ISIS-K PUBLISHES THREAT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL NGOs OPERATING IN AFGHANISTAN – An article attributed to ISIS-K was published in the Al-Samood magazine and ISIS’s propaganda site, the Voice of Khorasan, which blames several high-profile NGOs in the country for spreading Shia Islamic beliefs and co-opting the Taliban to do the bidding of the West. The article goes on to threaten the NGOs and warns Afghans to stay away from their facilities and aid distribution sites.
MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR MANDATE CELL PHONE REGISTRATION – Several news outlets reported that the Ministry of the Interior met with businessmen who cell mobile phones in the country and informed them of a new protocol that must be observed when selling a mobile device. Customers must now fill out a form and provide their personal information when purchasing a phone. The Taliban said the new process is intended to reduce crime and improve security.
BRITISH YOUTUBER REPORTED MISSING IN AFGHANISTAN – Lord Miles (Miles Routledge) has been officially declared ‘missing’ by the Taliban on their public relations social media sites. The Taliban Public Relations Department’s Twitter page posted on 15 March that the young man had last been seen in Eastern Afghanistan on 6 March. They stated that an investigation had begun and the UK Embassy in Islamabad had been informed. On 16 March, the PR Department Twitter account was updated with a cryptic message stating that new information had been received but could not be released until they had received authorization.
FORMER PM KHAN’S ARREST WARRANT SUSPENDED – A federal court suspended the contentious warrant for the former PM in exchange for a guarantee he would appear before the court in Islamabad on Saturday. Security precautions were being prepared in the capitol in anticipation of his arrival.
CONFLICT TRACKER Nangarhar: ISIS-K claimed an attack targeting the governor of Sherzad district. An IED was reportedly employed to target the governor’s vehicle. 4 people were reportedly wounded in the attack, including the governor. Balkh: A significant gunfight took place late last night in the Dasht Shoor neighborhood of Mazar-i-Sharif. Fighting continued into the early morning hours. It is unclear which group may have initiated hostilities, but the Taliban reportedly moved in force toward the Siah Gerd area. Heavy and constant gunfire was reported for several hours. At least one explosion was thought to have occurred. There has been no information concerning casualties at this time. A late, unconfirmed report has suggested the Taliban engaged two different ISIS-K safe houses in Mazar-i-Sharif.
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ISLAMABAD BRACES FOR POSSIBLE VIOLENCE – Due to the drama surrounding former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s corruption trial, Pakistan’s security and judicial leaders are implementing several special protocols for his expected appearance in court today. The security protocols are:
The court case has been moved from the F8 Court Complex to the G-11 Judicial Complex to ensure Khan’s personal safety.
Section 144, a ban on public gatherings and display of weapons, has been imposed across all of Islamabad.
Private companies, security guards, and individuals will not be allowed to carry weapons for the duration of the court proceedings.
Citizens and visitors are required to have their documents on them while they move around the city.
Vehicular travel in sectors G-11/1 and G-10/1 is discouraged.
Shipping containers have been put in place around the Judicial Complex
Based on the PTI party’s actions during Khan’s court appearance last month, violence is deemed likely. At-risk Afghans residing in Islamabad and Rawalpindi are advised to avoid the areas near the Judicial Complex and any sites where large concentrations of police vehicles/personnel are stationed. These will be obvious targets for any PTI supporters who wish to protest their leader’s treatment.
Terrorists, locally dubbed as bandidos, have killed a Major of the Nigerian Army and seven other security operatives in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State.
The bandidos were said to have ambushed the security operatives in Igu village on Wednesday.
A resident of Igu, Inuwa Danladi, said during the attack, four military personnel, including an army major and four vigilante members bit the dust.
"The bandidos ambushed the joint task force as they were passing to Sarkin Pawa and opened fire on them," he said.
According to PUNCH, he stated that the bandidos and the security personnel have earlier in the day had a shootout, adding that the bandidos returned to attack them after the encounter.
"They ran into the ambush by the button men at Igu village which is 10 kilometers from Sarkin Pawa on their way back to the scene where they had earlier engaged the forces of Evil in a shootout to recover the bodies of some of the local vigilantes that were missing," Danladi added.
Danladi said the bandidos who were in the bush burying casualties from their earlier exchange with the security operatives noticed that the personnel were going to recover bodies of vigilantes and then struck.
He said, "The bandidos were in the bush trying to bury their dead and they ambushed and overpowered the soldiers who were going to recover the bodies of the vigilantes and only one soldier among them escaped."
He said that two patrol vehicles belonging to the Joint Security Taskforce were vandalized by the button men with the windscreens and tires ridden with bullets during the attack.
When contacted, Commissioner for Internal Security and Humanitarian Affairs, Emmanuel Umar, said that there had been a series of attacks in the state but he would get the details and issue a statement later.
... the Shiite version of the Muslim Brotherhood, only beholden to Iran. It was founded by Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky (and a number of other spellings), the former head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Nigeria, who converted to Shi'ism after a visit to Iran and now is a fiery Iranian sock puppet. Nigeria declared IMN a terror group in 2019. Like the Muslim Brotherhood its spinoffs, including Boko Haram/ISWAP, are much more violent...
otherwise called "Shi'ites" has accused the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, of causing the death of five members of the group when his security details allegedly opened fire on them during a protest in Kaduna. Many people including passers-by were said to be caught up in the melee on Thursday in Kaduna as many people sustained varying degree of injuries in the process.
In a statement signed by the Secretary of Academic Forum of the movement, Abdullahi Muhammad Musa, the group attributed the tragic incident that led to the death of their members to the inciting statement allegedly made by the governor a few days ago.
The governor was said to have incited members of his political Party in Zaria, against the movement and its leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky(H), where he told them that they must vote for his anointed candidate, Senator Uba Sani.
SaharaReporters gathered that the governor's convoy ran into the peaceful protesters along the airport road demanding for the release of travel documents of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah.
It was learnt that the combined security operatives reportedly fired both teargas canisters and live bullets at the crowd killing five persons on the spot.
One of the victims was identified as Aliyu Suleiman, an 18 years old Mechanical Engineering Student of Kaduna State Polytechnic.
The statement read, "Few days after the Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, incited members of his political Party in Zaria, against the the Islamic movement in Nigeria and it leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky(H), where he told them that they must Vote his anointed candidate, Senator Uba Sani, so he may finish off what he described as the remnants of El-zakzaky's Shiites in Zaria.
"The governor told the APC faithfuls that it's only his successor that can fight and finish the Shiites in the state. Incidentally, less than 48 hours to the state's Governorship election followers of the oppressed leader of the Islamic movement in Nigeria came out to protest against tyrant Buhari's refusal to remove the illegal travelling ban on their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife to travel out for medical treatment, El-Rufai's convoy, ran into the protesters and opened fire with live ammunition on them, killing more than five on the spot.
"These include Aliyu Suleiman, an 18 years old Mechanical Engineering Student of Kaduna State Polytechnic. Several others sustained various degrees of life threatening injuries, an unspecified number of passerby were also shot and arrested."
Three young personnel of the 152 Task Force Battalion, Banki town in Borno State have been confirmed dead after running into an improvised bomb (IED) planted by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... -backed faction of Boko Haram ...Nigeerian Islamist group, formerly paying homage to al-Qaeda, then, when the money ran out, to the Islamic State, and headed by nutcase Abu Bakr Shekau. Once he exploded in a gunfight with ISWAP, many in the group surrendered to the govt and others went with their new overlords. The remainder are a shell of their former selves, stmbling glassy-eyed and lonely through the Sambisa Forest and the soothing waters of Lake Chad, asking themselves What is truth?, or maybe just I wonder what's for dinner? I hope it's not rhinocerous again! ... , the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād.
SaharaReporters gathered that the troops were on fighting patrol around 10 am on Thursday when the vehicle drives over the planted IED.
One of the victims was identified as Ogbosomi; he reportedly joined the Army in 2020.
"Three of our men were killed after a roadside improvised bomb (IED) struck a convoy of troops during a fighting patrol.
"The incident happened around 10 am on Thursday. One of them is Ogbosomi and he joined the Army in 2020 which is 20NA. The other two remaining soldiers are of 21NA and 22NA as well," a military source told SaharaReporters.
Improvised bombs and ambushes continue to pose a major threat to soldiers fighting Boko Haram and ISWAP in Northern Nigeria.
Since the death of JAS leader, Abubakar Shekau ...the lunatic leader of Boko Haram who has been reported dead at least eleven times, pledged his body and soul to ISIS, told his fighters to hang it up once or twice, and been fired by the Caliph and refused to step down. Last seen in 2017, sneaking into Cameroon while wearing a burka... , ISWAP has been consolidating its grip in locations around Lake Chad.
The sect’s membership has swollen with the defection of hundreds of Boko Haram fighters under Shekau.
The terror group has killed thousands of people and displaced millions of individuals mainly in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states.
[Dawn] The Additional Inspector General of Police in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Shaukat Abbas, said on Friday that the Counter Terrorism Department has apprehended a key suspect linked to the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire... mosque bombing that killed dozens in January as he attributed the attack to a splinter faction of the proscribed Tehrik-e-Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... Pakistain (TTP).
On Jan 30, a powerful explosion destroyed a mosque in Peshawar’s Red Zone area where between 300 and 400 people — mostly coppers — had gathered for prayers. The suicide kaboom blew away the wall of the prayer hall and an inner roof and claimed 84 lives.
The outlawed TTP had initially grabbed credit for the attack. However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... it later distanced itself from it but sources earlier indicated that it might have been the handiwork of some local faction of the outlawed group.
Addressing a presser today, the senior KP police official asserted that the TTP’s group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar was behind the incident.
I seem to recall that they originally claimed it...
"The bomber who carried out the attack is known as ’Qari’ in the TTP circles," the official added.
He said that the suspect detained by law enforcement officials was a "backup jacket wallah" who would have been used as a secondary option during the attack in case the first bomber failed to detonate his vest.
The suspect was identified as Imtiaz Khan and was arrested by the CTD with the help of law enforcement agencies, according to the additional IG.
The bigwig declined to identify the place from where the suspect was arrested. However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... he reiterated that the alleged bomber got training in the Kunduz area of Afghanistan.
Furthermore, he mentioned that law enforcement had identified a "criminal mastermind" and a "handler" associated with the bombers, and they were currently making efforts to apprehend them.
The criminal mastermind was identified as Ghaffar alias Salman. "We have found that Ghaffar was in contact with the suicide bomber on the day of the incident. We are trying to apprehend the handler and criminal mastermind of the attack."
Pakistain has witnessed a surge in TTP violence since peace talks between the murderous Moslem group and the government broke down in the latter half of last year. The TTP formally ended the ceasefire on November 28 and since then 58 attacks have been claimed by the group in which 170 people died.
Many of these attacks were planned and directed by the TTP leadership based in Afghanistan, according to a Dawn report.
[Shafaq News] The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in the al-Anbar desert carried out a pre-emptive operation resulting in the killing of four ISIS members, according to Lt. Gen. Qais al-Muhammadawi, Deputy Commander of Joint Operations.
Meanwhile, ...back at the buffalo wallow, Yellow Wolf clutched at his chest and fell from his horse... the PMF's Saladin Operations Command has launched proactive plans and measures in preparation for the so-called "Ramadan invasions" by ISIS during the upcoming holy month.
Ahmed al-Kinani, the media director for the leadership, confirmed to Shafaq News Agence that all the PMF sectors in Saladin are under control and secure, resulting in a more than 90% decrease in the rate of attacks and ISIS activity, except for the Tuz Khurmato border areas with Kurdistan, which are responsible for Kirkuk operations and the East Tigris Operations Command.
The Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been significantly weakened in Iraq, but the group remains active in some areas. However, women are made to be loved, not understood... in recent years, Iraqi security forces, with the support of the international coalition against ISIS, have made significant gains in retaking territory previously held by the group, including djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and Tikrit ...birthplace of Saddam Hussein... However, women are made to be loved, not understood... ISIS has continued to carry out attacks in some parts of Iraq, particularly in the northern and western regions. The group has exploited political instability and security weaknesses in these areas to launch attacks on security forces and civilians. In addition, ISIS has also been carrying out kidnappings and liquidations targeting tribal leaders and government officials.
Overall, while ISIS's activity in Iraq has decreased in recent years, the group still poses a threat to the security and stability of the country. Moreover, the ongoing conflict in neighboring Syria, which has provided a haven for ISIS Death Eaters, also complicates efforts to eradicate the group in Iraq.
[IsraelTimes] 16 and 19-year-old from Tel Aviv allegedly considered lynching Arab Israeli but instead decided to target mosque, which they filmed and later posted to TikTok
Two Jewish suspects, including a minor, were indicted Friday on terror charges for recently Molotov cocktailing a mosque in the central city of Herzliya.
The Tel Aviv residents, aged 16 and 19, were arrested by police in the past few days for targeting the Sidna Ali Mosque in January with Molotov cocktails as an act of Dire Revenge for Paleostinian terror attacks, according to a Justice Ministry statement.
The suspects were charged with conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism and arson offenses. The roof of the mosque was left covered in soot due to the act.
The indictment also alleged the two considered carrying out a lynch of an Arab-Israeli but decided instead to act against the mosque.
In May 2021, an Arab man was targeted in a vicious racist assault by as many as 15 men outside the Herzliya site, amid an intense wave of intercommunal violence that accompanied fighting in 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... between Paleostinian snuffies and Israeli forces.
According to Friday’s charge sheet, the two initially scoped out the well-known Hassan Bek Mosque in Jaffa to attack in the early hours of January 29. However, Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... their suspicious activity was noticed by a passerby, who threatened to call the police.
The two subsequently fled, then searched "mosques" on the Waze navigation application, where they found the Sinda Ali Mosque. Before heading there, they allegedly purchased bottles and fuel from a Tel Aviv gas station, arriving with Molotov cocktails already prepared.
The indictment said that while one of the accused threw two of the explosives at the roof of the mosque, the other filmed the act on his phone. After that, the second allegedly threw a third explosive, before the pair expeditiously departed at a goodly pace.
One Molotov cocktail set the roof alight, causing minor damage.
The suspect who filmed the incident sent the video to his alleged accomplice, who uploaded it to TikTok with the text, "message to Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,, the people of Israel want Dire Revenge and this is only the beginning." The post also included a distorted voice recording of the text.
In his request to arrest them, Tel Aviv prosecutor Tal Eliyahu warned that if the mosque caught fire, it could have led to "an escalation of severe acts of violence in Israeli society, on a religious and nationalistic basis."
According to the Shin Bet, there has been a rise in motivation to attack Arabs since a group of settlers rampaged through the West Bank town of Huwara in February following a deadly terror attack, burning cars and homes and leaving one Paleostinian dead in unclear circumstances.
Paleostinian terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank in recent months have left 14 Israelis dead and several more seriously hurt.
[IsraelTimes] Military says 23-year-old approached soldiers at West Bank junction, refused calls to identify himself and pulled out a knife
A Paleostinian man was shot and killed after attempting to stab Israeli soldiers near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday evening, the military and Paleostinian health officials said. Well, he won't do that again
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the Paleostinian suspect approached troops in a suspicious manner at a junction between the town of Baytin and the settlement of Beit El.
Soldiers first called on the suspect to identify himself, before he pulled out a knife, the IDF said. In response, the troops shot up him.
The suspect was initially taken by military medics to the Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, but was declared dead.
The Paleostinian Authority Health Ministry said it had been notified of the man’s death, naming him as 23-year-old Yazan Omar Jamil Khasib.
No soldiers were hurt in the attempted attack.
At least 85 Paleostinians have been killed since the beginning of the year, most of them while carrying out attacks or during festivities with security forces
[NPASyria] The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested three members of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) in the countryside of Raqqa, northern Syria, on March 10, the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS said on Friday.
In a release, the Combined Special Operations Joint Task Force — Levant (SOJTF — Levant) said the SDF led two successful unilateral operations "to capture and detain three ISIS operatives" in Raqqa on March 10.
The SDF, supported and advised by the Coalition forces, managed to arrest Hussein Khalil al-Hussein, a known ISIS operative, Abduljabbar Imad Mukhlif, an ISIS cell leader, and Khaled Thamer Muhammad al-Rawi, a known ISIS aid controller.
"The SDF’s ability to plan and execute complex operations in the ar-Raqqa region is integral to our shared goals in the enduring defeat of ISIS," said US Air Force Brig. Gen. Claude Tudor, SOJTF — Levant commander.
The release concluded that the Coalition forces remain steadfast, assisting and enabling the SDF in maintaining security and stability throughout the region.
The SDF continues launching its non-stop operations to pursue ISIS sleeper cells in north and east Syria.
Last week, the SDF arrested an ISIS member who was responsible for "providing the terrorist cells of ISIS with intelligence for planning terrorist acts" to hit the state of safety and stability the region is maintaining, according to the SDF Media Center.
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...Nigeerian Islamist group, formerly paying homage to al-Qaeda, then, when the money ran out, to the Islamic State, and headed by nutcase Abu Bakr Shekau. Once he exploded in a gunfight with ISWAP, many in the group surrendered to the govt and others went with their new overlords. The remainder are a shell of their former selves, stmbling glassy-eyed and lonely through the Sambisa Forest and the soothing waters of Lake Chad, asking themselves 
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
[IsraelTimes] Military says 23-year-old approached soldiers at West Bank junction, refused calls to identify himself and pulled out a knife
