Archive for September 20th, 2019

Taliban suicide bombers kill dozens of civilians in Kabul, Parwan

The Taliban claimed credit for today’s suicide attacks in the capitals of Kabul and Parwan that killed dozens of civilians. One of the two attacks took place at an election rally for President Arshaf Ghani. The Taliban has warned civilians to stay away from election sites.

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Taliban Lift Ban On Red Cross, Pledge To Protect Aid Workers In Afghanistan

The Taliban are rescinding a 5-month-old ban that prevented staff with the International Committee of the Red Cross from working in Afghanistan, saying they also will renew security guarantees for the aid workers.

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Taliban supplies al Qaeda with explosives for attacks in major Afghan cities

The Taliban continues to work closely with al Qaeda’s branch in South Asia. Afghan Commandos and a unit from the National Directorate of Security raided a Taliban warehouse that was used to store explosives that would be used by Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) to conduct attacks in the Afghan capital and other “major cities.”

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Jihad, history link Taliban to al-Qaida in Afghanistan

The Taliban promised Washington during months of negotiations that the United States would never again be attacked from Afghan soil. Such a pledge would have included al-Qaida, which planned the 9/11 attacks from inside Afghanistan.

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Authorities: Separate attacks in Afghanistan kill 48

Separate attacks by suicide bombers — one targeting President Ashraf Ghani’s election rally and a second that ripped through the center of the Afghan capital — killed at least 48 people and wounded scores more Tuesday in the deadliest single day since a peace agreement with Taliban insurgents was declared dead.

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