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India-Pakistan

Bannu attackers identified

2025-03-12

[GEO.TV] Separately, investigation sources have said that two terrorists, out of the 16 who attacked the Bannu Cantonment on March 4, have been identified as Abdul Hadi alias Hamas
Hamas

..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
Mohajir and Shamsullah.

Both the snuffies hail from Afghanistan's eastern Paktika
...which coincidentally borders North Wazoo and Kurram Agency...
province, the sources said, adding that details were being gathered about other terrorists.

They also said the incident involved security forces' successful thwarting of a cowardly terrorist attack on Bannu Cantonment in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, killing all 16 snuffies who attempted to intrude into the facility.

The attackers, in their desperation, rammed two explosive-laden vehicles into the perimeter wall.

However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
in the exchange of fire, five soldiers were martyred. Meanwhile,
...back at the cheese factory, all the pieces finally fell together in Fluffy's mind...
multiple suicide kaboom

s resulted in the partial collapse of the perimeter wall, causing damage to the adjacent infrastructure.

Tragically, a mosque and a civilian residential building in close proximity also suffered severe destruction, leading to the martyrdom of thirteen civilians and injuries to 32

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Afghanistan

Motorbike bombing shakes Afghanistan’s Maimana city

2023-02-09

[KhaamaPress] A cycle of violence

bomb went kaboom! near a mosque in Maimana city, Faryab provinces of Afghanistan, according to local people.

The explosion took place on Wednesday close to the Imam Abu Hanifa Mosque in Miamana capital city of Faryab in northern Afghanistan that at least six people, including three Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
members, were maimed in the earth-shattering kaboom, said local people.

Could be ISIS — they like blowing up mosques, whereas Northern Alliance and other rebel groups generally go after soldiers in duty to advance their civil war...

So far, no one has grabbed credit for the earth-shattering kaboom. However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
the security situation in Afghanistan has tanked over the past couple of months, causing further challenges for the interim government in Kabul.

Since August 2021, gangs linked to 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....
of Khorasan Province-Afghan branch gained power and carried out bombings, targeting civilian citizens, Taliban officials, ethnic minorities, and foreign nations.

A hint that the Khaama Press reporter thinks ISIS-K dunnit.

Despite the ruling regime’s tremendous efforts, security in Afghanistan is still a major concern. Target killings, explosions, and suicide kabooms routinely happen in Kabul and other cities.

Ariana News adds:

Shamsullah Mohammadi, head of information and culture of Faryab, says that an explosion took place at around 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, near the entrance gate of the Imam Abu Hanifa Mosque in the 3rd district of Maimana city.

According to Mohammadi no casualties were reported.

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Afghanistan

Taliban Official Assassinated in Northern Afghanistan

2022-10-10

[KhaamaPress] The Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
Head of Economy for the northern Afghan province of Faryab, Abdul Rahman Munawar, was assassinated by unknown gunnies, local sources said.

According to local sources, unknown gunnies assassinated the Taliban official, Abdul Rahman Munawar, on Saturday, October 8, when he was on his way to his house.

The Taliban Head of Information and Culture for Faryab province, Shamsullah Mohammad, confirmed the veracity of the liquidation and said that the incident took place in a village in the Qaisar district of Faryab.

"Abdul Rahman Munawar, the head of economic affairs of the Taliban in this province, was killed by unknown gunnies while he was on his way home," Mohammadi told the media.

The Taliban information and culture official added that while the liquidation’s perpetrators were successful in escaping the scene, Taliban forces are still looking for them and that an investigation is ongoing.

The Taliban forces are actively looking for the two unidentified gunnies who killed Abdul Rahman Munawar.

Security officials for the Taliban have stated that they do not yet understand the motivation behind the murder and that no individual, group, or organization has grabbed credit as of yet.

This follows the Taliban’s assertions that they have established and upheld security in Afghanistan. However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
since the group seized power last year, the crime rate has increased, and even Taliban officials are not immune from becoming a victim.

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Afghanistan

Taliban Red Unit Commander Killed in North Clashes

2020-10-07

[KhaamaPress] A commander of the Taliban’s Red Unit

...in Pashto “Sara Kheta‎”, they’re the Taliban’s special forces/rapid deployment commando unit, also known as Red Group, Blood Unit, Danger Group, or Taliban Special Forces Unit. They first saw major action in Sangin, Helmand in 2016, then played a part in the defeat of ISIS two years later in Darzab, Jowzjan. They draw their fighters from the Pakistani madrassahs, get all the cool toys plus cycles of violence, and are supposed to be especially good at night fighting, with the caveat that they go through Number Ones fairly quickly...

was killed during festivities with Afghan Security Forces in Badakhshan province, local authorities confirmed.

Sanaullah Rohani, front man for the Badakhshan police, said the armed government opposition Sunday night attacked Jorm district of Badakhshan province, surrounding the area. But suffered heavy retaliation by Afghan forces.

According to Rohani, the festivities started at around 5 p.m. Sunday and lasted until 11 p.m., warding off at least three of separate attacks.

"As a result of the festivities, Qari Saber, a commander to Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
’s Red Unit in Badakhshan, including his three guards, are killed," Rohani said. "Qari Shamsullah, a group leader of the Taliban, including four of his members, were maimed, making them retreat."

Meanwhile,
...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin...
at least one Afghan forces maimed during the battle.

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Afghanistan

Taliban kills two MOI officials in Jurm district of Badakhshan

2019-11-15

[KhaamaPress] Two MOI officials were killed by Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
in Jurm district of Badakhshan province on Tuesday, officials confirmed.

Sanaullah Rohani, spokesperson for Badakhshan police department told Khaama Press that a group of 8 MOI personnel were on annual holiday to visit their families in Iskan village of Jurm district last week, after which Taliban ambushed the village on Tuesday.

Armed Talibs caught 27 years old Sebghatullah Samim and 28 years old Waisullah Hamidi from their homes at 20:00hrs on the evening of November 12th and shot them to dead in front of the eyes of villagers, Rohani said.

The other six security officials have successfully flew from the village, Rohani added.

An eye witness who did not want to be named in this report told Khaama Press that a group of Talibs attached the village on Tuesday evening and entered the premises of Sebghatullah and Waisullah from to roof entrances and took both out of their homes.

The families of victims and villagers swore the gunnies to Koran and tried to convince them to release the young men, but the gunnies did not care and shot them to dead, eye witness said.

Another villager speaking at anonymity said that the armed gunnies belonged to Qari Shamsullah, one of the commanders of Taliban.

Qari Shamsullah was injured in a battle with the Afghan cops few years back and he was taken to a military hospital for treatment by an MP and some members of the provincial council of Badakshan, the villager claimed.

This comes as Taliban conquered Iskan village in Jurm district of Badakhshan province in late 2013 and they were recently defeated back from this village.

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Afghanistan

New ANA offensive to begin in Kandahar

2017-09-04

Kandahar police chief general Abdul Raziq on Sunday said that the Afghan security forces are planning to conduct a joint military operation with foreign forces against the Taliban in the southern province.

Reports indicate that Kandahar’s Maiwand and Ghorak districts which have a common border with Sangeen and Nahr-e-Saraj districts in Helmand province have been under higher security threats.

Insurgents threaten the security of Kandahar from Helmand’s Nahr-e-Saraj and Sangeen districts, said Raziq.

“There is a problem in this region, we have jointly worked and made plans and the operations will be very lengthy, I assure the people of Helmand and Kandahar we will clear these areas of the insurgents,” he said during a visit to Maiwand.

Meanwhile a number of residents in Maiwand have said that the Taliban and drug smugglers are threatening security of Maiwand from Helmand’s volatile regions to make their way to other parts of Kandahar.

“Enemy forces are present in an area between Helmand and Kandahar, but we want to move on this direction, security forces are also coming from Helmand,” said Afghan police officer Shamsullah.

“We will fight with the Taliban,” said another officer Noor Mohammad.

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Afghanistan

50+ al-Qaeda, ISIS troops die in Jawzjan

2017-06-25

Over fifty insurgents belonging to the Taliban group and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan were killed during the operations in northern Jawzjan province, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Friday.

MoD deputy spokesman Gen. Mohammad Radmanish said the operations were conducted in the vicinities of Darzab district during the past several days.

He said at least forty militants affiliated with the ISIS terrorist group were killed and around ten others were wounded.

Gen. Radmanish further added that several commanders of the terror group were also wounded during the operations.

According to Gen. Radmanish, at least eleven Taliban insurgents including their main commander for Jawzjan were also killed during the operations.

He said the Taliban commander killed during the operation has been identified as Shamsullah.

The Taliban insurgents and ISIS loyalists have not commented regarding the report so far.

Jawzjan is among the relatively volatile provinces in north of Afghanistan where the Taliban insurgents and ISIS loyalists are actively operating in a number of its districts and often carry out insurgency activities.

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Afghanistan

Two ANA Bases Under One-Month Taliban Siege In Baghlan

2017-03-13

[Tolo News] Two big bases of Afghan National Army (ANA) in Baghlan-e-Markazi district have been under Taliban siege for nearly one month, but still no force has come to help the surrounded soldiers, a member of the Baghlan Provincial Council said on Sunday.

Council members say the Taliban have besieged the bases for three weeks. ANA operations could not break the siege and the soldiers inside the bases are suffering difficult days and nights.

"Mangalha and Alavuddin military bases have been surrounded by Taliban for one month. Taliban have warned the people living in the villages near to the bases to evacuate the area. According to our contact with the ANA soldiers, they are in a very difficult situation," said Mohammad Zarif Zarif, member of the council.

Villagers say the Taliban have closed all the roads and their houses have been destroyed in fights between Taliban and security forces.

"There has been three weeks of ongoing war in our village. All the houses have been destroyed, animals have died inside stables and people cannot work on the fields. Security forces cannot advance even one step," said Arbab Shamsullah, tribal elder.

"Taliban have closed all the roads. They even do not let us to bring food inside the village, because they say that we take the food to the soldiers. People are facing numerous challenges," said Haji Abdul Hamid, resident of Baghlan-e-Markazi district.

Residents of Baghlan province urged government to put an end to the current fighting.

"We urge the government to finish the war in our region. They should defeat Taliban if they can, otherwise, the security forces should remove their bases from our region. People have lost what they had," said Taza Mir, resident of Mangal village of Baghlan-e-Markazi district.

TOLOnews tried to get Baghlan local government comment in this regard, but failed to do so.

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Afghanistan

Residents Say Kunduz City Still 'Insecure'

2015-12-16

Almost three months after the collapse of Kunduz city to the Taliban, and the subsequent clearing operation, residents say insurgents are still active in some parts of the city.

This ongoing conflict and insecurity has residents worried. So much so, many have chosen not to rebuild their damaged homes.

One resident, Ahmad Jawed said: "The government does not want to clear the city completely [of insurgents]. If government wanted to they could but they do not want to. During the day government is out but at night it's the Taliban and now people do not trust [the situation] and people do not want to invest in Kunduz city."

Shamsullah, another resident said: "People are not sure about the security in the bazaar and they do not want to invest. Most of the investors have left the city - even the banks are closed and not accepting electricity bills - and people are worried the city might collapse again."

A number of shopkeepers in the city said meanwhile that after the collapse of the city to the Taliban investors are no longer interested in doing business there.

"In the city area, Taliban still exist and people are investing less after its collapse. People are leaving and there are no jobs in Kunduz," said Mirza Mohammad a city shopkeeper.

"After the collapse of Kunduz people are not investing in the city because they think the city will collapse again. Just one kilometer out of Kunduz city is where the Taliban is. There are no jobs and offices are closed," said Mohammad Haron another shopkeeper.

Meanwhile Kunduz's acting-governor said that it is the people's right to worry about the situation but if government plans are implemented properly the security situation will improve.

"Yet adverse effects of war exist and the recapture of Kunduz city was not easy and as long as people do not relive [the situation] mentally and emotionally and as long we do not provide security to the city again people cannot live with it. We assure the people that with the implementation of government plans the situation will improve," said Hamidullah Danishi Kunduz acting-governor.

Meanwhile, Kunduz police said that residents should not worry.

"We call upon all our people and businessmen to assess the situation. All routes are open and they can start work. We invite them to tell us about their problems so we can solve them," said Shir Aziz Kamawal the Afghan National Army commander for Zone 808 Spinzar.

Click link for a video report

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Afghanistan

Suicide attack foiled in Kabul city, teenage bomber arrested

2014-12-30

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A teenage suicide bomber was arrested by the Afghan security forces before he manage to carry out an attack in Kabul city.

The Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Monday that the detained bomber was identified as Shamsullah.

A statement by NDS said the 18-year-old suicide bomber was arrested along with two others who were accompanying him. He is originally a resident of Tala Barfak district of northern Baghlan province.

The statement further added that the detained suicide bomber has confessed that he was trained in Haqanya Akori Khatak religious school in Peshawar city of Pakistan last year.

Shasmullah has also confessed that he was deployed to Kabul city after receiving suicide attack training. His two companions were identified as Farahuddin and Ghulam Farooq.

According to NDS, the bomber along with two other suspects were detained from the 17th police district of Kabul city.

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Afghanistan

Eight Prisoners on Death Row Hanged on Tuesday

2012-11-21

[Tolo News] Eight people were executed by hanging on Tuesday after President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtun face on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use...
recently approved 16 people to receive the death penalty for their crimes, according to a source close to the Attorney General's office.

Head of the Presidential Justice Board on Tuesday said the 16 people were found guilty of crimes including rape, murder, kidnapping, and betraying national security.

Nasrullah Stanikzai said that among those to receive the death penalty is a man who choked a child to death using a shoelace after he had raped the child and a father who killed his children.

"According to the decision of all courts -- (primary court, appeal court, and the high court) -- of Afghanistan, 16 men were sentenced to the highest punishment or execution. According to the president's order, the execution will be enforced," Stanikzai said.

Stanikzai said the Justice Board had reviewed each case individually and the approval was issued with caution.

"Besides all the courts that issued the sentence, the responsible commission at the government level has reviewed the matter as well. After comprehensive and complete information received by the president and by the justice board of the president's office at the end [it was approved]," he said.

A source close to the Attorney General's office, who declined to be named, told TOLOnews eight people have already been executed.

Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) supported the move saying the death penalty serves as an effective way to deter potential criminals in the future.

"Enforcing fair punishment in a society has a corrective aspect and has a positive effect in reducing crime," said AIHRC regional director for central Afghanistan Shamsullah Ahmadzai.

However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
there are some concerns that the sentence will not be carried out because of corruption in the justice bodies.

The well-known escape of Taimoor Shah, sentenced to death earlier this year for kidnapping Italian journalist Clementina Cantoni among other crimes, has raised much criticism against the prison system. His disappearance from top security Pul-e Charkhi prison on the night before his execution led many to question the ability of the judicial organs to protect Afghans.

It is said that more than 200 prisoners out of 2,000 at Pul-e Charkhi prison are awaiting their death sentence, based on pronouncements from the Attorney General.

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Afghanistan

Govt Has Failed to Bring Human Rights Violators to Justice: AIHRC

2011-01-02

[Tolo News] Afghan government failed to bring human rights
... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you...
violators to justice, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said on Saturday.

Yes, well, it's a lot harder to arrest miscreants when they have their own private army.

The comments were made by a top official in AIHRC during the 17th anniversary of Shurai Hamahangi (coordination council) formation which was then led by Sebghatullah Mujaddadi.

After the formation of coordination council, civil wars intensified in the capital Kabul in which thousands of people bit the dust and many others were maimed.

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's
... who used to be known as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil...
Hezb-e- Islami, General Abdul Rashid Dostum's Junbish, and Abdul Ali Mazari's Wahdat party were members of the council.

Today the former involved sides in the fightings in Kabul make paradoxical comments.

"I think and I believe that all those who stood against the legitimate Islamic government should be accountable for all devastations and fightings," Waqef Hakimi, the front man for Jamiat-e-Islami party, said.

"One and half years after Mujaheddin government was made, fightings erupted and some specific groups had taken part in it, so we can put the blame for all killings on the coordination council," said a member of Wahdat-e-Islami's political committee.

But AIHCR urged the Afghan government to sue those involved in the fightings in Kabul.

"Government hasn't acted on its commitments to apply justice on involved sides in the war," Shamsullah Ahmadzai, Head of AIHRC regional office, told TOLOnews.

The war in Kabul lasted for one year and it claimed lives of around 50,000 civilians and 70 percent of Kabul city was turned into ruins, said AIHRC.

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