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Afghanistan
8 Haqqani terrorists arrested in connection to attack on Tolo TV workers
2016-01-23
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A group of eight turbans of the Haqqani Network have been detained in connection to the deadly attack on Tolo TV workers in capital 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 World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
The Afghan Intelligence -- National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) said the turbans were nabbed
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
during a special operation from Hussain Khel village of Bagrami district in Kabul province.

A statement by NDS said the attack on Tolo TV workers on Wednesday was plotted and carried out by the Haqqani terrorist network.

This comes as the Taliban group grabbed credit behind the attack on Tolo TV workers which left at least seven people dead.

The Taliban group had earlier issued a statement condemning the media agencies for covering incidents and war crimes committed during the fall of Kunduz city, which they claim were false.

Found in the late 1970s by Jalaluddin Haqqani
...founder and still titular head of the Haqqani Network. Jalaluddin is old and tough and very crafty, one of the few Pashtun warlords who was worth spit...
, the terrorist network is accused of staging numerous cross-border attacks from their base in North Wazoo, including the 19-hour siege at the US Embassy in Kabul in September 2011.

The network is allied with al-Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban and cooperates with other terrorist organizations in the region and was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization on September 7, 2012 by the US Department of State.
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