BOMBINGS IN KABUL – 2 additional blasts were reported on Sunday in North and West Kabul neighborhoods which are heavily populated by Tajik and Hazara people respectively. The blasts were reputedly small and are thought to have been magnetic mines that were attached to vehicles. No information has been received about casualties and/or the intended targets. Again, no group has claimed credit for these attacks and the silence seems to indicate a shift in strategy for terror groups operating in Afghanistan to avoid attribution. Whether the shift is significant or not remains to be seen.
NEW PASSPORT DIRECTOR APPOINTED – Sources indicate that as a result of a large-scale investigation into the illegal sale of passports, visas, and national ID cards, the former Director of the Passports Division was dismissed and may be under investigation and a new Director, Maulvi Abdul Karim Hasib was appointed in his place. The passport system has proven to be a lucrative black market business in Afghanistan and several European and international law enforcement agencies are reputedly delving into the processes. Afghans living in other countries and/or traveling on their Afghan passports may experience additional scrutiny at screening checkpoints.
EARTHQUAKE STRIKES PAKTIKA PROVINCE - An earthquake has been reported in Paktika on Sunday and initial reports suggest it was near the epicenter of the June earthquake that caused significant damage and loss of life. There are scattered reports of casualties but no definitive information was available at this time. Curiously, the earthquake has not been plotted on international monitoring sites as of publication.
TALIBAN TO INVESTIGATE DETENTIONS IN PANJSHIR – The Taliban released a statement through their affiliated news channel, Bakhtar News, that they had formed a 6 person panel to investigate the reported arrests and detentions that have been reported in Panjshir since the Spring. Few Afghanistan observers believe the panel will investigate in an unbiased manner. Multiple reports have suggested that as many as 6,000 non-combatants in Panjshir are currently being held in different locations.
CONFLICT TRACKER Badakhshan: The Taliban launched an operation after a failed attempt to arrest a suspected NRF fighter in the Kafardara area off Kohistan district. Fighting escalated during the day, continuing into early evening. There are reports of casualties, but the exact numbers are not currently known.
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BADAKHSHAN FIGHTING TO SPREAD – Sources from both the NRF and Taliban have opined the fighting seen there in the last twenty-four hours has the potential to spread to other Districts over the coming week. One source close to the Resistance shared photos of new rifles being unpacked from shipping crates and claimed the Resistance had received several shipments of new weapons over the past three weeks. The origin of the weapons has not been confirmed but the source said they likely came through the Pamir region.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A new political movement, "Afghanistan National Movement for Peace and Justice" led by the former Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hanif Atmar announced its establishment.
The Atmar-led movement places more emphasis on peace and progressing the Doha intra-Afghan negotiations, unlike other political movements that call for the overthrow of the current government and propose alternative systems.
According to Hanif Atmar, the leader of the Peace and Justice political movement, peace and prosperity cannot be achieved without a legitimate system. For him, a major barrier to enduring peace in Afghanistan is the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... government’s illegitimacy.
According to Atmar, the legitimacy and a legitimate system must be based on the will of the people. The Doha Agreement, according to him, marked the beginning of the republic regime’s downfall, and the parties failed to fulfill all their obligations under the agreement.
Atmar stated that legitimacy and a legitimate system must be based on the will of the people. He contends that the Doha Agreement marked the collapse of the republican regime and that the parties have not complied with all of their obligations under the agreement.
To achieve an inclusive political agreement, he suggested that intra-Afghan talks be initiated.
In the opening program of the Peace and Justice movement, Jalil Shams, a member of the leadership of the movement, declared that "our ideals and goals are the same as those of the Taliban." Shams asserted that "the distinction lies in how the difference is interpreted."
However, you can observe a lot just by watching... the reactions to this political movement are not optimistic. Political researcher and former Afghan presidential candidate, Dr. Faramarz Tamana in reaction to the formation of the Peace and Justice movement said that "those who were a big part of the problem can never be the solution."
Tamana further claimed that 98% of the movement’s members are former officials from the previous Afghan government, who "razed Afghanistan’s 20-year achievements to the ground and in the end bravely ran away cowardly with millions of dollars."
The Supreme Council of National Resistance® for the Salvation of Afghanistan member and leader of the Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan, Mohammad Mohaqiq, said that "hiring a few officials will not solve the problem."
Despite not mentioning Hanif Atmar’s party by name, Mohaqiq implied by mentioning that "the solution to the Afghanistan problem is a genuine and meaningful negotiation," and not hiring a few officials to gain legitimacy.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Taliban ...Arabic for students... Ministry of Defense announced that the Taliban forces in the Islam Qala border crossing in the Islam Qala district of the northwestern Afghan province of Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... have prevented a $250,000 cash smuggling attempt to Iran.
According to a statement from the Defense Ministry of the Taliban administration, released on Sunday, October 16, the Taliban forces have held a person in jug along with an amount of $250,000 that he was attempting to smuggle to Iran.
The amount of money was deftly concealed inside the car seat in an attempt to illegally transport the cash undeclared, according to a statement from the Taliban government’s Ministry of Defense.
The perpetrator, who was carrying stacks of dollar bills illegally across the Afghan border, has been arrested by the forces and handed over to the respective bodies for taking further prosecution.
125 cartons of opium that were intended to be smuggled to the United Arab Emirates were previously seized by Taliban forces from the Kabul International Airport in disguise as black raisins.
The border control authorities have also prevented truckloads of wheat and other materials from entering neighboring countries as well as the smuggling of military equipment from Afghanistan.
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[ShabelleMedia] Somali troops wrestle control of key villages from al-Shabaab ...... Somalia's version of the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... , functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... during an operation in the Middle Shabelle region on Sunday.
The military took over Yaaqle, Mukadheere, Dhabacoow, Kooraabe, Shanloow, and Farbaraki, small areas under Bal’ad town, which lies 30KMs north of Mogadishu.
Osman Hadole who is a member of parliament accompanied the forces during the successful and peaceful takeover.
After the capture, the troops carried out a house-to-house manhunt to clear the remnants of al-Shabaab, according to the state media.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS] A number of Jawf rustics loyal to the Saudi-led coalition set up on Saturday sit-in tents near the Saudi border to demand the release of the leader of Islah party Sheikh Amin al-Okimi, the governor in the colaition-backed government, and the former leader of the so-called Jawf axis.
The channel "Al-Mahriya" said, in a breaking news that Jawf tribes erected their first tents on the border between 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... and Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century... to demand the speedy release of Sheikh Amin al-Okimi, who was arrested at the end of last July by Saudi forces.
The channel pointed to the continued flow of tribes to Muttrah area near the Saudi border to demand the return of sheikh al-Okimi to Yemen.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS] Unknown Lions of Islam blew up an oil pipeline 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... ’s Shabwah province, which is under the control of the UAE-backed militias.
This was reported by Yemen News Portal on Sunday, based on testimonies of local sources.
According to the sources, it is believed that members of pro-UAE factions known as the "Shabwah Defense" who were laid off from their units by the Southern Traditional Council (STC) planted improvised bombs (IEDs) under a pipeline transporting oil from the fields of Ayadh and al-Uqlah to the port of Nashmiyah, and detonated them.
The attack took place in Habban district. The pumping of oil has stopped as a result, one of the sources said.
This is the second step of escalation by those who were laid off from their units in Shabwah, where they had previously held a mass demonstration in Ataq to condemn the decision to eliminate their salaries..
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I blame Al Gore.
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[REGNUM] A total of 12 people were killed and three were injured in a shooting at a bar in Irapuato in the state of Guanajuato (Mexico). This was announced on October 16 by the city's public security department.
The incident took place on the evening of October 15th.
Security officers went to the scene of the emergency, where doctors confirmed the death of six men and six women.
[Rudaw] Suspected Ottoman Turkish bombardment targeted Erbil’s Sidakan area on Sunday, injuring at least one, a local official told Rudaw.
Ihsan Chalabi, Sidakan’s mayor, told Rudaw’s Bakhtiyar Qadir that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... struck the borders of the area on Sunday afternoon, adding that a woman by the name of Sharmin Asaad, 30, was injured as a result of the attack.
Asaad’s wounds were minor and she was treated in Sidakan, the mayor added.
Turkey frequently attacks Sidakan and other areas on its southern borders with the Kurdistan Region under the pretext of targeting position of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
In April, Turkey launched a fresh phase in a series of anti-PKK operations. The operation, dubbed Claw-Lock, is an air and ground assault that heavily focuses on mountainous border areas where the gang maintains a presence.
The Ottoman Turkish state has come under criticism from Baghdad, Erbil, and the international community for violating Iraqi illusory sovereignty, but Ankara continues to establish increasing numbers of bases and outposts in the mountains of Erbil and Duhok provinces.
The decades-long conflict between Turkey and the PKK has left 212 villages across Erbil province abandoned, with a staggering total of 504 abandoned villages across the entire Kurdistan Region.
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[IsraelTimes] The organization has grabbed credit for numerous recent shooting attacks against Israeli forces and civilians in the northern West Bank.
Israel’s political and security leaders held a special security assessment on Sunday to discuss the situation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
According to Channel 12 news, the sit-down focused on countering a recently formed armed Paleostinian group that calls itself "Lion’s Den."
Among those present were Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and National Security Council Chairman Eyal Hulata, and the heads of Mossad and the Shin Bet, the report said.
Lion’s Den has grabbed credit for numerous recent shooting attacks against Israeli forces and civilians in the northern West Bank.
The group, based in Nablus, was established in recent months by members of various terror groups. Some of its members were apparently previously affiliated with the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... , among others.
Earlier Sunday, the military’s liaison to the Paleostinians said it had revoked the entry permits to Israel from 164 family members of Paleostinian "terror elements" in the West Bank city of Nablus, referring specifically to members of the group Lion’s Den.
The move to revoke the permits from their family members came shortly before Israel imposed a closure on Nablus, not long after an Israeli soldier was killed in a shooting attack claimed by Lion’s Den.
The IDF said Sunday it would impose another closure on West Bank crossings, following a violent mostly peaceful weekend.
The closure, which also includes crossings with the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip, was to begin on Sunday at 4 p.m. and end on Monday at 11:59 p.m. The border crossings were set to reopen "subject to a situational assessment and in accordance with the usual operating hours," the Israel Defense Forces said.
In another move against Lion’s Den, the TikTok video-sharing platform on Saturday banned an account belonging to the gang. According to Hebrew-language media reports, the move came following requests by Israel.
Lion’s Den had used its TikTok account to publish videos of its members committing shooting attacks and to spread its ideology.
Lion’s Den, which is believed to consist of several dozen members without any proper hierarchy, continues to have a large following on the Telegram messaging service.
In arrest raids across the West Bank early Sunday, troops detained six wanted Paleostinians and seized weapons and ammunition, the Israeli military said.
[IsraelTimes] Shin Bet says Sa’ad Abu Rakaik and Sameh al-Nabari, both in their 20s, were in direct contact with members of an organization based in coastal enclave.
Two Bedouin men from southern Israel were arrested last month for alleged ties to an unnamed terror group in the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip, the Shin Bet security agency revealed Sunday.
According to the Shin Bet, Sa’ad Abu Rakaik, 20, from the city of Tel Sheva, and Sameh al-Nabari, 21, from a Negev village near Hura, were in direct contact with members of the group.
The pair were accused of helping funnel funds to Gaza for the group.
The Shin Bet said al-Nabari was also instructed to conduct "additional security tasks" for the group, including attempts to transfer weapons to another operative.
Indictments charging the pair with "serious security offenses" were filed on Sunday, according to the agency.
The service warned that Gaza-based terrorist groups were increasingly trying to carry out attacks in Israel, as well as in the West Bank.
The Shin Bet said the recent arrests have taught the agency a lot about Gaza-based terror groups’ attempts "that continue at all times, to recruit Israeli citizens for the purpose of carrying out terror activities."
The Shin Bet said it and the Israel Police "take any involvement or affiliation of Israeli citizens in terrorist activities very seriously, including being in contact with operatives from terrorist organizations, including from the Gaza Strip."
In July, a Bedouin man was arrested after he was recruited by a small Gaza-based terror group to join the Israeli military and transfer intelligence to it.
September’s arrests came at a time of rising violence in the West Bank.
Israeli forces have ratcheted up arrest raids and other counterterror efforts in the West Bank since a spate of terror attacks against Israelis in the spring killed 19 people.
In recent months, Paleostinian button men, including some affiliated with the Gaza-ruling Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw,, have repeatedly attacked military posts, troops operating along the West Bank security barrier, Israeli settlements, and civilians on the roads.
Last month, security forces arrested a cell of four Paleostinians who allegedly planned to commit shooting attacks in the West Bank under orders of Hamas, and another Hamas cell of seven members who are accused of planning both shootings and bombings.
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[REGNUM] The Turkish armed forces eliminated six militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Syria. This was reported on October 16 by Anadolu Ajansı with reference to the Turkish Ministry of National Defense.
According to the military department, the liquidated militants were preparing an attack on the Turkish military in the zones of anti-terrorist operations "Euphrates Shield", "Olive Branch" and "Source of Peace."
As REGNUM reported, on October 13, the Turkish Defense Ministry acknowledged the death of one of its servicemen in northern Iraq.
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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
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