Recent Appearances...

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Recent Appearances...

Afghanistan

Permitted terrorist organization (Permitted by Russia)

2025-07-05

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Russia has officially recognized the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Earlier, the Taliban was removed from the list of terrorist organizations.

Here’s hoping that doesn’t bite y’all really hard in the backside.
The Taliban have fulfilled most of Russia's wishes since 2021 ("they are cutting down the blacks", reducing poppy crops, and not interfering with Central Asia. Yes, women are still oppressed and their government is far from inclusive, but overall, they demonstrate adequacy and constructiveness. The Taliban committed their last terrorist attacks back in 2021 against the occupation forces and the puppet regime of Ashraf Ghani.

Unofficially, the Russian Federation has long recognized the Taliban and actively maintained contacts with them since 2021-2022, despite the fact that the Taliban were considered terrorists by us for several years after their victory. For several years now, Afghanistan has been receiving fuel and grain from Russia. It is expected that Russia's trade turnover with Afghanistan will expand.

The Taliban can be wished that they have more adequate factions at the helm and that they do not allow a new civil war in Afghanistan. And they continued to sell drugs.

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India-Pakistan

Security forces eliminate 30 terrorists trying to infiltrate through Pak-Afghan border: ISPR

2025-07-05

[GEO.TV] Security forces have eliminated at least 30 Indian-backed Lions of Islam trying to infiltrate through Pakistain-Afghanistan border
...also known as Pashtunistan, home of ignorance, poverty, and automatic weapons...
in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's North Wazoo district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday.

The military's media wing said the movement of a large group of "khwarij" (terrorists), belonging to the "Indian proxy Fitna-al-Khwarij", was detected near border area in Hassan Khel on the night of July 1-2 and July 2-3.

According to the ISPR, troops engaged the infiltrators and thwarted their attempt to infiltrate, with "precise and skillful engagement," resulting in all 30 Indian-sponsored Lions of Islam being "sent to hell". A significant quantity of weapons, ammunition and explosives was recovered from the neutralised terrorists.

"The security forces demonstrated exceptional professionalism, vigilance and preparedness, and prevented a potential catastrophe," the ISPR said.

The military's media wing asked the Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
rulers to check and prevent the use of Afghan soil by ''foreign proxies'' for orchestrating terrorist activities against Pakistain.

"The security forces of Pakistain remain resolute and unwavering in their commitment to defend the nation's frontiers and to eradicate the menace of Indian-sponsored terrorism from the country," it said.

The development came days after 13 Pakistain Army soldiers were martyred when an explosive-laden vehicle of the Indian-sponsored Lions of Islam rammed into security forces vehicle in North Waziristan district

The military's media wing on, in a statement on June 28, said that a vehicle-borne jacket wallah attempted to explode himself on a security forces convoy, which was intercepted by the leading group, foiling his nefarious design.

However,
the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything...
in their desperation, the ISPR had said the explosive-laden vehicle was rammed by the "Indian-sponsored kharjis" into one of the vehicles of the leading group.

Subsequently, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir vowed that all controllers, abettors, and perpetrators of terrorism will be relentlessly pursued and brought to justice without exception and at all costs.

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India-Pakistan

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has released videos showing an ambush and assault on the Pakistani Forces in the Khumrang area of Angoor Adda, South Waziristan

2025-07-04

[X]

Pashtun Fighters of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has released videos on its Telegram account showing an ambush and assault on the Pakistani Occupational Forces in the Khumrang area of Angoor Adda, South Waziristan, in which dozens of Pakistani soldiers were killed." pic.twitter.com/47xvGMcxdA
— Baba Banaras™ (@RealBababanaras) July 3, 2025

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India-Pakistan

Poliovirus detected in 18-month-old girl from KP

2025-06-28

[GEO.TV] Pakistain has reported its 13th polio
polio

...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...
case of 2025, after the Regional Reference Laboratory at the NIH confirmed the virus in an 18-month-old girl from Union Council Amakhel, District Tank in South Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

This is the seventh case from the province this year, raising renewed alarm over persistent virus circulation in high-risk areas.

So far, four cases have been reported from Sindh, and one each from Punjab
...1. Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2. A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3. A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots
....
and Gilgit-Baltistan.

The Regional Reference Laboratory at NIH Islamabad confirmed a case of wild poliovirus in a 33-month-old boy from KP's Bannu district on Sunday.

Last week, the Pakistain Polio Eradication Programme reported that poliovirus was detected in environmental samples taken from seven different districts in the country.

The programme said virus was found in environmental samples from Quetta, Gwadar, South Wazoo (lower) and South Waziristan (upper). Furthermore, environmental samples taken from Larkana, Rawalpindi and Mirpurkhas also contained poliovirus.

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-Land of the Free

Army Bringing In Big Tech Executives As Lieutenant Colonels

2025-06-22

[Task & Purpose via American Liberty] The Army is swearing in top tech executives from Meta, OpenAI and Palantir as senior officers to be part-time advisors.

By Patty Nieberg Task & Purpose

Four senior executives of tech giants like Meta and Palantir are being sworn into the Army Reserve as direct-commissioned officers at the unusually high rank of lieutenant colonel as part of a new program to recruit private-sector experts to speed up tech adoption.

The Army calls the program to recruit Silicon Valley executives Detachment 201: The Army’s Executive Innovation Corps. One of the executives, Andrew Bosworth of Meta (formerly Facebook) posted on X that the "201" monicker was a nod to an HTTP coding command, in which a "201" response indicates the creation of a new programming resource.

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India-Pakistan

Pak govt declares Baloch terror groups, organizations as ‘Fitna al Hindustan’

2025-06-07

See here for an example.

[PakExpressTribune] The new designation reflects “true nature and ideology” and “nefarious designs” backed by India, said notification

In a significant development, the federal government has officially designated all terrorist groups operating in 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...
as ’Fitna al Hindustan’, accusing India of sponsoring a proxy war through these outfits.

Like the Baloch Liberation Army, I imagine.

According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Interior on Saturday, the move stems from "the involvement of some organizations and groups in terrorist activities in Balochistan, which are detrimental to Islamic faith, the illusory sovereignty of Pakistain, and its customary traditions."

The notification further stated that the new designation is intended to reflect "the true nature and ideology" of these groups and their "nefarious designs" sponsored by India.

"All government entities are directed to start the above practice immediately," the notification said, underscoring a concerted effort to reframe the narrative around bad boy violence in the province.

The announcement came as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused India of escalating indirect aggression after what he described as its defeat in a recent security operation dubbed "Marka-e-Haq".

Accusing India of intensifying a proxy terrorism campaign in Pakistain, particularly in Balochistan, he said, "India, after suffering strategic setbacks, has resorted to indirect aggression". "But Pakistain will thwart all such nefarious designs and stand resolute against Fitna al Hindustan and its proxies."

A day earlier, Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir had also addressed the ongoing unrest in Balochistan, stating that bad boy groups there were not indigenous but rather acting on behalf of foreign interests.

"These faceless myrmidons are not Baloch. They are agents of disruption sponsored by India," the army chief said, reiterating the armed forces’ stance that separatist violence in the province is externally instigated.

The government’s decision to adopt a new label for Balochistan-based ~~bandidos~~ bad boys mirrors a similar move last year, when the Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
Pakistain (TTP) was officially designated "Fitna al-Khawarij".

At that time, the Ministry of Interior said the term "Khariji" was chosen to expose what it described as the TTP’s misrepresentation of Islam.

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India-Pakistan

Security forces neutralise 14 Indian-sponsored terrorists in North Waziristan IBO: ISPR

2025-06-05

[GEO.TV] As part of ongoing anti-terror efforts, security forces have neutralised 14 hard boyz in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's North Wazoo

Wazoo, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday.

As per the military's media wing, an operation was conducted in the general area Datta Khel of North Waziristan district upon the reported presence of hard boyz belonging to Indian proxy "Fitna al Khwarij", wherein the security forces effectively engaged the forces of Evil and bumped off 14 of them after an intense exchange of fire.

"Sanitisation operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored terrorist found in the area," the statement added.

Commending the security forces on successful operation, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the nefarious intentions of terrorists, and enemies of humanity will be crushed.

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International-UN-NGOs

Pakistan elected vice chair of UNSC's Counter-Terrorism Committee

2025-06-05

[GEO.TV] In a significant diplomatic victory, Pakistain has been named vice-chair of the United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
Security Council's (UNSC) Counter-Terrorism Committee, tasked with overseeing implementation of resolution 1373 (2001) concerning international anti-terror efforts, according to an official statement issued by Pakistain's mission to UN on Wednesday.

Islamabad has played an active role in promoting the principles and purposes of the UN Charter and made significant contributions to international peace and security, including its role as one of the leading troop-contributing countries to UN peacekeeping missions across the world. It was elected to the UN Security Council in June 2024 and replaced Japan in the Asian seat.

Pakistain had been one of the worst victims of terrorism for over two decades as the country loss more than 80,000 lives and thousands more injured.

Pakistain has time and again raised the issued of India sponsoring and backing terrorist groups such as Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
Pakistain (TTP) and Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) to carry out attacks inside Pakistain.

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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Two Afghan citizens shot and killed in the US

2025-06-04

[KhaamaPress] Two Afghan citizens were fatally shot in separate incidents across the U.S., raising concerns about the safety of refugees.

Sources have reported that two more Afghan citizens were killed in separate incidents in different U.S. states. These tragic events occurred yesterday and Tuesday, June 3.

The victims have been identified as Rasul Jan, a young man from Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
, and Zarmin Shinwari, a resident 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..
province. According to sources, Rasul Jan was shot and killed by armed robbers in Kentucky, while the motive behind Zarmin Shinwari’s killing in Oklahoma remains unclear.

U.S. police have not yet released any official statements regarding these cases. These killings mark the fourth such incident in the past week involving Afghan nationals targeted by armed assailants or armed robbers, and even U.S. coppers.

On Sunday, June 1, another Afghan citizen named Rais Silab, originally from Khost province in southern Afghanistan, was shot and killed near his home in Texas. Rais received a phone call from friends, and shortly after leaving his house, he was shot. The motive and perpetrators remain unknown.

AmuTV has the same story with the same photos, but with names spelt differently and a little more information:

Two Afghan nationals were fatally shot in separate incidents in the United States on Sunday and Monday, sources told Amu TV. The victims, identified as Rasool Jan and Zarmin Shinwari, were originally from Khost and Nangarhar provinces.

Rasool Jan was killed in Kentucky during an attempted carjacking by armed assailants, while Zarmin Shinwari was shot by unidentified gunmen in Oklahoma, sources said.

Law enforcement officials in the US have yet to comment on either incident.

These latest killings mark the third and fourth reported deaths of Afghan citizens in the US over the past week. On Monday, sources confirmed that Rais Selaab, another Afghan national from Khost province, was shot near his home in Texas after reportedly receiving a phone call from friends and stepping outside.

The motives behind these attacks remain unclear, and no suspects have been identified or apprehended. Authorities in the United States have not issued public statements on any of the cases.

The incidents have raised concerns among Afghan diaspora communities, many of whom sought refuge in the US after the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021.

Help the Family of Zarmin Shinwari,
Afghan U.S. Special Forces Soldier Killed in Tragic Crash

This is the first thing that popped up when I searched the name. I have no way of doing due diligence to prove any of the claims here, or that this is indeed the man in the story above., but anasfar as there are details, they match the reports from the Afghan news sites.

[GoFundMe] Zarmin Shinwari—a former Afghan soldier who served alongside the U.S. Special Forces 02 unit for over 12 years in Jalalabad—tragically lost his life in a car accident while driving for Uber in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May31, 2025. He was the sole provider for his beloved wife and three young children, ages 11, 9, and 6.

After years of loyal service, Zarmin resettled in the U.S. to build a safer life for his family. Now, his wife and children face unimaginable loss and financial hardship.

We are raising funds to cover Zarmin’s burial and to support his grieving family during this devastating time. His children have lost not just their father, but their hero, their protector, and their future.

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India-Pakistan

COAS vows to thwart hostile attempts aimed at derailing Pakistan''s anti-terror efforts

2025-05-31

[GEO.TV] Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir on Friday asserted that Pakistain would never be coerced and the inimical designs to distract the country's efforts against the war on terrorism will be comprehensively defeated.

The army chief made the remarks while addressing student officers and faculty of the Command and Staff College Quetta, read a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

Addressing the event, the field marshal reiterated the resolve to defeat any aggression and the ability to deal with threats across the entire conflict spectrum.

Commenting on the global and regional environment, the COAS shed light on the character of the emerging conflict, with particular emphasis on India's increasingly dangerous propensity to use unprovoked military aggression against Pakistain.

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India-Pakistan

Four soldiers martyred, 12 terrorists killed in KP, Balochistan operations: ISPR

2025-05-30

[GEO.TV] At least four security personnel, including a lieutenant, embraced martyrdom while 12 murderous Moslems belonging to Indian proxy were killed during separate engagements in 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 (KP), the military's media wing said on Thursday.

According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence-based operation was conducted in Loralai district, on reported presence of ''Fitna al Hindustan terrorists'' on May 28.

''During the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the terrorists' location and after an intense fire exchange, four Indian-sponsored murderous Moslems were successfully neutralised,'' read the statement.

Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the slain terrorists, the ISPR added.

The killed Indian-sponsored murderous Moslems were actively involved in numerous terrorist activities, including henious acts of terrorism on N-70 near Rarasham on August 26, 2024 and February 18, 2025, that resulted in martyrdom of 30 innocent civilians, it added.

The killed Indian-sponsored murderous Moslems were highly wanted by the law enforcement agencies, and were relentlessly pursued by the security forces.

In another engagement that took place in Kech District, one more terrorist was killed, confirmed the military's media affairs wing.

''Security forces of Pakistain are determined to eliminate the menace Indian-sponsored terrorism from the country, and reaffirm the nation's unwavering resolve to bring the perpetrators of terrorism and their controllers to justice,'' it added.

In KP, seven murderous Moslems belonging to Indian proxy ''Fitna al Khwarij'' — a reference to banned Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...the once and current oppressors of Afghanistan...
Pakistain (TTP) — were killed in two separate engagements.

On the night between May 28-29, Indian-sponsored murderous Moslems attempted to attack the security forces check post in general area Shawal, North Wazoo district, the military's media wing said.

''The attempt was effectively thwarted by own troops and in ensuing fire exchange, six Indian sponsored Khwarij were sent to hell,'' read the statement.

However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
during intense fire exchange, Lieutenant Daniyal Ismail, 24, a brave young officer who was leading his troops from front, fought gallantly and embraced Shahadat along with his three men.

The three soldiers who paid ultimate sacrifice include Naib Subedar Kashif Raza, 41, Lance Naik Fiaqat Ali, 35 and Sepoy Muhammad Hameed, 26.

In another encounter that took place in Chitral district, security forces successfully neutralised one Indian-sponsored terrorist.

''Such sacrifices of our brave men further strengthen our resolve,'' said the ISPR.

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India-Pakistan

Pakistan Security Forces kill 9 TTP militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa operations

2025-05-27

[KhaamaPress] Pak forces killed nine TTP Lions of Islam in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, seizing weapons and intensifying operations amid rising regional security threats.

Pak media, citing the country’s military, reported on Sunday that nine members of Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
Pakistain (TTP) were killed in separate security operations across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The Pakistain Army referred to the Lions of Islam as "India-backed Khawarij," a term often used to denote bully boy outlaws.

According to Dawn News, the military launched three coordinated operations. In the first, four Lions of Islam were killed in Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
after an intense firefight. In the second, conducted in the Tank district, two suicide kaboomers were neutralized. The third operation in Bagh, Khyber district, resulted in the deaths of three more TTP members.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated that arms and ammunition recovered from the Lions of Islam were previously used in multiple attacks in the region. The military emphasized that clearance operations are ongoing to eliminate any remaining threats and foreign-linked elements.

These operations follow similar anti-militancy raids last week, during which 12 Lions of Islam from TTP and the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) were killed. Incidents were reported in Lakki Marwat, Bannu, and North Wazoo, where two soldiers also bit the dust during firefights with Death Eaters.

Pakistain’s military has also accused India of backing murderous Moslem groups and using intelligence assets to destabilize the country. The accusations were reiterated last month by a military spokesperson, fueling ongoing diplomatic tensions between the two South Asian nations.

While Pakistain’s security forces continue their counterinsurgency efforts, the persistent threat posed by TTP and affiliated groups highlights the fragile nature of regional security. The cross-border dimension of the conflict, including alleged external support, remains a pressing concern for Islamabad.

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