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Rajitha denies any SLPP opposition to his crossover

by Sahan Tennekoon in The Morning online, Apr 13, 2023Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Opposition Parliamentarian Dr. Rajitha Senaratne yesterday (12) claimed that there is no opposition from the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MPs against him as has been claimed by some of the SJB MPs, as Government Party MPs are willing to take him to the Government. He said this when he was contacted by The Daily Morning to inquire about the rumours…

IS claims bomb attack that targeted Afghan journalists

report in The News, March 13, 2023KABUL:e Islamic State group on Sunday claimed a bomb attack that killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists and children in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif this week. Saturday´s bombing occurred at an event honouring Afghanistan´s journalists, and came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of Balkh province in an attack also claimed by IS. The attack against journalists was caused…

Afghan Taliban claim killing top IS-K commander

AFP report in Dawn, March 1st, 2023KABUL: Taliban forces claimed to have killed a top commander of the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) militant group, who allegedly planned attacks against diplomatic missions in Afghanistan’s capital, a government official said. Violence in Afghanistan dramatically dipped after the Taliban seized power in August 2021. But in the past year, security has worsened, with a spate of mass casualty attacks claimed by Islamic State’s regional chapter, IS-K. Taliban forces killed…

Bombs, grenades seized in Bajaur raid

report in Dawn, February 1st, 2023BAJAUR: The authorities claimed on Tuesday to have recovered two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), seven rocket-propelled grenades and fuses in Mamond tehsil near the Pak-Afghan border here. The recovery was made during an intelligence-based operation conducted jointly by a team of police and Bajaur Scouts, according to a statement issued from the district police officer’s office in Khar. It said the IEDs and grenades were hidden there by some miscreants…