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IS branch attacks Pakistani mission in Afghanistan, kills 7
[PHILSTAR] A branch of the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group grabbed credit for an attack yesterday on Pakistain's Consulate in eastern Afghanistan that killed at least seven members of the Afghan cops. The attack in Jalalabad, the capital of the volatile Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province that borders Pakistain, started when a jacket wallah detonated his explosives vest outside the diplomatic mission, said Attaullah Khyogani, front man for the province's governor. The kaboom triggered a gunbattle between Afghan cops and the bad boys. Along with the coppers killed, seven people were also maimed in the attack, Khyogani added. He said all three attackers were killed, including the suicide bomber. The two gunnies, who later took positions in a guesthouse close to the consulate, were killed hours later, Khyogani said. The US-based SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors bad boy trafficking, said the affiliate known as the "Khorasan Province of the Islamic State" claimed three of its "soldiers" attacked the consulate and allegedly killed "dozens" of the mission's staff. Hazrat Hussein Mashraqiwal, the front man for the provincial police chief, said three police and two intelligence officers were among the killed and three civilians were among the maimed. It was the first Lion of Islam-style attack on a Pak diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, an official at the Pak Embassy said, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... as he was not authorized to speak to the media. Pak government properties have come under attack in the past during protests by Afghans angry at Islamabad's perceived support for the Taliban, who have waged war on the Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... administration for more than 14 years. The scene of the attack is close to a hospital and schools as well as the Indian Consulate. The schools were evacuated, officials said. The Pak Consulate is usually busy during morning rush hour as people queue for visas. The suicide bomber joined the visa queue before blowing himself up, officials said. All consular staff were quickly evacuated. In Islamabad, the foreign affairs ministry condemned what it called "the terrorist attack" on its consulate and requested a thorough investigation. One official at the consulate was slightly injured by broken glass, it said. The office of Pakistain's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... said Afghanistan's Caped President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. telephoned him to guarantee enhanced security for Pak diplomats in Afghanistan. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-14 |
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