[KhaamaPress] At least 25 Talibs were killed during the operations of the Afghan Special Forces and Arclight airstrikes which were conducted in Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... , Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... , Uruzgan, and Kandahar provinces.
Informed military sources said Saturday that an airstrike in Bermal district of Paktika province killed 2 Taliban ...Arabic for students... fighters while 8 Taliban fighters were killed in Afghan Special Forces operation in Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand in past 24 hours.
The sources further added that an airstrike in Musa Qal’ah district of Helamdn killed 1 Taliban fighter and maimed another.
Afghan cops killed 3 Taliban fighters in Tarin Kot district of Uruzgan during the same period, the sources said, adding that airstrikes were also carried out in Musa Qal’ah district of Helmand which left 8 Taliban fighters dead.
In the meantime, the sources said an airstrike in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province killed 3 Taliban fighters.
The anti-government armed murderous Moslems including Taliban have not commented regarding the operations and airstrikes so far.
[KhaamaPress] A key member of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) was tossed in the calaboose Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! during an operation of the Afghan cops in Jalalabad city, the picturesque provincial capital 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.. province.
Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani confirmed that the ISIS-K group member was arrested during the operation of Afghan Intelligence operatives.
Khogyani further added that the detained individual has been identified as Sajid who is originally a resident of Kama district of Nangarhar.
In the meantime, the provincial government media office in a statement said Sajid was a member of the urban network of ISIS-K and was invovled in recruiting murderous Moslems in ISIS ranks and spreading propaganda in favor of the group in Jalalabad city.
Yes, that’s definitely the kind of thing that Number Fours, technical specialists outside the direct line of command, enjoy doing.
The anti-government armed murderous Moslems including ISIS loyalists have not commented regarding the report so far.
[KhaamaPress] A commander of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) Sardar Wali was killed in an Arclight airstrike 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.
According to informed military sources "An ISIS-K commander, Sadar Wali was killed along with three other high-profile hard boyz in an airstrike in Achin district, Nangarhar province March 27, 2019."
The sources further added that another commander, Lal Mohammad was also killed in the same strike.
The anti-government armed hard boyz including ISIS sympathizers have not commented regarding the killing of Sardar Wali and other ISIS hard boyz so far.
Nangarhar is among the relatively calm provinces in East of Afghanistan but the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... and ISIS-K hard boyz are active in some of its remote districts and often attempt to carry out terrorist related activities in this province.
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[KhaamaPress] At least four students were killed and 17 others including two school teachers were maimed after a mortar round hit a school in southeastern Ghazni province.
Provincial governor’s front man Arif Noori confirmed the incident and said at least four students were killed after a mortar round hit a school in Andar district at around 8:30am local time.
Noori further added that a clash was underway between Talibs and security forces when the mortar round hit the school compound. According to Noori, it is yet not clear who had fired the mortar round but a delegation has been sent to investigate the incident.
The anti-government armed snuffies including Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... have not commented regarding the incident so far.
Ghazni is among the relatively volatile provinces in southeastern parts of Afghanistan. Talibs are active in some of the districts of Ghazni and often attempt to carry out attacks against the government and security institutions.
[ToloNews] Reports indicate that some parts of Ghazni province, including the outskirts of Ghazni city and Andar district, have faced heavy festivities between Afghan forces and the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... over the past few days as the new fighting season begins.
Almost 30 security force members have bit the dust in recent festivities in Ghazni and Badakhshan provinces, sources confirmed. This includes the death of nine police force members in a Taliban attack on a police outpost in Police District3 (PD3) of Ghazni city on Thursday night. The head of the PD3 police headquarters, Mujib Mahmoudi, was also among the victims.
"At least 10 security force members were martyred in the PD3 inside the Ghazni city," said Hamidullah Nawrozi, member of Ghazni Provincial Council.
The Ministry of Interior, however, confirmed the death of eight police force members in the hours-long clash.
According to local officials, a rocket landed on a school in Andar district in Ghazni on Friday in which four students and two teachers were killed and 15 others were maimed.
It is not confirmed whether the rocket was fired by the security forces or the Taliban.
"People are living in other provinces but in Ghazni, we are seeking ways to stay alive," said Safiullah Hamidzai, a Ghazni resident.
Parts of Ghazni city, almost 146 kilometers in the southwest of Kabul, were fallen to Taliban last year in August. One month after that, President Ghani in a trip to the city vowed to establish three more police districts and implement a special security plan for the province in six stages.
"During his trip to Ghazni, President Ghani made 12 promises but has implemented none of them," said Khalid Bahar, a Ghazni resident.
Meanwhile, ...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter wished he had a cup of coffee. Even instant would do... heavy festivities were reported in Arghanj Khwa district in northeastern Badakhshan province.
The Ministry of Interior’s front man Nusrat Rahimi said the Afghan forces left the area in Arghanj Khwa district in a tactical move to prevent casualties. He said no casualty was inflicted to government forces in the clash.
Arghanj Khwa district connects at least 10 districts of Badakhshan to Faizabad city.
"The district has been evacuated. The forces are fighting on its outskirts. At least 15 people including civilians and military men have been martyred," said Mirza Mohammad Yarmand, a retired military officer.
[KhaamaPress] At least 19 Talibs were killed and four Improvised Explosive Device manufacturing facilities were destroyed during the operations in southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province.
According to informed military sources "A multi-day operation in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand killed 19 Taliban ...Arabic for students... fighters and maimed 2 others."
The source further added that the Afghan cops destroyed 4 IED manufacturing facilities and an large IED cache, which included 13 pressure plate IEDs, multiple RPG rockets and an RPG launcher.
"During the operation a precision air strike was used to destroy a vehicle-borne IED," the sources said.
The anti-government armed murderous Moslems including Taliban have not commented regarding the operations so far.
Helmand is among the volatile provinces in South of Afghanistan. Taliban are active in some of its districts and often attempt to carry out attacks against the government and security institutions.
[DAWN] Nine Afghan coppers were killed when Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... fighters stormed their checkpoints and launched a follow-up ambush in the eastern Afghanistan city of Ghazni, officials said on Saturday.
The assault began early on Friday when the Afghan Taliban attacked two adjacent checkpoints, Ghazni police front man Ahmad Khan Seerat told AFP.
The Afghan Taliban then ambushed a group of police rushing to the scene, killing the head of the local police, Seerat added.
In all, nine officers were killed and six were maimed, he said. The toll was confirmed by Arif Noori, front man for the Ghazni governor.
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[TRTWORLD] Afghanistan’s vice president, Abdul Rashid Dostum ...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier... , escaped unhurt from an attack that killed one of his bodyguards on Saturday, dodging death for the second time since returning from exile last year.
Attackers ambushed Dostum’s convoy on the way from Mazar-e-Sharif, a city in Balkh province, to Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan, said Bashir Ahmad Tayenj, front man for Dostum’s Junbish Party. Two other bodyguards were maimed.
Dostum was aware of a planned attack but decided to travel anyway, the front man added. "Let them try. Prepare the shipping containers"
The Taliban ...Arabic for students... grabbed credit for the liquidation attempt, which comes eight months after Dostum avoided injury in a suicide kaboom at Kabul airport. In a tweet, the hard boy group’s front man, Zabihullah Mujahid, said four guards were killed and six maimed in the attack.
Last summer’s bombing, which was claimed by ISIS, took place as Dostum returned home from more than a year in exile in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor.... Less than a year since his return, the general remains a significant, if polarising, political figure. His Junbish Party is supported mainly by his fellow ethnic Uzbeks.
Dostum has joined the election team of Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... , one of several contenders in a presidential election scheduled for Sept. 28.
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[Jpost] Thirty men were sentenced to between 10 years to life imprisonment on Saturday for planning a suicide kaboom on a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria and other charges, court official said.
Authorities said at the time of their arrest that the defendants had embraced the ideas of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group and received training abroad and in Egypt.
Twenty of the defendants who appeared in court, dressed in white prison garb, did not react to the sentences, and there was no immediate comment from lawyers representing them. The other 10 are still on the run and were sentenced in absentia.
The attack on the church did not take place. But minority Christians have faced a series of assaults in Alexandria and other parts of Egypt in recent years.
The defendants were also accused of planning to bomb a liquor store in the Mediterranean city of Damietta, joining an illegal group and possessing weapons and explosives.
Eighteen of them received life terms, which are 25 years long in Egypt, eight got 15 years in prison and four were sentenced to 10 years, the head of the Alexandria Criminal Court, convened in Cairo, said.
Egyptian authorities have cracked down on Islamist groups since President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi led the 2013 military overthrow of Egypt's first freely-elected president, Mohammed Mursi of the Moslem Brüderbund.
The state security criminal court in Cairo heard that some of the defendants had undergone "militant training" in Libya and Syria.
The prosecution in their investigation accused the defendants of planning a "suicide bombing" in July 2017 at a church in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, the source said.
Around 600 suspected militants and 40 soldiers have been killed in an army offensive launched in February 2018, according to official figures.
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[DW] Police are investigating six terror suspects who allegedly were planning an attack. The suspects, who were jugged Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! and later released, are accused of being affiliated with the so-called 'Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
So now everyone is on the same page, including the bad guys. But given that the choices are between watching until the terror attack occurs and pre-emptively striking to prevent a terror attack... really there’s no winning until attracting negative police attention for this kind of thing is enough to get someone sent back to wherever they came from
German police conducted a series of raids throughout western Germany on Friday and Saturday as part of an anti-terrorism operation, prosecutors said on Saturday.
A total of 11 male suspects were arrested as part of the operation. All have since been released after no weapons or explosives were found.
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
Raids were carried out on Friday and Saturday in 10 cities across the western German state of North Rhine Westphalia and one in Ulm in Baden-Wurttemberg.
Eleven male suspects between the ages of 22 and 35, most of whom were Tajik nationals, were detained as part of the operation.
At least six of the suspects are being investigated on suspicion of planning a "threatening act of violence against the state." Police suspect the six of being affiliated with the "Islamic State" (IS) murderous Moslem group.
Police were looking for weapons and explosives. When none were found, the 11 suspects were released.
Prosecutors said there is no indication yet of concrete targets or a concrete act of terrorism.
Suspected driving attack: Prosecutors said the raids were conducted after a 19-year-old Tajik man drove a car at excessive speeds through a pedestrian zone in Essen. The man, an Essen resident, was stopped and arrested. Police are investigating the vehicle, which authorities said was an Opel Astra compact car. Prosecutors added they have yet to find a connection between the incident in Essen and the raids.
The dpa news agency reported the suspects were taken into custody on Friday and Saturday in the towns of Essen, Duesseldorf, Wuppertal, Moenchengladbach, Duisburg and Ulm, citing a front man for prosecutors in Duesseldorf.
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(Iraqinews.com) Ottoman Turkish Ministry of Defense affirmed, on Saturday, that its warplanes bombarded headquartes belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), north of Iraq, Alsumaria News reported on Saturday.
The Ottoman Turkish Ministry said in a statement that its warplanes carried out, on the early hours of the morning today, several air strikes on the headquarters and hideouts of the PKK in Kandil Mountain, north of Iraq.
The air strikes also targeted a number of terrorists, who were spotted while preparing attacks on Ottoman Turkish troops in the areas of Hakrock and Afasheen, north of Iraq, the statement added.
It is noteworthy that the Ottoman Turkish troops resumed shelling the headquarters of the PKK in July 2015, after the latter announced withdrawing from the Ottoman Turkish territories in 2013.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a Kurdish far-left Death Eater and political organization based in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor.... and Iraq. Since 1984 the PKK has been involved in an armed conflict with the Ottoman Turkish state, with the initial aim of achieving an independent Kurdish state, later changing it to a demand for equal rights and Kurdish autonomy in Turkey.
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[IsraelTimes] Response appears designed to keep tensions in check amid mediation efforts after day of relatively restrained protests along border
Israeli tanks shelled Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbung millipede, positions in Gazoo early Sunday morning, hours after several rockets were fired at Israel from the enclave.
Hamas’s “confusion units” don’t seem to be bound by the same rules as the daytime crew.
The IDF said its tanks hit "a number of positions belonging to the Hamas terror group," in retaliation for the rocket fire, which capped a day that saw four Paleostinians killed in protests along the border. O for 4
The Shehab news site, affiliated with Hamas, reported that a tank shelled a position east of Deir Balah in the central Strip at around 3 a.m.
There were no reports of injuries or damage.
Israeli officials said earlier that five rockets fired from Gazoo landed in open areas in the Eshkol region before 1 a.m. There were no reports of injuries or damage and no claims of responsibility.
The relatively tame response to the rocket fire appeared designed to keep tensions from snowballing amid intensive efforts to broker a long-term calm between the sides, after relatively restrained border protests on Saturday.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Clashes broke out between Paleostinian protesters and Israeli soldiers at the northern entrance to the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday.
Footage shows the Paleostinians burning tires and throwing rocks at the Israeli forces who reacted with bullets and tear gas.
According to the Paleostinian media, three protesters were maimed by rubber bullets, many suffered suffocation.
The confrontations reportedly occurred after a group of Paleostinians gathered near Ramallah to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of Land Day.
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[Jpost] Four Paleostinians were killed and more than 200 were maimed in festivities along Gazoo’s security fence with Israel, as thousands rioted to mark Land Day and the first anniversary of the weekly March of Return protests.
About 41,000 Paleostinians gathered on Saturday in five main points along the border, hurling stones and bombs such as hand grenades at the fence, but Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, had deployed hundreds of operatives wearing orange vests at each of the sites to make sure protesters didn’t approach the fence.
Hamas’s control of the situation had a major impact on the low level of violence, said IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Ronen Manelis, adding that the Land Day protests ended "successfully" and did not turn out as the military expected. The IDF also used crowd dispersal methods, including live fire and tear gas, to keep rioters away from the fence.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] A rebel sleeper cell carried out a new attack against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the Daraa Governorate this week, targeting their positions near the al-Sweida Governorate border.
According to a military report from Daraa, the rebel sleeper cell attacked a Syrian Arab Army checkpoint at the outskirts of the small town of al-Sahoah.
Despite using the element of surprise to attack the checkpoint, the rebel fighters were unable to inflict any casualties within the ranks of the Syrian Arab Army.
These attacks by the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... ’s (FSA) sleeper cells have become so prevalent in the Daraa and al-Quneitra governorates that the Syrian Arab Army has sent reinforcements to many of the targeted areas.
The reinforcements are from the 104th, 105th, and 106th brigades of the Elite Republican Guard units that were previously deployed in the Damascus countryside.
The Syrian Arab Army has threatened to launch a new operation to clear the towns they have not entered in the Daraa Governorate.
As per the reconciliation agreement that was established by the Russian military last summer, the Syrian Arab Army was not permitted to enter several towns in the Daraa Governorate because the reconciled rebels were tasked with policing these areas.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) foiled an infiltration attempt by the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA) this morning after another night of fierce festivities along the Hama-Idlib axis.
Led by their Jaish al-Izza faction, the Free Syrian Army attempted to infiltrate the Syrian Arab Army’s positions at the Massasneh Checkpoint in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate this morning.
However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... the Syrian Arab Army was able to spot the FSA fighters before they were able to reach their lines at Massasneh.
According to a military report, the Syrian Arab Army troops at the Massasneh Checkpoint foiled the Jaish al-Izza infiltration attempt after a brief exchange with the holy warriors.
The Syrian Arab Army then responded to the infiltration attempt by launching several artillery shells towards Jaish al-Izza’s positions in the towns of Kafr Zita and al-Latamnah.
Since last week, the situation in the Hama Governorate has gotten progressively worse, with both sides carrying out repeated attacks against one another.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army sent reinforcements to the eastern countryside of Palmyra (var. Tadmur) after a string of Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're 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 the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) attacks threatened the safety of the main highway to Deir Ezzor.
According to a military source currently deployed in the Palmyra countryside, the reinforcements will be tasked with protecting the area around the Palmyra-Deir Ezzor Highway, which has been the scene of several ISIS ambushes over the last two weeks.
The Islamic State has often used the vast desert region between Deir Ezzor and Homs to surprise attack the Syrian Arab Army and its allies along this key highway near the ancient city of Palmyra.
Despite Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s declaration of victory against the Islamic State last week, the terrorist group continues to attack all warring parties in Syria, including the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham .
The Islamic State has used these sleeper cells to wreak havoc across Syria and with its recent territorial losses, they will likely stick to carrying out hit-and-run attacks.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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[ToloNews] Reports indicate that some parts of Ghazni province, including the outskirts of Ghazni city and Andar district, have faced heavy 
[KhaamaPress] At least 19 Talibs were killed and four Improvised Explosive Device manufacturing facilities were destroyed during the operations in southern 
...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier...
... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun...
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[IsraelTimes] Response appears designed to keep tensions in check amid mediation efforts after day of relatively restrained protests along border
[ALMASDARNEWS] Clashes broke out between Paleostinian protesters and Israeli soldiers at the northern entrance to the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday.
[Jpost] Four Paleostinians were killed and more than 200 were 
[ALMASDARNEWS] A rebel sleeper cell carried out a new attack against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the Daraa Governorate this week, targeting their positions near the al-Sweida Governorate border.
