Archive for November, 2019

Taliban overruns district HQ in Zabul

Security in the southeastern Afghan province of Zabul continues to deteriorate as the Taliban presses it offensive there. The Taliban claimed its fighters overran the alternate Arghandab district headquarters in the southeastern province of Zabul over the weekend, and killed the local chief of police and senior intelligence officer.

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3 senior Haqqani Network leaders to be freed in prisoner exchange

The Afghan government plans to free three senior Haqqani Network leaders, including a brother and an uncle of deputy Taliban emir Sirajuddin Haqqani, in exchange for an American and an Australian professor who were kidnapped in 2016. The release of the three senior Haqqani leaders will provide a boost to the Taliban’s leadership, but likely will do little to further […]

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What happens to Afghanistan’s left-behind women as the Taliban rises?

Separated from her family after an attempt to flee failed, Tahira is among a growing number of women left struggling and vulnerable in a country where lone mothers are harshly judged.

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3 killed in terror attack in NW Pakistan

A terrorist attack on a vehicle of security forces in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday left three people dead, including two security personnel, police said.

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Pakistan ‘Disappointed’ at Annual U.S. Terrorism Report

Foreign Office rebuts allegations that Islamabad is not doing enough to rein in terror outfits operating from its soil.

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District police chief killed in Afghan Taliban pre-dawn attack

A district police chief was killed and three police officers wounded after Taliban militants launched a pre-dawn attack on a district headquarters in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Wednesday, a local government official said.

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Five Taliban terrorists killed in Afghanistan’s Logar province

At least five Taliban terrorists were killed by Afghan police in an operation launched in Shena Qala village of Barak-e-Barak district in Afghanistan.

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Key Islamic State Affiliate Appears to Back New Leader

The reign of new Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi is getting a boost, thanks to the apparent endorsement of one of the terror group’s more influential affiliates.

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70 dead after gas cylinder explosion sparks fire on Pakistan train

At least 70 people were killed and 30 more injured in a fire that engulfed a train in Pakistan on Thursday morning, after a gas canister that passengers were using to prepare breakfast exploded.

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Blasts claim 14 lives, wound 22 in Afghanistan within 24 hours

At least 14 people including four civilians have been killed and 22 civilians wounded in bomb blasts in the insurgency-battered Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday.

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