[ToloNews] The Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... initiated on average 30 attacks on the Afghan cops each day after the Eid-ul-Fitr ceasefire, sources within the Afghan government said on Thursday amid persistent calls by the international community for the Taliban to extend the ceasefire. Initially, there was hope that the Eid ceasefire would be extended to help facilitate the intra-Afghan talks.
According to the sources, the Afghan forces also suffered casualties as a result of these attacks.
Violence has sky-rocketed following the US-Taliban agreement signed in late February in Doha, but in an unexpected move, the Taliban on Saturday (May 22) announced a three-day ceasefire with the Afghan government on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
In response, President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money... on the following day pledged to release 2,000 more Taliban prisoners and to focus on furthering peace efforts.
The Afghan government has been pressing the Taliban to abandon further violence to help pave the way for intra-Afghan talks.
The Afghan government so far has not provided any details about the exact numbers of casualties among Afghan forces after the ceasefire.
"A significant reduction of violence or a ceasefire will help us to proceed with the next steps, which include the start of direct negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban," said Sediq Sediqqi, a front man to President Ashraf Ghani.
In the latest incident, the Taliban launched an attack on government forces’ checkpoints in the Hesarak district of eastern 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.
"The armed opponents initiated a group attack on the checkpoints that resulted in the martyrdom of three local police personnel and the injury of another," said Attaullah Khogyani, a front man for Nangarhar governor.
"There is war in Pashtun-infested Logar every moment," said Nafisa Hejran, a member of Pashtun-infested Logar's provincial council.
Experts believe that the continuation of violence and war could put the process of the prisoners' swap and grinding of the peace processor into jeopardy.
"If the ceasefire is broken by either side, this will be a serious blow to the grinding of the peace processor," said Mir Haidar Afzali, the head of the Afghan parliament’s defense commission.
On Wednesday, May 27, the day after Eid, the Afghan forces launched an air strike in the central province of Zabul, which, according to sources, targeted the bad boys. In retaliation, the Taliban also launched a series of attacks on parts of Farah, Parwan and Paktia province targeting Afghan forces.
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan government established the new Command of the Joint Forces in a bid to root out the terror cells and criminal gangs in Kabul.
Tariq Arian, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, said the new Command of the Joint Forces will root out the scattered cells of the terrorist groups as well as criminal networks in the capital.
This comes as criminal incidents are on the rise parallel to terrorist attacks in Kabul city.
The holy warriors carried out numerous attacks in Kabul city lately including an attack in Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan mosque located in the diplomatic part of the city.
The explosion killed a prominent religious figure Mawlavi Ayaz Niazi who was also serving as the prayer leader of the mosque, sparking an outcry on domestic and international level.
[Sudan Tribune] Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok pledged to hold accountable the responsible for the bloody attack on the pro-democracy sit-in last year where over one hundred people were killed and hundreds injured or abused.
On Wednesday Sudanese marked the first commemoration of the brutal attack on the main site of protests outside the headquarters of the Sudanese army on 3 June.
Independent investigation reports by Sudanese and international groups point an accusing finger to the security forces particularly the Rapid Support Forces (SRF), the former National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) and the Popular Defence Forces Lions of Islam of the former regime. But the official investigation committee still did not produce its findings.
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[Rudaw] The Ottoman Turkish government will allow non-commercial traffic through the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with the Kurdistan Region this week after more than three months of closure due to the spread of COVID-19, said Ottoman Turkish trade minister on Wednesday.
The minister did not mention who would be allowed through the border, or on what day it would be reopened. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is yet to announce whether it will be allowing traffic through on its side.
Ankara confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men... in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... on March 11 but closed its border for passengers and vehicles traffic with the Kurdistan Region on March 1, when the virus was initially identified in the Region.
However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... "contactless" trade between Ankara and Erbil has continued, where containers, trailers and drivers have been exchanged at the buffer zone between the Ottoman Turkish side of the border, Habur, and the Kurdish side of the border, Ibrahim Khalil.
"I bring you good tidings today," said Ottoman Turkish trade minister Ruhsar Pekcan in an interview with state-owned media agency TRT Haber on Wednesday. "Only our Habur and Gurbulak border crossings remain closed. Inshallah, we are going to reopen both this week."
Gurbulak is the most important border crossing between Turkey and Iran.
Ibrahim Khalil is the only border crossing between Turkey and the Kurdistan Region used for trade. Another crossing near Barzan, used for non-commercial traffic, has been closed due to the pandemic.
Baghdad also relies on Ibrahim Khalil for trade with Turkey. The trade between both countries amounts to around $10 billion, and both Turkey and Iraq have expressed readiness to double it.
The decision to reopen comes amid a dramatic decrease of coronavirus cases in Turkey as it steps towards a "new normal" as termed by Ottoman Turkish officials.
Meanwhile, ...back at the shootout, Butch shot Ike through the elbow. Take that, Ike! he yelled...... Iraq recorded its highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths recorded in a single day since the onset of the pandemic, confirming 8,168 cases and 256 deaths so far. Of this, 851 cases and 14 deaths have been recorded in the Kurdistan Region.
Ankara has recorded 166,422 cases of COVID-19 and 4,609 deaths so far, according to data shared by the Ottoman Turkish health ministry.
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[THEBAGHDADPOST] Police in Tehran confirmed on Wednesday the arrest of the Iranian parkour athlete and photographer Alireza Japalaghy for kissing his girlfriend on a roof and posting the footage on his popular Instagram page.
The Tehran police chief said that "we will soon arrest his girlfriend too."
Japalaghy was arrested on Monday, according to his brother.
In the footage, Japalaghy is seen wearing shorts while shirtless while kissing a woman who wears shorts and a sports bra. Japalaghy posted the photo, entitled "The Dawn Of Tehran," on his Instagram page, which has over 100,000 followers.
The Iranian regime-controlled Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that Tehran Police Chief Sardar Hossein Rahimi said "we are not against sports."
He added, "parkour is also a good, fun and fun sport, but we oppose the norm-breaking, vulgar and inappropriate behavior of him and his entourage, and the police and the judiciary will certainly deal decisively with this person and his entourage."
Parkour is sport that aims to get from one point to another using running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping and other body movements.
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[THEBAGHDADPOST] President Hassan Rouhani ...Iran's moderate president, which he is, relative to his predecessor, which doesn't mean he's anything but a puppet of the nearest holy man... on Thursday said he condemns the White House for suppression of protesters and considers President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... 's posing with the bible in front of a church "before ordering the killing of U.S. citizens a shameful act". Also known as "Projection"
Rouhani's accusation about Trump "ordering the killing" of protesters seems to be a deliberate misrepresentation of reality. Trump did threaten to deploy the U.S. military to stop looting and violence but even that was later opposed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
"We express sympathy toward the American people who are on the streets and condemn the White House for ordering the crime [against people of color]," Rouhani said at a national project inauguration ceremony at the Ministry of energy.
Referring to President Trump's appearance in front of a church with the Bible in his hand the Iranian President said, "The Bible is the holy book of an Abrahamic religion and such a view to it angers [the followers of] all Abrahamic religions [including Islam] because they all respect the Bible and Jesus," he added.
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