove the threat," the army added.
Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of embedding fighters in civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and medical facilities.
The hospital’s director, Raed Hussein, said that the facility "was targeted, with a small storage facility hit."
"Thankfully, there were no major casualties, apart from four minor injuries," he told AFP, but said the strike had "caused extensive material damage."
AFP footage from the scene showed several damaged water tanks on the roof of a building and debris down below.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that it was "appalled by reports of an Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... within the al-Aqsa Hospital compound," adding that "hospitals should be safe places for patients and healthcare workers."
"At a time when Israeli forces are routinely targeting hospitals, it is of utmost importance that all parties respect and preserve the neutrality and protection of medical facilities," it wrote on X.
Gaza’s civil defense agency, which operates as a rescue force under Hamas, said four people were killed in strikes across the territory on Saturday.
The military also announced that a Hamas commander and a sniper in the terror group were killed in a strike in the northern Gaza Strip the day before.
The Gaza war began on October 7, 2023, with the Hamas-led invasion of southern Israel that killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians.
An October 2025 US-backed ceasefire halted major fighting in the shattered territory, but it failed to end strikes by the Israeli military, which it said aimed to thwart attacks by Hamas and other Gaza terrorists. Gaza remains bisected into Israeli- and Hamas-controlled areas.
Hamas accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire and undermining efforts to implement a broader plan by US President Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... to end the Gaza conflict, which also includes Israeli withdrawals and Hamas disarmament. However,
a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... the terror group has refused to completely give up its weapons or disarm at all until Israel withdraws.
More than 1,300 Paleostinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect last October, according to Gazook health officials, while the Israeli military says four Israeli soldiers have been killed.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has attacked US bases in Jordan after US forces bombed two rocket launchers on Iran's Larak Island. Iran Media calls it a 'massive retaliatory' strike - Iran Watcher thinks this means that the US hit on Larak must have done a lot of damage
Jordan's armed forces say they intercepted eight missiles that entered Jordan's airspace on Monday, state TV reported.
The IRGC says the US attack on Larak Island killed and wounded several Iranian fighters and civilians, according to Iran's state broadcaster IRIB.
In a written statement, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has urged Muslim heads of state to "recognise (sic) their real enemy, understand its plans and confront it".
HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, A LOOK AT SOME OF THE MAIN DEVELOPMENTS:
The US has attacked Iran for the first time in a month, saying it targeted rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) promised retaliation, saying the US strike killed and wounded Iranian fighters and civilians. IRGC spokesperson Sardar Mohebi accused the US of making “a strategic and fatal mistake”.
The IRGC then said it launched ballistic missiles at two bases in Jordan, King Hussein and Al Azraq, hosting US forces.
Jordan’s military said it intercepted eight missiles that had breached its airspace.
Hundreds of settlers under the protection of Israeli soldiers stormed Islamic sites in the occupied West Bank village of Awarta, as settler attacks against Palestinians continue in the territory.
Iraq wants to act as “a bridge” for Washington and Tehran to reach an agreement that guarantees the right of the entire region, the Iraqi prime minister’s security adviser, Qassim al-Araji, told Al Jazeera.
The central banks of Egypt and the UAE say they will work together to ensure that Banque Misr can maintain “business as usual” after the US imposed Iran-related sanctions on the Egyptian bank’s Emirati branches.
Regnum’s report, courtesy of badanov:
Repeated explosions rocked the Iranian island of Lark Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
Repeated explosions rocked Iran's Lark Island in the Strait of Hormuz on the night of August 31, Press TV reported
"Reports of new explosions on Lark Island in southern Iran," the publication said.
Lark is located in the northern Strait of Hormuz. Iranian authorities have long claimed the island as part of the country's sovereign territory and a defensive line for the Persian Gulf.
Late in the evening of August 30, the United States attacked the Iranian island of Lark in Hormozgan Province. Two people were killed and two more were injured.
The US struck two missile launchers on the island. Iran allegedly intended to use them to launch missiles carrying naval mines into the Strait of Hormuz. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) assured that Iran would retaliate for the US strikes on Lark Island.
Skidmark gives us the Daily Mail, which has some photos here, adding:
US forces made their first strikes at Iran in over a month Sunday, firing at two rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran responding by attacking American forces in Jordan.
The fresh fury erupts after forces with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were seen preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the strait, Central Command spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins confirmed to The Daily Mail.
'US forces are monitoring the area closely and remain prepared to protect the free flow of commerce through this essential waterway,' Hawkins said.
The US military last week completed clearing sea mines from the strait's international shipping routes, he added. Iranian news outlets reported sounds of explosions near Larak Island on the strait.
The IRGC in a statement carried by Iran's state broadcaster noted 'the martyrdom and injury of several of our fighters and compatriots.'
The statement said the attack will 'result in punishment of the aggressor.'
Shortly following the US strikes, Fox News reported that Iranian forces were attacking American troops stationed in Jordan.
Almost all of the incoming missiles have been intercepted and there have been no significant impacts, Fox said.
Trump has consistently emphasized that the US and Israel campaign has been devastating for Iran´s navy and air force. Iranian officials have said the country has suffered $270 billion in direct and indirect damage.
Trump has repeatedly declared that the 'Strait of Hormuz is open,' saying 24 vessels passed through last week. But that´s a fraction of the roughly 130 vessels that passed through the vital waterway daily before the war began.
Earlier on Sunday, a multinational coalition overseen by the US Navy said commercial traffic through the strait remained at 'reduced levels.'
And a monitoring agency run by the British military said an unknown projectile struck a tanker ship on Saturday north of Khasab, Oman, in the strait.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization said the ship had been moving inbound and no casualties or environmental impact had been reported.
It cited unspecified military authorities. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The last time the US military confirmed targeting Iran was on July 29, when it announced a "heavy wave of strikes" on dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets including coastal surveillance and defense sites.
On August 1, Trump said he would order the military to hold off on new strikes at the urging of Gulf allies Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
[North Press] Israeli forces carried out a ground incursion into the northern Quneitra countryside on Sunday evening, while artillery shelling targeted areas in the southern countryside.
A North Press correspondent in Quneitra reported that an Israeli force of two tanks entered an area near a United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) position at Tal al-Hawa, south of Jabata al-Khashab, and began extensive land clearing operations.
Another dismounted Israeli force, accompanied by several military vehicles, moved between the villages of al-Ajraf and Eastern Samadaniyah, setting up a checkpoint at the main entrances and searching passersby and vehicles before withdrawing. No arrests were reported.
Meanwhile, Israeli artillery shelled the vicinity of Tal Ahmar, east of Ain al-Abd and al-Asbah villages in southern Quneitra, with at least two rounds, sparking a fire in nearby agricultural land. Residents extinguished the fire, with no injuries reported.
[Rudaw] Iranian intelligence officers raided the family home of a Kurdish environmental activist from Marivan in Iran’s western Kurdish-majority province, arrested him without a warrant, and abducted him to an unknown location, amid a series of sweeping arbitrary arrests in recent weeks to incite fear in the public.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence officers on August 20, raided the family home of Hadi Roboseh, a Kurdish environmental activist from Marivan, and arrested him, according to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network KHRN, which reported the incident on Saturday.
Despite the efforts and follow-up by Roboseh’s family regarding his whereabouts, condition and the cause and place of his arrest, no judicial or security institution has been willing to respond or provide any information or explanation, according to the rights group.
Arbitrary detentions have long been used as a tool by Iranian authorities to quell public protests and suppress dissent since the Islamic Revolution’s founding, under the guise of counterterrorism.
Authorities frequently target those suspected of being dissidents, including cultural activists, language teachers, artists, journalists and community activists, who are prone to arbitrary arrests without trials, subject to torture to extract forced confessions, and at its worst - extrajudicial killings.
[North Press] Syria’s Internal Security said on Sunday that it killed Firas Abdulkarim Hammoud, known as “al-Khal,” during an armed clash in Tartous governorate.
The Internal Security Command said the operation was carried out in cooperation with the Counter-Terrorism Administration in Tartous governorate.
According to the command, Hammoud opened fire on security personnel three days earlier as they attempted to arrest him. During a subsequent operation targeting his hideout, he again opened fire and engaged the security force, prompting officers to respond and “neutralize” him.
The command said security records showed that Hammoud had served as commander of the Special Forces of the so-called 25th Division under the former Syrian government.
It added that after the battles that led to the fall of the former government, he was known by the alias “Fajr 3” and had reportedly acted on behalf of Ghayath Dala in commanding groups affiliated with the former government and wanted individuals along the coast.
The operation followed the monitoring of Hammoud’s movements between several areas and the identification of his hideout, the command 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.
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
... the personification of Somali state failure...
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
