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Afghanistan

Daesh Sanctuary Destroyed in Kabul Province: Officials

2021-11-19

[ToloNews] Security forces conducted an operation in Shakardara district of Kabul province, killing two ISIS fighters, officials said on Thursday.

A sanctuary of the ISIS group was eliminated in the operation carried out in the Murad Bik village of Shakardar, the officials said, adding that fighting between the Islamic Emirate forces and the ISIS fighters lasted for five hours. Several people including women and kiddies were taken into custody by the security forces.

"Some other members were arrested and their sanctuary was eliminated," said Inamullah Samangani, deputy front man for the Islamic Emirate.

According to officials, the ISIS fighters had been planning many subversive acts from this area.

The resident of the district called on the people of Afghanistan to not allow suspicious individuals in their areas.

"In the morning, the forces of the Islamic Emirate arrived and the festivities started. All of us, including women and kiddies, were horrified," said Obaidullah, a resident of Murad Bik.

"Our operation lasted until 1:00 pm. We succeeded. Their vast and other kabooms are present here. They were involved in the destruction of power pylons in Shakardar," a security force said.

The Islamic Emirate’s forces recently conducted several raids on sanctuaries of the ISIS turbans across the country. Previously, the security officials said that several ISIS sanctuaries were destroyed by security forces in the southern province of Kandahar.

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Afghanistan

Taliban arrest 4 IS members as extremist threat grows

2021-10-07

[AlAhram] The Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
arrested four 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....
members and seized their documents and weapons north of the Afghan capital, the group's chief front man said Wednesday.

Zabihullah Mujahid said the operation was carried out Tuesday night by special unit forces in the Pashai area of Pagham district in Kabul province. He provided no additional details.

The arrests came as the Taliban leadership, which assumed control of the country after seizing the capital on Aug. 15, grapples with a growing security threat from the group known as Islamic State Khorasan, an IS affiliate. The holy warrior group has ramped up attacks since the Taliban consolidated power following the U.S. exit. It has grabbed credit for attacks including two deadly bombings in the capital in the last month.

IS claimed it targeted Tuesday night a vehicle carrying Taliban members with an bomb in District 1 in Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
, northeast of the capital, killing and wounding those onboard. It said a Taliban reinforcement patrol rushed to the area to help but IS fighters clashed with them, killing and wounding ``many.''

IS re-emerged in Afghanistan in 2020 after being weakened by a heavy U.S. bombing campaign directed against them in the eastern part of the country in 2019. The group grabbed credit for Sunday's bombing at Kabul's Eid Gah Mosque which killed five civilians. It has also grabbed credit for the horrific bombing on Aug. 26 that killed more than 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. military personnel outside the Kabul airport.

The Taliban have since launched many raids to root out IS cells.

Separately, two witnesses and a hospital official said two Taliban members were shot and killed and three civilians were maimed when unknown button men shot up a Taliban patrol in a vegetable market Wednesday morning in the northeastern city of Jalalabad. The hospital official said the hospital received two dead bodies and two maimed men.

They spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the subject.

Jalalabad has emerged as a flashpoint in the rivalry between the Taliban and IS, with numerous attacks taking place there since the takeover.

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Afghanistan

Four Killed, Five Wounded in Kabul Blast

2021-07-14

[ToloNews] At least four non-combatants were killed and five others were maimed in a blast in Kabul city on Tuesday afternoon, police confirmed in a statement.

The blast occurred about 2:50 pm local time in Sar-e-Chawk area on Maiwand Street in Kabul's PD1, the statement said.

"The type of the blast and the target is not yet clear" the statement said, adding that "investigations are underway."

No group including the Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
has grabbed credit for the blast.

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Afghanistan

Kabul: 70 Villages in Sarobi District Under Taliban Control

2021-07-09

[ToloNews] Local officials in Kabul province's Sarobi district, east of Kabul city, on Thursday said that 70 villages out of 130 are under Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
control.

Kabul governor Mohammad Yaqoub said that forces of Evil associated with Pakistain-based Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...
and other groups are playing a role in the fight in Sarobi.

Residents in Sarobi said that the Taliban has threatened to launch an attack on the Sarobi bazaar.

The Kabul governor said that besides Sarobi four other districts in Kabul province are under Taliban threat.

However,
a lie repeated often enough remains a lie...
Kabul's governor said that the security forces will not allow the Taliban to expand their activities.

Zahidullah, who owns a restaurant in Sarobi, said that the security situation in the area has tanked.

"The Taliban are trying to take over the ruby mines in Jagdalak district. They don’t have the capacity to extract it, but we are trying to prevent their control of it," said Sarobi's district governor.

"The enemy is trying to impose an economic siege on Kabul, they want to put pressure on the economic arteries, therefore the enemy focuses on our transporation routes in the east," said Kabul governor Mohammad Yaqoub.

"There is fighting day and night, only the bazaar remains, some days ago they killed several secuity force members and took others hostage," said Zahidullah, a resident in Sarobi.

Kabul has 14 districts, five of which are under threat, according to Afghan security officials.

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Afghanistan

Taliban Increase Presence on Kabul-Jalalabad Highway: Drivers

2020-12-04

[ToloNews] Passengers and drivers traveling on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway on Thursday expressed deep concern over what they see as a rising security threat and the growing presence of the Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
.

They said that the Taliban have established checkpoints on the highway.

The passengers said that the Taliban also frequently attack those cars allegedly carrying government servants.

Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, the gondola was dangling by a single thread of rope.

Jack! Cynthia cried. I just realized I'm afraid of heights! I don't even like high heels!...
residents in the Sarobi district of Kabul have said that the Taliban exist in several villages of the district and sometimes the murderous Moslems shoot at the cars passing on the highway.

"Yesterday there was fighting on the highway, fighting breaks out three or four times a week," said Naseer Agha, a driver.

"We have two vulnerable areas here from which the murderous Moslems try to pose threats, foreign intelligence is also involved in security issues," said Hazratullah, the district governor of Sarobi.

"Problems exist in Tangi and Mahipar areas, threats have also had an impact on hotel business and bazars," said Baseer, a resident in Sarobi.

The Interior Ministry meanwhile said that the Taliban have no strong presence in Kabul districts. The Ministry pledge to fix the security issues on the highway very soon.

"The security forces have a strong presence on the route, we will not allow the Taliban to disrupt law and order," said Tariq Aryan, a front man for the Ministry of Defense.

Kabul-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..
highway once was one of the safest highways in the country. But drivers and passengers on the highway have said that the presence of Taliban on the route has created major concerns for the people.

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Afghanistan

Taliban commander loses both legs in premature mortar round explosion in Kabul

2020-05-05

[KhaamaPress] A Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
commander lost his both legs and was left critically maimed after a mortar round went off prematurely in capital Kabul.

The 201st Silab Corps in a statement said the Taliban commander, Mullah Jan, was attempting to launch mortar rounds on a security forces camp in Ozbin Valley of Sarobi district.
Now "Mat"
However,
there's more than one way to stuff a chicken...
the mortar round went off prematurely leaving three Talibs maimed including Mullah Jan who lost both his legs, the statement added.

The Taliban group has not commented regarding the incident so far.

Meanwhile,
...back at the alley, Bugs Moroni was holding Slats from behind while his brother Greasy Thumb was pounding his face into paste ...
the 201st Silab Corps said the Talibs opened fire on security posts in Islamabad area of Alisheng district of Laghman
...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.

He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.

After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
According to Silab Corps, one of the bullets impacted a civilian house, leaving a civilian dead.

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Afghanistan

Naghlu Dam’s Fourth Turbine Becomes Operational

2019-12-14

[ToloNews] The country’s power utility company, De Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), reactivated the fourth turbine of the Naghlu Dam in the east of Kabul after twelve years, adding 25 megawatts of power for Kabul and its neighboring provinces.

DABS said in a statement that the reactivation took over two months for its employees.

"Over 10,000 customers will get electricity by this turbine," DABS chief Amanullah Ghalib said. "We will work on other projects of a similar nature as well."
The company also inaugurated a substation in Sarobi district, Kabul. Work on the substation began in 2017 and $32.5 million was invested in it.

At an opening ceremony, acting Finance Minister Mohammad Homayoun Qayoumi said the reconstruction of the fourth turbine was done by DABS with a low cost.

"It is something to be proud of--that this big project was implemented by Breshna company employees--and we hope that Sarobi will witness more development projects," he said.

The Naghlu Dam is located 70 kilometers east of Kabul city and is fed by the Kabul and Pashtun-infested Logar rivers. A small part of it is fed by water from the Salang and Panjshir rivers.

The dam was built in 1967 and is 1,155 meters high and produces 100 megawatts of power in total.

Catching up to 1967? Woot!

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Afghanistan

Special Forces kill, detain 8 Taliban and ISIS militant; destroy caches of weapons in 4 provinces

2019-09-28

[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces killed 7 Talibs, detained an ISIS
ISIS

...embracing their inner Islamic Brute...
fighter and destroyed caches of weapons in four provinces including Kabul.

The military officials said Friday the Special Forces killed 7 Talibs in Baraki Barak district of Pashtun-infested Logar.

The officials further added that the Special Forces also destroyed a large cache of weapons during the same operation.

Furthermore, the Special Forces arrested an ISIS turban during a patrol in Rodat district 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..
and destroyed a cache of weapons.

The Special Forces destroyed two caches of weapons of Taliban
...Arabic for students...
during the operations in Zarghun district of Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
and Sarobi district of Kabul, the officials added.

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Afghanistan

Kabul: cops defuse sticky bomb, 11 Talibs toes up

2019-09-27

Afghan forces foil militants bid to detonate a magnetic IED in Kabul city

[KhaamaPress] The Afghan forces foiled militants bid to detonate a magnetic Improvised Explosive Device in Kabul city.

The Kabul Police Headquarters said in a statement the police forces discovered a magnetic Improvised Explosive Device attached to a vehicle in 5th district of the city.

The statement further added that the police forces defused the explosives with the support of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team of the National Directorate of Security.

Furthermore, the Kabul Police said the security forces thwarted a deadly explosion by defusing the bomb.

The anti-government armed militants including Taliban have not commented in this regard so far.

Special Forces kill 11 Taliban militants, destroy caches of weapons in Kabul, other provinces

[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces killed at least 11 Taliban militants and destroyed caches of weapons in Uruzgan, Wardak and Kabul provinces.

The military officials said Thursday the Afghan Special Forces killed 7 Taliban militants during a patrol in Tarin Kot district of Uruzgan.

The officials further added that the Special Forces also destroyed a cache of weapons during the same operation.

Furthermore, the officials said the Special Forces killed 4 Taliban militants and arrested another militant during a raid in Sayyidabad district of Wardak.

The Special Forces also destroyed a cache of weapons of Taliban in Sarobi district of Kabul, the officials added.

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Kabul: Afghan SF tie up 2 Talibs, Kabul cops defuse device

2019-09-25

Special Forces detain Taliban militants, destroy cache of weapons in Kabul
24 September
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces detained two Taliban militants during separate operations in Kabul.

The military officials said Tuesday the Special Forces arrested a Taliban militant during a raid in Sarobi district of Kabul.

The officials further added that the Special Forces also destroyed a small cache of weapons during the raid.

Furthermore, the Special Forces arrested another Taliban militant during a patrol in Paghman district of Kabul, the officials added.

Kabul Police foils deadly explosion by defusing an IED in Sarobi
22 September
[KhaamaPress] The Kabul Police foiled a deadly explosion by defusing an improvised explosive device in Sarobi district.

The Kabul Police Headquarters said in a statement the police forces discovered and defused the bomb in Sarobi district at around 10:30 am local time today.

The statement further added that the enemies had planted the bomb on a roadside in Jagdalak area and were looking to detonate it using a remote control.

However, the Kabul Police Headquarters said the police forces managed to detect the bomb and subsequently defused it, preventing a deadly explosion.

The anti-government armed militants including Taliban have not commented in this regard so far.

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Afghanistan

Kabul: 4 Talibs airstruck, 1 tied up

2019-07-31

Security forces kill, detain 2 Taliban militants in Kabul

[KhaamaPress] The security forces killed or detained two Taliban militants during the separate operations in Kabul.

The informed military sources said Tuesday that the security forces conducted an airstrike in Sarobi district of Kabul.

The sources further added that the airstrike killed one Taliban militant.

Furthermore, the sources said the Afghan Special Forces conducted an operation in Kabul, detained 1 Taliban fighter and destroying 8 kg Opium.

The Taliban group has not commented regarding the operations so far.

Taliban militants suffer casualties in Kabul drone strike: 201st Silab Corps

[KhaamaPress] The U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Sarobi district of Kabul killing or wounding at least three Taliban militants.

The 201st Silab Corps in a statement said the U.S. forces conducted the airstrike in Ozbin Valley.

The statement further added that the U.S. drone target the Taliban militants in Katab Khel area killing 1 militant and wounding 2 others.

Furthermore, the 201st Silab Corps said the airstrike did not harm anyone else.

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Afghanistan

Special Forces inflict heavy casualties on Taliban militants in Sarobi of Kabul

2019-06-30

[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces inflicted heavy casualties on Talibs during an operation in Sarobi district of Kabul.

The Ministry of Interior in a statement said the Special Forces of the Afghan National Police killed 20 Talibs during the operation.

The statement further added that the Special Forces also maimed 5 Talibs during the same operation.

Furthermore, the interior ministry said the Special Forces conducted the operation to clear the restive areas of Sarobi of Talibs’ presence.

The Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
group has not commented regarding the operation so far.

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