At least 10 Taliban insurgents were killed during a clash in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan late on Saturday night, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Sunday. “10 armed Taliban were killed following an armed attack last night, after a group of armed Taliban attacked the Afghan National Police check post in Baba Ji region, 4th district of Lashkar Gah City capital of southern Helmand province,” a statement by MoI said The statement further added…
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A Haqqani network terrorists have been arrested by the Afghan intelligence operatives before the suspects manage to target the parliament building. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the terrorist was looking to attack the parliament building with BM12 rockets. No further details regarding the exact location where the terrorist was arrested by the intelligence operatives. This comes as the Afghan intelligence operatives foiled attack plots by the notorious Haqqani terrorist network in Kabul city…
As the Taliban’s insurgency in Helmand gathers fresh momentum, military leadership still appears reluctant to implement an important order issued by President Ashraf Ghani two weeks back giving a free hand to security forces to fight militants from a harsher standpoint. This comes amid a surge in violence and an increase in opium trade which is believed to finance the Taliban’s war in the southern war-torn province. Three days ago, the provincial governor Hayatollah Hayat…
PISHIN: A spy of Afghan intelligence agency was arrested with hand grenade and sensitive documents, during a crackdown today. Reacting to an intelligence tip-off the sensitive agencies personnel conducted search operation in main town of Pishin, during which a member of Afghan intelligence agency, National Directorate of Security (NDS) was arrested. Hand grenade and sensitive documents were also recovered from possession of the detainees. The nabbed NDS spy was shifted to an undisclosed location for…
A number of military experts believe President Ashraf Ghani’s order to suppress militants is not being properly implemented. They said that the president is “messing with people’s minds” by giving the order but not implementing it on the battlefields. “Unfortunately, what the president has announced is not put into practice. Currently security forces in Deh Rawud district are under siege and the president is playing with the public’s minds,” said Jawed Kohestani, a military expert.…
The Taliban attacked the Afghan police compound at first light, coming from all sides at the American Green Berets holed up inside. The insurgents fired assault rifles, heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. They came in what a soldier called “human waves.” Not even strafing runs by American F-16 fighters stopped the assault. The elite American soldiers — whose mission was only to train and advise Afghan troops — had never seen a firefight as…
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has informed Congress that it wants to retain the flexibility that foreign assistance provides, to do business with Pakistan. “It is critical that the State Department maintains the flexibility to provide assistance for Pakistan that advances US interests,” said a department official when asked how the recent congressional restrictions could affect US-Pakistan relations. “We seek aid for Pakistan because it’s in our interests; it advances our broader security interests, and…
Beijing ready for larger UN Africa mission By Zhi Yuchen in Global Times, May 8, 2016 at 19:43:01hrs
The author is an assistant research fellow at the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences On September 2, 2015, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reported to the 70th session General Assembly of Security Council about the implementation of the recommendations of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO). This HIPPO was commissioned by Ban on October 31, 2014 to conduct a comprehensive assessment of UN peacekeeping operations. According to the…
China has started its final efforts to end all military-provided paid public services, a move observers said could be a response to a recent medical scandal involving a military hospital. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the People’s Armed Police Force convened a meeting on Saturday in Tianjin to outline a pilot mission to completely stop their paid public services, the PLA Daily reported Sunday. The meeting indicates that China’s drive to halt the military’s…
The Islamic State or Daesh has emerged as a serious threat to several regions of the world besides the Middle Eastern countries where it was born and remains entrenched. The recent spectacular but deadly attacks in Brussels and Paris show the lethality and ruthlessness of the organization that seeks to reach beyond the erstwhile borders of Iraq and Syria. According to some analysts and security experts at leading think-tanks of the world, the beginning of…
ISLAMABAD: The banned Hizbul Tahrir (HuT) has mounted pressure on Pakistani missions abroad to release its activists detained in Pakistan.A group of HuT activists recently visited Pakistani missions in Indonesia, Jordan, Tunisia and Sudan, calling for end of prosecution of their members who according to them are struggling to establish ‘caliphate’ in Pakistan through use of non-violent methods. “The officials of Hizbut Tehrir Indonesia visited the mission and handed over release [communication] along with a…