FEMALE STUDENTS AT SCHOOL IN FARAH REPORT 40 CASES OF POISONING – On Tuesday students at a religious school reportedly took ill after drinking potentially contaminated water. Local sources said that some had been transferred to a local hospital for treatment and the school may have been closed by authorities. The two schools in Sar-e-Pol Province where earlier cases of poisonings had been reported are also reputedly closed while an investigation takes place.
AT LEAST 24 DEAD AFTER VAN PLUNGES INTO RAVINE IN SAR-E-POL PROVINCE – The van apparently swerved off a road while carrying approximately 24 people (12 women and 8 children were among the passengers). Police have stated the accident happened as a result of the driver neglecting to pay attention to road conditions.
TALIBAN ASKS PAKISTAN TO HALT ARRESTS OF REFUGEES – Approximately 250 Afghans have been detained in Pakistan over the last seventy-two hours. The Taliban embassy in Islamabad has confirmed the arrests are continuing but said they are mainly focused in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. A delegation has met with the Police and other embassies in Islamabad are planning to send diplomatic notes to the Foreign Ministry that will protest the actions being
FOREIGN NGOS SAID TO BE BANNED FROM PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES – An unconfirmed report from an Afghan news site has reported that the United Nations was informed that NGOs will no longer be allowed to provide/support education programs. This information has yet to be confirmed by an official source.
CONFLICT TRACKER Balkh: Sources say that Hamza Jihadmal, a Taliban leader, was assassinated in the Dawlatabad district. Takhar: A suspected ISIS-K suicide bomber reportedly prematurely detonated his device, killing himself, in an undisclosed location in the province.
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SECURITY SWEEPS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE IN ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI – Even though diplomatic efforts were made to halt the police roundups of Afghans. At-risk Afghans are encouraged to stay off the streets and avoid going out if at all possible while these operations persist.
Reapplying a brightly nasty idea that worked elsewhere.
[8am] Local sources in Farah Province have reported the poisoning of students at a religious school in the region.
According to the sources, on Tuesday, June 6th, students of a religious school in the Naw-Abad area of Qala-e Kah district, Farah Province, were poisoned.
Sources state that these students, numbering approximately 40, were girls who became ill after consuming water.
Furthermore, the sources add that some of these female students were transferred to the provincial hospital in Farah around 10:00 pm last night due to the severity of their health condition.
A local source also mentioned that the water consumed by these students had been contaminated with poison.
It remains unclear who or which group may have contaminated the water.
Local Taliban ...Arabic for students... authorities in Farah have not commented on the matter.
This incident follows a recent case where at least 80 students and two teachers were poisoned in two schools in Sarpol Province.
[KhaamaPress] Unknown button men killed Moslem Nuristani, a local singer, and his brother on Monday in the Mandol district of eastern Nuristan province, according to sources.
According to provincial officials, Mr. Nuristani continued to live a normal life in his village after the Taliban ...Arabic for students... seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, and imposed restrictions on the music and entertainment industry.
Relatives of Nuristani say that the local singer had no hostility with anyone, and his death motives and that of his brother are still not clear.
Taliban authorities have not yet commented about the incident as investigations are underway into the assassination of the two brothers.
Prior to the Taliban’s return to power, Moslem Nuristani used to appear on TV channels and perform local songs. It is said that Nuristani was a popular local singer of his time in Nuristan and other parts of the country.
Since the group’s return to power, the Taliban have imposed strict restrictions on the music and entertainment industry, which lead to a complete closure of music and entertainment programs on TV channels and radio stations.
Meanwhile, ...back at the abandoned silver mine, a triangular dorsal fin appeared in the water. Then another... it is believed that Afghanistan’s de facto authorities have arrested several artists including singers, YouTubers, comedians as well as journalists over the past nearly two years.
Somali National Army launches a joint operation with international partners against Al-shabaab militants in Baladul Amin, lower Shabelle region. pic.twitter.com/iJTZzsLXqv
INFORMATION MINISTER Daud Aweis says 20 Al-Shabaab militants killed in Beled-Amin area in Lower Shabelle region in a joint operation by Somali army and foreign forces. pic.twitter.com/xQCiAVppD4
FOUR HEALTH workers and their driver reportedly kidnapped by Al-Shabaab in Sheikh Noor area in Hiraan region, Somalia. The health workers were reported to be working for an organisation which provides nutrition services for children in the region. pic.twitter.com/eSS8C1h45S
AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS attack an Ethiopian Army base at Dolow. Sources say two suicide bombers targeted the base located at the Somalia – Ethiopian border. More to follow... pic.twitter.com/kWT8T2Sbhq
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] An official of the government loyal to the Saudi-led coalition was killed in a mysterious liquidation operation near Bab al-Mandab, west of Taiz province, on Tuesday.
This comes one day after a prominent military commander in the armed factions loyal to the UAE was injured in the same area.
There were conflicting reports about the details of the liquidation, as local residents reported that the director of al-Kadha’s electricity facility, Saleh Rabah, was killed in a kaboom that targeted his car while he was in the Thubab area in Bab al-Mandab, which is under the control of the UAE-loyal factions.
Local media loyal to the coalition reported that Rabah was assassinated by button men affiliated with the so-called "Guardians of the Republic" faction led by Tariq Saleh, a member of the "Presidential Leadership Council" formed by the coalition.
In a related context, the engineering staff officer of the "Second Tihama Brigade", Muhammad Jarmesh, and his son Ezzedine, were maimed by the earth-shattering kaboom of a landmine left over from the war between the districts of Hays and al-Khokhah of Hodeida province.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The UAE-funded Southern Transitional Council (STC) factions kidnapped on Tuesday a tribal sheikh in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s southern port city of Aden, which has been under Saudi-led coalition control since the second half of 2015.
According to local sources, Sheikh Salah Muhammad al-Hatemi was kidnapped by three button men in a Tucson car while he was in front of his house in Enmaa city in al-Buriqa area and taken to an unknown destination.
The kidnapping of al-Hatemi came against the backdrop of an attempt by leaders of the STC factions to impose their control over lands in the Ras Omran housing scheme, which has been suspended for the past few years.
The Ras Omran area and other areas in Aden witnessed widespread looting and seizing of state lands and citizens alike by the STC faction leaders during the past seven years.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Syrian refugee screamed 'in the name of Jesus Christ' as he repeatedly stabbed a toddler in his pram in front of his screaming mother in a frenzied attack at a French playground that saw four children knifed.
The attacker, identified as Abdalmash H,
...which sounds more Moslem than Christian...
Update at 9:59 p.m. ET: this apparently means slave of the Messiah, so it’s just an Arabic formation rather than a Moslem one...
31, clinched onto a necklace with a crucifix on it before he launched his 'abominable' rampage in a lakeside park in the town of Annecy, a tourist hotspot in southeastern France, at around 9.45am.
A total of six people - four young children and two adults - were rushed to hospital after being hurt in the rampage, some of whom are fighting for their lives tonight.
French officials say the attack does not appear to be related to terrorism, but revealed the suspect had recently been denied Swedish citizenship and split up from his wife.
Abdalmash H, who was recently divorced, had previously lived for 10 years in Sweden where he was granted refugee status in April, security sources and his ex-wife said.
'He called me around four months ago. He was living in a church,' his ex-wife said on condition of anonymity, saying he had left Sweden because he had been unable to get Swedish nationality.
He had applied for asylum in France but was rejected four days before launching his barbaric attack due to him already having refugee status in Sweden.
France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who travelled to Annecy, said Abdalmash H is a Syrian national who had been granted asylum in Sweden ten years ago. At the time of his application, he stated he was a Syrian Christian.
He had entered France legally, Borne said, and was carrying Swedish identity documents and a Swedish driving license.
He was not known to security agencies and has no criminal or psychiatric record, Borne said.
The local prosecutor leading the investigation said man's motives were unknown but did not appear to be terrorism-related. He is under investigation for attempted murder.
Abdalmash H had applied for asylum in France in November last year but police sources said his application was rejected four days ago on the grounds that he already had refugee status in Sweden.
France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the suspect entered France legally, adding: 'For some reasons we don't really understand, he applied for asylum in Switzerland, in Italy and in France, which he didn't need to do as he already had asylum in Sweden for the past 10 years.’
#8
Since you police in Annecy do not know
Of a motive, can I have a go?
Could your "Syrian man"
Be a serious fan
Of apostate nut Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Only Mohammedan instead of Calvinist, natch. Damn strange waking up to this story after listening to relevant Durants during last night's walk.
[GreaterKashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... ] Police and army in a joint operation busted an old hideout in Lolab area of Kupwara resulting in recovery of arms and ammunition, police said on Wednesday.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kupwara, Yougal Manhas said that acting on a specific information about an old hideout and presence of some arms & ammunition in General area of Kangur Nala, Tekipora, the 28 RR deployed in Lolab immediately launched a search operation in the said area.
"The search did not yield any result despite thorough combing on June 6. However, there's more than one way to skin a cat... the source was quite sure of the presence of hideout & arms, ammunition. Hence, additional columns of RR under the CO and Special Forces were inducted in early hours of 7th June. The area was again combed from Kowut Top astride Kangur Nala which resulted in busting of a hideout astride Kangur Nala," he said.
The recovery made from the hideout include UBGL Russian Made 1, UBGL Grenade 1, Chinese Grenades Type1 6, Chinese Hand Grenade 2, Magzine AK47 2, 7.62mm AK 47 Rounds 60, Bino 1, Pouch 1.
The SSP said that successful recovery has certainly averted a suspected misadventure by hard boyz and their nefarious attempts to disturb the peace & tranquility in the area.
"A case under arms act has been registered and further investigation has been set into motion," Manhas added.
[GreaterKashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... ] In tune with the policy of zero tolerance towards anti-State activities, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) and the executive wing of J&K Police has widened the legal framework against terror funding by attaching 124 properties, land and buildings, situated across J&K at 86 locations, officials said in a statement.
They said that these properties, during the course of investigation in terrorism related cases, have been established prima facia to be either proceeds of terrorism or used in such activities which are aimed at furtherance of terrorism and secessionism.
"Invoking provisions of section 8 and section 25 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), SIA and executive wing of police, after orders from competent authorities designated under UAPA, have set into motion legal process for forfeiture of these tainted properties, by courts having relevant legal and territorial jurisdiction, " they said.
Nearly, 77 of these properties belong to proscribed organization Jamat-e-Islami, which have been notified under Section 08 of UAPA in Case FIR number 17/2019 U/S 10, 11 and 13 UA (P) Act of Police Station Batamalo being investigated by SIA.
"Exhibiting strong resolve against terrorism, the action therefore has been taken following due process of law, to deracinate the terror support system, as per requirements of international charters and conventions against terrorism, " they said.
[IsraelTimes] The Israel Defense Forces says troops detained 13 wanted Paleostinians during overnight arrest raids across the West Bank.
In the village of Kafr Dan, near Jenin, the IDF says troops located and destroyed a number of bombs hidden in a vehicle.
An assault rifle and other weapons were also seized in the village, the IDF says.
Paleostinian media outlets say four Paleostinians were hurt during festivities with IDF troops in Kafr Dan.
The IDF says six suspects were arrested in the Jenin and Tulkarem areas, five wanted Paleostinians in the Qalqilya area, and another two in the Hebron area.
In Hebron, IDF troops and police also seized another assault rifle and weapon parts, the military says.
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[Regnum] In the Syrian province of Homs, with the participation of Russian military personnel, they conducted special operations to search for and neutralize terrorist groups, they told reporters on June 7 at the Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria (TSVPS).
It is noted that the Syrian military, with the participation of the Russian army, carried out reconnaissance and search operations in the northern and northeastern regions of the Belaya desert.
As part of the operation, 20 militants, nine caches of weapons and ammunition, 30 shelters of illegal armed groups were destroyed.
As IA Regnum reported, on May 18, an attempted terrorist attack against the government forces of the Arab Republic was stopped in the Syrian region of Al-Tanf . The militants in three pickup trucks were spotted by servicemen of the 134th tank brigade of the Syrian Armed Forces. The terrorists tried to covertly leave the area. After the fire impact, a group of Syrian security forces managed to hide in the area of the Sluby valley, in the territory under the control of the “coalition” troops.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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