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Five Police Officers Killed In Attack Claimed By Pakistani Taliban
By RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal January 08, 2024 A roadside bomb explosion targeting a police vehicle that was guarding an anti-polio vaccination team has killed at least five police officers and wounded another 22 in northwestern Pakistan, local officials told RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal on January 8.
Panjshir Governor: No attack in Panjshir in one year – The Pakistan Daily
The Governor of Afghanistan’s northeastern Panjshir province says there has been no incident of violence in the province in one year and that the opposition has been ‘eliminated’. The Taliban had claimed victory over opposition forces in Panjshir on Sept.6, 2021, completing their takeover of Afghanistan three weeks after they seized control of the rest of the country. Taliban could not enter Panjshir during their previous rule of Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001.
Afghan gov’t ‘delaying clearance’ to Pakistan’s relief flights: official – The Pakistan Daily
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s relief assistance to Afghanistan’s earthquake-affected areas awaits clearance for several days from the Afghan government, an official said on Wednesday. Taliban officials confirmed on Sunday that around 2,500 people were killed and thousands more injured in one of the country’s worst earthquakes in years. Afghan officials say that hundreds are still missing following a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck parts of Western Herat province.
At Least Four Killed In Attack On Police Station In Karachi Claimed By Pakistani Taliban
By RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal February 17, 2023 At least two soldiers and two militants have been killed in an attack by a group of armed men on the central police station in Karachi, Pakistan. Karachi police say that in addition to the dead, six rangers and three policemen were injured and transferred to the hospital for treatment.
Three Assailants Killed In Attack On Hotel In Kabul, Taliban Says
Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government said an attack on a hotel building in Kabul on December 12 ended with the killing of three attackers. All the guests of the hotel were saved and no foreigner was killed in the attack, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. The Kabul Emergency Hospital said that 21 injured were taken to the hospital and three of them were dead on arrival. The extremist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on the hotel, which is popular with Chinese nationals.
Women's Rights Activist Zarifa Yaqobi Released From Taliban Prison, Sister Says
Zarifa Yaqobi, a women's rights activist who is a member of the Afghan Women's Movement for Equality, has been released from prison in Afghanistan. Arifa Yaqobi, a sister of Zarifa, and some other women's rights activists confirmed her release to RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi on December 12. Razia Barakzai, a member of the movement, told Radio Azadi that the fate of other women is unknown.
Five Killed In Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clash
At least five people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in a border clash between the Pakistani military and the Afghan Taliban on December 11 The clash took place at the Chaman crossing, which links Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan with Spin Boldak in the Afghan province of Kandahar. A police official in the Chaman border district told dpa the death toll could rise.
UN Rights Chief Deplores 'Systematic Exclusion' Of Afghan Women
The UN humans rights chief Volker Turk said on December 9 that Afghan women and girls are being systematically excluded from virtually all aspects of life under the Taliban. "The continued systematic exclusion of women and girls from virtually all aspects of life is unparalleled in this world," Turk told journalists at a Geneva press briefing. To read the original story by Reuters story, click here.
Pakistan Tops New Index Measuring Chinese Influence Around The World
Pakistan is the country in the world that is the most influenced by China, according to a new study that measures Beijing's expanding global sway.
Taliban Lashes 17 Men, 10 Women In Public For Alleged Adultery, Other Offenses
Twenty-seven people have been lashed in public in the northern Afghan province of Parwan as punishment for alleged adultery, theft, drug offenses, and other crimes, Obaidullah Aminzadeh, the Taliban provincial governor, told RFE/RL. The public lashings on December 8 were held at a stadium in the provincial capital, Charakar, and were attended by provincial officials and local residents, the local Taliban court said in a statement. Journalists were not allowed to attend.
Afghans Struggle For Survival As Country Braces For Second Winter Under Taliban Rule
Mahmood has been selling off what is left of his family’s meager possessions in order to prepare for the harsh winter ahead. “I sold our carpets and kitchen utensils to buy food and fuel for the winter,” the father-of-five, who lives in the northern Afghan province of Parwan, told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi. Mahmood is among the millions of Afghans who aid groups say will struggle to survive as the country braces for its second winter under Taliban rule.
Taliban Holds First Public Execution In Afghanistan Since Retaking Power
Afghanistan's Taliban administration has carried out the death penalty of a man convicted of murder in the country's first public execution since the militants retook power in August last year. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the ruling Taliban, said on December 7 that a group of senior officials attended the execution of a man from the Injil district of Herat Province. He allegedly confessed to killing a man with a knife and taking his motorcycle and phone during a robbery five years ago.
Nine Killed In Violence In Northwestern Pakistan
Nine people, including five militants, two security personnel, and two civilians have been killed in three separate attacks in northwestern Pakistan, the military and witnesses said. The military said in a statement on December 6 that one soldier and five militants were killed in a clash in North Waziristan tribal district. Separately, gunmen killed a paramilitary Frontier Corps soldier and his father in North Waziristan's Bannu district after entering their house.
Pakistan's Top Court Sets Up Supervisory Panel On TV Journalist Killed In Kenya
Pakistan's Supreme Court has set up a panel of five judges to supervise an investigation into the killing of a prominent television journalist shot dead in Kenya, it said on December 6. The court has sought initial responses from the Foreign Office, the Interior Ministry and the Federal Investigation Agency, it said in a statement.
As IMF Funding Delayed, Pakistan Expects $3 Billion From Friendly Country
Pakistan expects to secure $3 billion in external financing from a friendly country in two weeks, its finance minister said on December 2 as the South Asian country awaits funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). An IMF review for the release of its next tranche of funding has been pending since September, leaving Pakistan in dire need of external financing.
One Person Killed In Armed Attack On Pakistan Girls' School
One person was killed and another was wounded when gunmen opened fire on a girls' school in Pakistan's restive South Waziristan tribal district on December 1, police said. The person killed was a local passerby while the one wounded was a security guard, Alamgir Mehsud, police chief of Azam Warsak, where the attack occurred, told RFE/RL. Warsak said security forces returned fire but the attackers escaped into the border area.
Four Killed, 26 Wounded In Quetta Suicide Attack Claimed By Pakistani Taliban
By RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal November 30, 2022 Four people were killed and 26 wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a police truck in western Pakistan assigned to protect polio workers, officials said, an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban. The November 30 attack occurred in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's restive Balochistan Province bordering Afghanistan and Iran, where both Islamist and separatist militants operate.
Taliban Cuts Off RFE/RL Radio Broadcasts In Afghanistan
The Taliban has cut off broadcasts by U.S.-funded media outlets including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, citing complaints about content. Abdul Haq Hammad, an official at the Taliban's Information Ministry, said in a tweet on December 1 that broadcasts by RFE/RL's Radio Azadi were cut off in 13 cities. The Voice of America (VOA) said its broadcasts were also taken down.
Explosion In Northwest Pakistan Coal Mine Kills Nine, Injures Four
A methane gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northwest Pakistan on November 30, killing nine miners and injuring four others, a government official said. The explosion happened in a remote area in Orakzai, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province bordering Afghanistan, said Mohammad Arif, an adviser for the Mines and Minerals Department. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and local government officials expressed sorrow over the incident.
Pakistani Taliban is a volcano waiting to erupt | By Manish Rai
TEHREEK-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in June this year declared an indefinite ceasefire to facilitate peace talks being brokered by the Afghan Taliban. But there have been regular clashes between TTP and Pakistan security forces since then despite both sides confirming the truce still on. Recently, questions were raised over the fate of peace talks after some media publications reported the clash between TTP militants and Pak Army.
Afghanistan's Acting Taliban Cabinet Holds First Meeting
Afghanistan's interim Taliban government has held its first cabinet meeting since taking power in August, the group's chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on October 4 in a press release, which also announced that the government would resume issuing passports and ID cards to Afghan citizens.
Taliban Claims It Destroyed Islamic State Cell In Kabul After Deadly Mosque Blast
The Taliban claims it has destroyed a cell operated by the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in a raid conducted just hours after a deadly bombing outside a Kabul mosque. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on his official Twitter account on October 4 that all the cell members were killed in a late-night operation conducted by a special forces unit north of the capital.
Afghan Would-Be Refugee Said Killed By Taliban Near Tajik Border
Taliban fighters have reportedly killed an Afghan man who tried to flee to neighboring Tajikistan and detained another man along the Afghan-Tajik border. A source in the city of Ishkashim in Afghanistan's northern province of Badakhshan, which borders Tajikistan, told RFE/RL on October 3 that the incidents occurred the previous day, when Taliban militants raided the area in an attempt to force about 2,000 Afghans seeking to leave the war-torn country to go back to their homes.
EU Foreign-Policy Chief Says Afghanistan On Brink Socioeconomic Collapse
The European Union's foreign-policy chief has said that Afghanistan is facing a breakdown of its economic and social systems that could harm its population and harm regional security. "Afghanistan is experiencing a serious humanitarian crisis and a socioeconomic collapse is looming, which would be dangerous for Afghans, the region, and international security," Josep Borrell wrote on his blog. Borrell met last week with Qatari officials in Doha, where the Taliban has a representation office.
Deadly Blast Reported Outside Kabul Mosque
A Taliban official says that Afghan civilians have been killed by an explosion outside a Kabul mosque where a prayer ceremony for his own mother was to be held. "A bomb blast rocked a gathering of civilians near the entrance of the Eidgah Mosque in Kabul this afternoon, unfortunately leaving a number of civilians dead," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter on October 3.
Taliban 'Tribal Version': Shari'a Is Not The Same Everywhere
When the Taliban-led government says it is implementing Islamic law in Afghanistan, it is referring to its own strict Sunni interpretation of Shari'a. There is no universal Islamic law, because Shari'a is open to different interpretations among the five main schools of Islamic jurisprudence: four Sunni schools of thought and a Shi'ite school. Thus the Taliban's version of Islamic law differs from Shari'a in other predominantly Muslim countries, including other mostly Sunni countries.
Five Soldiers Said Killed In Ambush By Pakistani Taliban
Five members of Pakistan's security forces have been killed in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban in the North Waziristan tribal region, officials told RFE/RL. Militants attacked a convoy of security forces during a search operation in the Salpazai area on the morning of October 2, according to local administration and military sources.
The Quetta Attack Exposes Pakistan’s Misplaced Counterterrorism Priorities
The suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan earlier this week that killed at least 70 people and injured more than 100 was one of the most despicable attacks reported this year in Pakistan. It’s the deadliest such attack to date against the Pakistani lawyer community, which has been targeted by terrorists for some time. The attack took place as a group of lawyers gathered to grieve the death of Balochistan Bar Association (BBA) President Bilal Anwar Kasi, who died in a gun attack earlier in the day.
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