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Gen. Dostum’s convoy of guards ambushed by Taliban By KHAAMA PRESS – Tue Sep 20 2016

The convoy of Security guards of the first vice president General Abdul Rashid Dostum was ambushed by the Taliban militants in north of the country. According to local officials in Jawzjan province, the incident took place in the vicinity of Khwajah Dokoh district. Provincial police chief Gen. Khwajah Rahmatullah Turkistani said a brief clash took place between the two sides but no casualties were incurred to the security forces and guards of Dostum. He said…

Afghan bomber’s travel to Pakistan under scrutiny : report in The Nation, Sept 21, 2016

NEW YORK – Ahmad Khan Rahami, the Afghan-born man arrested for this weekend’s series of bombings in New York and New Jersey, had travelled to Pakistan and Afghanistan several times without detection by the US government, according to media reports citing officials. Rahami’s travels and time spent in Pakistan are the subject of intense scrutiny by US investigators who are now trying to determine whether the suspect became radicalised during his travel and what connections,…