[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Five senior Taliban ...Arabic for students... leaders including the shadow judge of the group were killed during the operations of the Afghan Special Forces in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan.
The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in a statement said the Taliban leaders were killed along with 56 other militnts during the operations which were conducted with the help of coalition air support.
The statement further added that the operations were conducted in Chinar Shakh, Ghoraha, Khwajah Ziaratgah, and Syedabad Turkmenha areas of Qaisar district.
The senior Taliban leaders killed during the operations have been identified as Mawlavi Khan Agha the shadow deputy district chief of Taliban for Qaisar, Mawlavi Gandom Ali the shadow finance chief of the group for 5 provinces in the North, Mawlavi Hafizullah the shadow judge ofthe group for Qaisar, and Mawlavi Nasir alias Faryabi the local leader of the Taliban in Faryab, the 209th Shaheen Corps said.
The statement by 209th Shaheen Corps also added that Mawlavi Khan Agha, Gandom Ali, Hafizullah, and Nasir alias Faryabi were among the key leaders of the Taliban group who were involved in major attacks in Qaisar, Almar and Pashtun Kot districts.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Scores of anti-government armed bully boyz have been killed during separate operations conducted by the Afghan and Coalition Forces in the past 24 hours.
According to the informed military sources, a coalition air strike in support of Afghan Special Forces killed 4 Taliban ...Arabic for students... fighters in Qaisar district of Faryab province.
The sources further added that Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in Baraki Barak district of Pashtun-infested Logar province while a coalition air strike, in defense of soldiers on the ground, targeted and killed 4 Taliban fighters.
Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in Jaji district of Paktia province killing 2 Taliban fighters, the sources said, adding that Afghan Special Forces conducted a separate raid in Sangin district of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province killing 20 Taliban fighters and destroying 23 IEDs, 1 mortar round and a large amount of home-made explosives. During the raid, 4 pressure plates, 3 remote control initiators and over 1,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate were destroyed.
Two coalition air strikes near Tarin Kot city of Uruzgan province killed 10 Taliban fighters, the sources added.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan cops have nabbed Please don't kill me! three jacket wallahs including Pak nationals during separate operations in 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 of Afghanistan.
The media office of Nangarhar provincial government in a statement said the suicide bombers were arrested by the operatives of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS).
The statement further added that the NDS operatives conducted operations in Jalalabad city, the thriving provincial capital of Nangarhar and Shinwar district, resulting into the arrest of the three suicide bomebrs.
The suicide bombers were looking to carry out an attack on a key government compound in Nangarhar, the statement by the provincial government added.
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[DAWN] The Taliban ...Arabic for students... "criminal mastermind" behind an attack which left 65 dead has been killed in an Arclight airstrike, Afghanistan’s intelligence agency said on Wednesday ‐ a claim the faceless myrmidons deny.
Monday’s violence was the latest high-casualty assault on Afghan forces, who experts say are continuing to suffer "unsustainable" losses since NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... withdrew combat forces from the country in 2014.
Militants detonated a Humvee filled with kabooms before three button menshot up a National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS) intelligence agency base in central Wardak province, but further details have been difficult to independently verify.
A local official said at least 65 people had been killed. The NDS has given a lower toll, instead claiming 36 had been killed and 58 maimed. Afghan authorities are known to downplay casualties.
The agency said an aerial bombardment in the quiet provincial capital the following night killed eight Taliban holy warriors, including the planner of the Monday attack.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] One member of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service was killed and several other people were maimed on Wednesday night in a clash between members of the service and army troops in Port Sudan, a security body said in a statement.
The incident in the Red Sea city was the first of its kind between security and military forces since a wave of anti-government protests that has rocked Sudan began on Dec. 19.
The statement came from Major-General Mohammed Moussa Omar, secretary of a committee that oversees security in Sudan’s Red Sea province.
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[RADIOSHABELLE] A contingent of 13 Uganda Police Officers has been flagged off for a peace-keeping mission in Somalia under AMISOM.
Uganda Police Force, Director of Peace Support Operations, Grace Turyagumanawe, urged the officers to be disciplined as they go to serve in Somalia.
"Keep the same good standards of discipline as you go to serve in peace operations. Follow the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... and African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... codes of conduct," Turyagumanawe said during the briefing function at Police Headquarters in Naguru Kampala.
He called upon the officers to act with the highest level of professionalism, integrity, respect for culture and diversity, and to observe human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... and international humanitarian laws.
The officers are expected to spend at least one year on their tour of duty in Somalia.
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[Radio Free Europe] The Russian Foreign Ministry says private Russian companies are training the army in Sudan, confirming their presence in the African country being shaken by mass street demonstrations by opposition forces.
Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on January 23 said that "according to our information, representatives of Russian private security companies, who have nothing to do with Russian state bodies, are operating in Sudan."
Zakharova's comments followed a story in the British press alleged that Russian mercenaries were helping Sudanese authorities crack down on the protests.
Zakharova denied the press reports and said the "task" of the private security firms "is limited to training staff for the military and law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Sudan," which is a close ally of Moscow.
Street protests have been carried out daily since December 19. The rallies were initially in protest against shortages of fuel and commodities, but they have turned into a call for an end to the 30-year rule of President Omar al-Bashir.
Britain's The Guardian newspaper on January 23 reported that Bashir's government was conducting an "alarming" crackdown on journalists covering the protests, with five reporters being held and dozens of others being detained before being released.
The unrest is one of the biggest challenges to Bashir's rule since he took power in a coup in 1989.
Reuters news agency reported that official statistics from the Russian Federal Security Service show a substantial increase in the number of the Russian citizens who left for Sudan in late 2017.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Arab Coalition in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... said on Thursday that Houthis have been blocking the passage of four aid ships since 34 days.
The ships heading towards the Hodeidah port carry oil and food aid, said the Coalition, stressing on the fact that preventing the ships from unloading will affect the lives of the Yemeni people.
Al-Salif port has been clear of ships for the past 12 days, and Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... militias are blocking the entrance of all ships, according to the Coalition.
The Coalition also announced issuing 12 permits for ships heading towards Yemeni ports, in addition to 34 aerial permits and 120 permits for convoy protection.
In the past three days, the total number of permits issued has reached 166, said the Coalition.
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[Dhaka Tribune] A total of 13 people have been killed in separate "shootouts" in this month
Three people have been killed in two separate "shootouts" in Teknaf and Maheshkhali upazilas of Cox’s Bazar districts.
Of the dear departed, one was identified as Helal Uddin, 30. Two of the dear departed were suspected drug traders while Helal was a robber.
Teknaf Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) 9 In-Charge Mirza Sahed said: "Acting on a tip off, we conducted a raid in Baharchharaghat area early Thursday.
"Sensing our presence, the yaba traders opened fire at us. In retaliation, we fired back, that left two of them injured."
Meanwhile, ...back at the argument, Livia grabbed for Jane's hair to make her point. Jane elbowed her in the face in rebuttal... police recovered 50,000 pieces of yaba pills, three firearms, and 14 bullets.
He said they died while being taken to the hospital.
Later, their bodies were sent to Cox’s Bazar Sadar morgue for an appointment with Dr. Quincy.
On the other hand, Maheshkhali cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge Probhash Chandra Dhar said: "Helal was injured in the shootout that took place in Shamlapur Dhala around 3am.
"The duty doctor declared him dead when taken to Maheshkhali Hospital around 4am."
He added that Helal was a marked robber and was accused in 14 cases.
Police recovered two firearms, 12 bullet shells from the spot.
Cox’s Bazar Addition Superintendent of Police Iqbal Hossain told the Dhaka Tribune as of today, a total of 13 people have been killed in separate "shootouts" in this month.
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[PRESSTV] The Israeli military has deployed the so-called "Iron Dome" missile systems in Tel Aviv and other parts of the occupied territories after Syria warned of a retaliatory strike on the Ben Gurion airport if the UN fails to stop the regime's aerial acts of aggression against the Arab country.
In a statement on Thursday, the Israeli military said it had set up an "Iron Dome" battery in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area and others were stationed in the southern parts of the Israeli-occupied territories near the blockaded Gazoo Strip, where tensions have been running high with Paleostinian protesters.
A number of reservists from the regime's air force have also been called up to man the missile systems.
The announcement came after Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar al-Ja'afari delivered a strong warning to the Israeli regime, which has recently stepped up its air strikes against Syrian soil.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] ISIS made an aborted attempt to retake a village from US-backed forces in eastern Syria Thursday, a monitor said, leaving 50 fighters dead on both sides.
The failed assault came a day after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who are backed by the US-led coalition, took the village of Baghouz from ISIS.
On Thursday, the group launched a counterattack including at least three jacket wallahs wearing boom belts against SDF fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Sixteen SDF and 34 ISIS fighters were killed in the assault aimed at retaking the village near the Iraqi border, the Britannia-based monitor said.
A further "21 ISIS fighters were taken prisoner as they tried to open up a gap" in defenses and make an escape towards Iraq, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.
The SDF have since September been whittling away at a pocket of territory on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor.
The latest advance by the US-backed group has left the last diehard ISIS fighters holed up in scattered farmhouses near the Euphrates.
Thousands of people, mostly women and kiddies, have fled into SDF-held territory in recent days, according to the Observatory.
ISIS overran large swathes of Syria and neighboring Iraq in 2014, declaring a "caliphate", but they have since lost almost all of it to various offensives.
The group has however retained a presence in the vast Badia desert stretching across Syria, and have continued to claim attacks in SDF-held territory and abroad.
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[PRESSTV] A string of kabooms have stricken several towns in northwestern Syria, killing three people and injuring nearly a dozen others.
The blasts took place on Thursday after explosive-laden cycle of violences were detonated, Rooters reported, citing a resident and witnesses.
They said the fatalities included a woman, a child, and a young man, who died after one device went kaboom! near a public park at the heart of the city of al-Bab, north of Aleppo. The kaboom also maimed at least eight others.
Three people were also injured in the nearby towns of Qabasin and al- Ghandurah by similar blasts.
On Wednesday, two bombs were detonated in the city of Afrin. The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... -backed snuffies there accused the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) of carrying out the blasts.
There was no immediate comment from the YPG.
Turkey, which has been maintaining a military presence in northern Syria, without a Damascus permission, to push the snuffies back from the vicinity of its border, associates the YPG with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) holy warrior group.
Also on Thursday, a boom-mobile went off in Syria’s capital Damascus, inflicting material damage but causing no casualties.
The incident took place in the city’s al-Adawi neighborhood just north of the central Old City district on Thursday, the official Syrian Arab News Agency SANA reported.
"A witness said the blast occurred near a hospital and security forces were examining a blown-up blue car in the street," Rooters reported.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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