[DAWN] The Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... launched a pre-dawn attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 26 members of the security forces, a provincial official said, the latest brazen assault by bandidos holy warriors amid stepped-up efforts to resolve the country's protracted war.
The raid on the base in northern Kunduz province came as representatives of the Taliban were to hold meetings in Moscow with prominent Afghan figures, including former President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai ...A product, and probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance... , opposition le, ders and tribal elders but not Kabul government officials.
The bandidos holy warriors have refused to negotiate with Ghani's government, calling it a US puppet. The Taliban have been staging near-daily attacks, inflicting heavy casualties on the embattled Afghan army and security forces. Both sides in the conflict say they want to strike hard militarily to bolster their position at the negotiating table.
In the Kunduz attack, the Taliban stormed the base, located on the outskirts of the placid provincial capital, Kunduz city, around 2am, said Mohammad Yusouf Ayubi, head of the provincial council. There were at least 23 soldiers and three members of the local police force among those slain.
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Over 17 years of US training and assistance and base security is still an issue ?
[KhaamaPress] The Ministry of Defense (MoD) says a large scale Taliban ...Arabic for students... attack has been repulsed in the outskirts of Kunduz city in North of Afghanistan.
According to a statement released by the Ministry of Defense, the Talibs launched a large scale attack on security posts at around 1:00 am local time which was repulsed by the security forces.
The statement further added that the clash left at least 22 Lions of Islam dead and 18 others maimed.
The Ministry of Defense also added that the security personnel have also suffered casualties during the clash but did not elaborate further regarding the exact number of the security forces who have bit the dust.
In the meantime, the local sources and provincial council officials have said that more than 25 Afghan soldiers have also bit the dust in the attack.
The anti-government armed bad boy groups including Taliban have not commented regarding the clash so far.
Kunduz is among the relatively volatile provinces in North of Afghanistan where Talibs are active in some of districts and often attempt to carry out attacks against the government and security institutions.
[ToloNews] At least 10 local coppers were killed in a clash with Taliban ...Arabic for students... bandidos bad boys on Monday night in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan province, a source from Baghlan said Tuesday.
According to the source Taliban attacked a local police check post in the Hassan Tal village of the district and as a result 10 local coppers including their commander were killed.
During the clash four Taliban bandidos bad boys were also killed and five others were maimed, the source said.
Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... Baghlan police confirm the clash but not give details regarding the casualties.
A security source confirmed that 10 Afghan Local Police personnel bit the dust in the attack which triggered festivities that continued for two hours.
The source further added that the attack was carried out in Baghlan Markzai district and as a result five Afghan Local Police personnel also sustained injuries during the clash.
[Al Ahram] Gunmen killed 26 people in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state, police said on Tuesday, in the latest violence in the troubled region. Police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said "15 persons, including a female" were killed in attacks on six villages in the Mada area Monday. Eleven others were killed in a separate strike on Batauna village, in Bukkuyum district, he added.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The battle for the strategic al-Doud Mountain has recently intensified in southern Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... as both the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... forces and Arab Coalition trade attacks in this imperative border region.
On Tuesday, the Houthi forces released a video of their rocket battalion firing an anti-tank guided missile at a Saudi truck carrying a number of soldiers through the eastern part of the al-Doud Mountain.
The Houthi missile managed to hit its target, causing a large kaboom
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Saudi Coalition scored a big advance this evening after they launched a big assault inside the northern region of the al-Sa’ada Governorate.
Backed by heavy Arclight airstrikes, the Saudi Coalition and their allies from the pro-government Yemeni Army managed to seize several sites at the al-Qahr Mountain in northern al-Sa’ada.
In addition to the advance, the Saudi Coalition reported that their troops killed several fighters from the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... forces, while also destroying their dens around this area.
The Saudi Coalition is now heavily bombarding the last areas under the control of the Houthi forces in a bid to retake the al-Qahr Mountain near the Saudi-Yemeni border.
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[IsraelTimes] Troops detain Suheir Barghouti in West Bank village of Kobar, along with several other members of the family.
The Israeli army on Monday night jugged Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! the mother of two Paleostinian brothers suspected of carrying out a pair of terror attacks within a few days in December, according to numerous Paleostinian media reports.
The reports said troops arrested Suheir Barghouti in Kobar, near Ramallah, as part of operations overnight, along with several other members of the Barghouti family. They said 25 Paleostinians were arrested throughout the West Bank overnight.
The Shin Bet security service confirmed Suheir’s arrest to The Times of Israel, saying she was suspected of failing to prevent a crime.
On Monday the army announced its intention to demolish the homes of Salih and Asem Barghouti.
The two are believed to have conducted a December 9 terrorist attack outside the Ofra settlement, in which seven Israelis were maimed, among them a seven-months pregnant woman, who was seriously maimed. The woman’s baby was delivered in an emergency operation, but died days later.
Salih Barghouti was rubbed out three days later in his hometown of Kobar as he attacked Israeli security forces in an attempt to evade arrest, the army said. A day after that, Asem Barghouti shot up a bus stop outside the Givat Assaf outpost near Ramallah, killing two soldiers stationed there and seriously injuring a third serviceman and a civilian woman, according to the IDF.
Asem Barghouti, who expeditiously departed at a goodly pace after the shooting, was arrested in the home of an alleged accomplice in the nearby village of Abu Shukheidim on January 8.
On January 20, the military notified the family of Asem Barghouti of its plans to destroy his home in Kobar. The family appealed the decision to the High Court of Justice, but the judges upheld the IDF’s plan to demolish the house.
On Monday, the head of the Central Command, Maj. Gen. Nadav Padan, who has authority over the West Bank, signed the official demolition order for the home.
In addition, the IDF on Monday said it informed the Barghouti family of its intention to demolish the apartment where Asem’s late brother Salih lived.
The family was given three days to appeal the decision.
When Israeli security forces arrested Asem Barghouti in January, the Shin Bet said he had been "busy preparing to carry out additional terror attacks."
Since the terror attacks, Israeli troops have arrested and questioned dozens of family members and associates of the Barghouti brothers.
The Barghouti family has an extensive history in the Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, terror group. Asem was set free from an Israeli prison in April 2017 after serving an 11-year sentence.
Jasser Barghouti, Asem and Salih’s uncle, is a convicted terrorist released as part of the 2011 swap that freed kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. He currently resides in the Gazoo Strip.
Omar Barghouti, Asem and Salih’s father, and Nael Barghouti, another uncle, were convicted for participating in the killing of an Israeli soldier in 1978.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) foiled an 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) infiltration attempt along the Iraqi border last night, a field source told al-Masdar News this afternoon.
According to the source, the Islamic State managed to sneak past the Syrian Arab Army’s lines towards the northern district of Albukamal.
However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... their infiltration would be short-lived as Syrian Arab Army units in the northern outskirts of Albukamal eventually spotted the Islamic State bully boyz and confronted them before they could enter the city.
The source said that the Syrian Arab Army eliminated most of the Islamic State holy warriors, while some managed to flee towards the Euphrates River in order to evade capture.
This attack by the Islamic State comes just 48 hours after they launched a similar attack following the U.S. Coalition’s bombing of the Syrian troops near Albukamal city.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Earlier this afternoon, two Ottoman Turkish-backed rebel groups began to clash inside the Afrin region of the Aleppo Governorate.
According to pro-opposition activists, the festivities broke out between Harakat Nouriddeen al-Zinki and Ahrar Sharqiyah inside the Jandaris District of Afrin.
The reason for the festivities is unknown at the moment; however, local activists are reporting that heavy weapons are being used on both sides.
Ahrar Sharqiyah has been one of the most troublesome rebel groups in the Afrin region, as they have been involved in several prior festivities with local factions.
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I would like it if this conflict was the result of our work but probably it is just due to the inherent issues with Islamic militias
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