[JPost] Turkish foreign minister Mevult Cavusoglu said that Qatar and Turkey will probably control five airports together in Afghanistan after negotiations between Doha and Kabul.
Speaking with his Malaysian counterpart in Islamabad Cavsuoglu said, a delegation that will also include a technical team of the two countries is supposed to visit Afghanistan to assess the nature of controlling these airports.
Kabul International Airport is also rumored to be among the five airports but names of all the airports are not disclosed yet.
The delegation is supposed to submit suggestions of the two countries to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by next week.
Turkish foreign minister Mevult Cavusoglu also met Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Motaqi at the sideline of the OIC session in Islamabad and discussed the issue.
It is worth mentioning that the IEA had previously asked Turkey and Qatar to take control over Kabul International Airport but Turkey had proposed to send their own security personnel with a technical team that was refused.
It is still not clear whether the Taliban will allow the security forces of Turkey to Kabul or not.
After the full withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, Kabul International Airport was mostly destroyed by the forces that were then repaired by a Qatari technical team.
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Curious that they’re all running off to Turkey with their overfull suitcases, given that the Turkish Lira continues to lose value daily.
[LibyaReview] On Sunday, the Internal Security Agency (ISA) managed to thwart a smuggling attempt of foreign currency, estimated at € 326,500, to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... through Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... -based Mitiga airport.
In a statement, the security agency said that four Libyan travellers were apprehended at the airport and all seized money was confiscated before being smuggled to Turkey.
This comes as part of the country’s security services’ continuous efforts to combat the crimes of smuggling foreign currency outside the country.
The agency said that it had taken legal measures against them, and referred them to the competent authorities. It confirmed that it was "ready and vigilant" to stop smugglers.
Last month, the ISA thwarted an attempt to smuggle €252,400 on an Afriqiyah Airways flight bound for Turkey.
The agency explained that the currency was seized from two Libyan nationals. He was in possession of €143,400 euros, and with the other holding $109,000.
It had also foiled two smuggling operations of €378,000, at Mitiga Airport in Tripoli, and Misrata.
During the inspection of passengers’ bags at Mitiga International Airport, the ISA discovered €179,200 with passengers travelling on flight 970 bound for Istanbul.
On 7 October, the Customs Department at Misrata Airport managed to thwart an attempt to smuggle €3.720 million (22 million LYD) to Turkey.
Notably, the smuggled and frozen funds, which include billions of dollars in cash, bonds, deposits, large hotels, lands, yachts, luxury cars, and private planes, are owned by the state, which is unable to benefit from them.
The authorities claim they do not know the total amount of the funds that were "looted and smuggled" abroad. Furthermore, the authorities have not revealed the amount of smuggled assets in official reports.
The years of intense chaos and corruption caused the previous United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... (UN) Special Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salamé to reveal the rampant financial corruption in Libya, and confirm its existence.
"There is a new millionaire every day in the country, and the middle class is shrinking day by day" Salamé noted. "The political class", he added, "is shamefully corrupt and fortunes collected from political ranks are being invested abroad. Politicians in Libya seize public money and invest it overseas."
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[KavkazUzel] A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a resident of Adygea Kazikhan Shakhpazov to a large fine, finding him guilty of publicly acquitting terrorism after comments on the Internet.
Kazikhan Shakhpazov, a 35-year-old native of the village of Azodogly, Magaramkent district of Dagestan, who lives in Adygea, was accused of publicly justifying terrorism using the Internet (part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of Russia). The punishment under this article provides for both a fine of three hundred thousand to one million rubles and imprisonment for a term of five to seven years.
"It has been established that Shakhpazov, being at his place of residence in the village of Novaya Adygea, Takhtamukaysky district of the Republic of Adygea, using a mobile phone, posted comments on one of the social networks of the information and telecommunication network" Internet "under a news note containing positive assessments of the activities of the members of the banned terrorist organization, " told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent in the press service of the Southern District Military Court.
The criminal case against Shakhpazov came to court on November 16, it was considered at one session, it follows from the card index on the website of the Southern District Military Court. The defendant was found guilty, he was fined 400,000 rubles.
The man pleaded guilty, the press service said. The "Caucasian Knot" has not yet received any comments from Kazikhan Shakhpazov and his representatives regarding the court's decision.
[KavkazUzel] A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Abdulla Hasanov to 11 years in a strict regime colony, recognizing him as a member of an illegal armed group that was part of the Islamic State.
A 30-year-old native of the village of Berikey in the Derbent region of Dagestan, Hasanov was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization (part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of Russia) and participation in an illegal armed group (part 2 of Article 208 of the Criminal Code of Russia). The maximum punishment under these articles provides for up to twenty years and up to fifteen years in prison, respectively.
According to the investigation, Hasanov in December 2014 arrived through Turkey to the territory controlled by ISIS in Syria and joined an illegal armed group, which is a structural unit of ISIS.
In January 2015, Hasanov temporarily left for Russia, from where in June of the same year he left for Turkey in order to return to Syria, but in August 2015 he was deported from Turkey. In May 2016, through third countries, Hasanov again arrived in Syria, where he continued to participate in a terrorist organization. In June 2016, Hasanov left on vacation in Egypt, from where he was deported to Russia on January 18, 2021 and was detained on January 21, 2021.
"The defendant Hasanov admitted his guilt in his deed during the trial. In accordance with the court's verdict, the defendant was found guilty, and he was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment in a maximum security correctional colony with serving the first two years in prison, with restriction of freedom for the term is one year," the press service of the Southern District Military Court told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Hasanov's criminal case came to court on August 9. The process took eight sessions. The "Caucasian Knot" has not yet received any comments from Abdulla Hasanov and his representatives regarding the decision of the court.
[KavkazUzel] A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Luisa Kirzhinova, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, to a large fine, having found her guilty of publicly acquitting the militants' attack on Nalchik in October 2005.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, the armed attack on the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria was carried out by militants on October 13, 2005. At least 35 security officials and 15 civilians were killed. Another 129 security officials and 66 civilians were injured, according to the "Caucasian Knot" statement "Attack on Nalchik on October 13-14, 2005."
Luiza Kirzhinova, then a 23-year-old native of the village of Shalushka in the Chegem region of Kabardino-Balkaria, was accused of publicly justifying terrorism using the Internet (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of Russia). The punishment under this article provides for a fine in the amount of three hundred thousand to one million rubles or imprisonment for a term of five to seven years.
Investigators found that in July 2021, Kirzhinova, while at her place of residence in Nalchik, posted on a public page on a social network under a publication condemning the terrorist act committed on October 13, 2005 in Nalchik, a text commentary approving the actions of the perpetrators of this attack. The court found that this commentary contains "linguistic and psychological signs of the recognition of the practice of terrorism as correct, in need of support and imitation," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the press service of the Southern District Military Court.
Kirzhinova pleaded guilty, she was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 rubles, depriving her of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites for two years.
The criminal case against Kirzhinova entered the court on November 19, it was considered in one session, follows from the card index on the website of the Southern District Military Court. "Caucasian Knot" has not yet received any comments from Kirzhinova and her representatives regarding the court's decision.
A bold move for those transiting illegally, to be sure.
[Rudaw] The body of a Kurdish migrant who drowned in the English Channel in November along with 26 other people is set to arrive in Tehran on Monday night, his brother told Rudaw English, as families of the victims and a humanitarian organization begin legal proceedings against officials on either side of the Channel.
The plane from La Belle France carrying the body of Sirwan Alipour is set to arrive at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport at 10:40pm (Tehran time) on Monday with his family traveling for 12 hours from their home city of Sardasht to Tehran in order to receive their son, his brother Saman Alipour told Rudaw English on Monday.
Sirwan was one of around 34 passengers on a dinghy that capsized in the English Channel on November 24, as it attempted to cross from La Belle France to the United Kingdom. He had left Iran
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"It is absolutely non-sh*thole nations' responsibility to pay for the bad choices of sh*thole countries' denizens!" Spoken with a strident muzz or north African accent.
F O A D, sh*tbags...
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Here in America, if the mother was a middle-class white going to g@mble, shop or buy a hit, it would be her fault. All other situations are the "deep pockets'" fault. Oh, yeah, right.
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I come to your house, demanding to be let in. I climb a tree in hopes of jumping onto your balcony. I fall from the tree and break my neck. My heirs sue you for... what, again?
[FoxNews] ‘This is an indictment of the senior leadership in the White House,' the House Democrat said
A House Democrat blamed President Biden’s White House for not holding anybody "accountable" for the multiple crises plaguing America, saying it "started with Afghanistan."
The lawmaker eviscerated Biden over the multiple political pit traps the administration has dug itself into. Specifically, the lawmaker took aim at the White House over its handling of the botched Afghanistan withdrawal that saw 13 U.S. service members killed in the Kabul suicide bombing in August.
"This is an indictment of the senior leadership in the White House," the lawmaker told The Hill during a lengthy Monday phone call. "The worst part is nobody will be held accountable for this."
"They don't understand the American people want results; they don't want drama and rhetoric," the House Democrat continued. "Everyone has been left high and dry."
Additionally, the Democrat said that they could "see everyone" — meaning vulnerable Democrats — "fleeing for the hills at this point" to shy away from Biden and run for election on their own.
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Biden has to keep his boys at the Pentagon so they can continue the purge of white supremacistssoldiers, sailors and airmen.
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But then, how about Congress holding Biden accountable?
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Historically the House would hold offenders accountable by not funding future expenditures.
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Trump gave us fantastic results, but it came with drama and rhetoric. I ignored everything but the results, which is the only way I was able to maintain my support for him.
Iran will respond to any Israeli attacks against its nuclear program by targeting all sites used to launch the attacks, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander warns.https://t.co/OaSsBxP3VE
[Rudaw] After the fall of Kabul cemented the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... ’s control of Afghanistan in August, 23-year-old Ramazan Ali took his father’s savings and fled the country in a bid to reach Europe, alongside hundreds of thousands of similarly desperate Afghans. His attempt failed, and he is stuck in Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites.... with little hope for his future.
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[Shafaq News] The Saudi-based Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology, Etidal, said it has monitored growing online activity for the terrorist organizations of ISIS, al-Qaeda, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... , Boko Haram ...Nigeerian Islamist group, formerly paying homage to al-Qaeda, then, when the money ran out, to the Islamic State, and headed by nutcase Abu Bakr Shekau. Once he exploded in a gunfight with ISWAP, many in the group surrendered to the govt and others went with their new overlords. The remainder are a shell of their former selves, stmbling glassy-eyed and lonely through the Sambisa Forest and the soothing waters of Lake Chad, asking themselves What is truth?, or maybe just I wonder what's for dinner? I hope it's not rhinocerous again! ... via 1958 accounts on social media platforms.
Between April and November of the current year, Etidal marked 782 "primary" accounts affiliated with those terrorist organizations, 42 of which were reactivated. The Saudi-based center also detected 934 active sympathizer accounts, 499 of which were dormant before this period and 242 were new.
Etidal said that 785 al-Qaeda accounts spawned on the same digital platform between April and November; 344 accounts were active in Pashto, 310 in Arabic, 102 in Urdu, and 29 in other languages.
The center deemed this activity an attempt by the terrorist organization to restore its image (in the first place), disseminate its ideology, and recruit new members.
Etidal said that 843 accounts were affiliated with the terrorist "Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham" in the list of accounts under scrutiny, including 706 accounts in Arabic, and 137 accounts in other languages, which reflects the organization's interest in Syria.
ISIS has activated 305 accounts, 241 of which were in Arabic, 20 in Urdu, nine in Persian, eight in Ottoman Turkish, seven in English, and 20 accounts in different languages.
In Africa, Etidal monitored 25 accounts affiliated with the terrorist "Boko Haram" organization. It was remarkable that the majority of those accounts, 15, shared Arabic content, while only four accounts used local Somali languages. The remaining accounts were active in Urdu (2) and English (4).
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...Nigeerian Islamist group, formerly paying homage to al-Qaeda, then, when the money ran out, to the Islamic State, and headed by nutcase Abu Bakr Shekau. Once he exploded in a gunfight with ISWAP, many in the group surrendered to the govt and others went with their new overlords. The remainder are a shell of their former selves, stmbling glassy-eyed and lonely through the Sambisa Forest and the soothing waters of Lake Chad, asking themselves 
