[Dawn] The World Bank has put four projects in Afghanistan worth $600 million on hold amid concerns over a decision by the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... regime to ban girls from returning to public high schools, the bank said.
Consequences? But Allah promises there will be no consequences for the Master Religion. How could this happen?
The projects, to be funded under the revamped Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund, were being readied for implementation by the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... agencies to support projects in agriculture, education, health and livelihoods.
But the bank’s guidance requires all ARTF-financed activities to support access to — and equity of services for — women and girls in Afghanistan, the bank said, citing its deep concerns over the Taliban’s ban on girls attending high school.
As a result, the bank said, the four projects will be presented to ARTF donors for approval only "when the World Bank and international partners have a better understanding of the situation and confidence that the goals of the projects can be met". It was not immediately clear when that could occur.
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partners have a better understanding of the situation and confidence that the goals of the projects can be met". It was not immediately clear when that could occur.
As soon as they click a few pictures of girls sitting in classrooms, Malala Yousafzai or someone is seen meeting with 'students'... the western world can start those 'tranches' again.
[DW] The suspected lone survivor of the group that carried out the 2015 terror attacks in Paris has told judges it was "his decision" to not blow himself up.
The main defendant in the trial of the 2015 attacks in Paris on Wednesday told the court that he had refused to set off the explosive belt of his own free will. Salah Abdeslam
...the Moroccan-French boy who ran with all the other petty criminals in the notoriously Salafist Molenbeek neighbourhood until they grew up to transfer that sense of entitlement to membership in ISIS. Mr. Abdeslam has already been sentenced in Belgium in a separate trial. It appears he has abandoned the habit of silence that got him twenty years for that one...
is the last surviving suspected assailant in the Bataclan terror case that left 130 people dead.
On the very busy night of 13 November 2015, about 350 were also maimed when ISIS button men with boom jackets targeted six bars and restaurants, the Bataclan concert hall, and a sports stadium.
Abdeslam said he had "abandoned" plans to blow himself up with a bomb belt.
"I didn't go all the way, I abandoned triggering my belt, not out of cowardice, not out of fear, but I just didn't want to," he told the hearing. He said he planned to set off the suicide belt before "going into reverse" on the evening of November 13.
Asked if he had lied to other accomplices by telling them that the explosives belt had not worked, he said "yes."
"I was ashamed of not going all the way," he said. "I was afraid of the looks from the other jihadists. I was 25-years-old. There you go, it's that I was ashamed, as simple as that."
The 32-year-old French defendant had initially told the court he would be using his right to remain silent. Around two hours into the court hearing, a lawyer representing the victims' families caused him to break his silence with a personal question about his fiancée.
LAST SURVIVING ALLEGED ATTACKER
The trial in Paris involves a total of 20 suspects, including six who are being tried in absentia and five who are believed to have already died in Syria.
They are accused over their suspected roles in the terror attacks, ranging from providing logistical support to planning the attacks, as well as supplying weapons.
The man believed to have organized the attacks was killed in a shootout with police in the Paris neighborhood of Saint-Denis just days after the carnage.
Abdeslam is the only suspected attacker who did not set off his explosive belt. He allegedly had a suicide vest that he dumped in a suburb of Paris, where it was later found, before he fled to his hometown Brussels. He was arrested in Brussels in April 2016.
The so-called "Islamic State" terrorist group claimed responsibility for the series of attacks in November 2015.
Assailants opened fire at the Bataclan concert hall and in bars and restaurants across Paris, killing 130 people. Three suicide bombers detonated their vests outside a stadium during a Germany-France international football game.
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They’d have to kill off a third of the population of Molenbeek, Dron. Looking into previous articles on the subject in Rantburg’s archives, the cell and its support are mostly the friends and relations of the boys who grew up together in that neighbourhood.
[An Nahar] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... said Wednesday Ukrainian and Russian delegations have decided to return home for consultations after making progress in negotiations.The talks on Tuesday hosted by Turkey sketched out what could end up being a framework for ending the war. The talks had been expected to resume on Wednesday, but Ottoman Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the two sides were bringing the proposals back to their capitals.
At the conference in Istanbul, Ukraine’s delegation laid a framework under which the country would declare itself neutral and its security would be guaranteed by an array of other nations.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said Moscow would in the meantime cut back military activity in the direction of Kyiv and Chernihiv to "increase mutual trust and create conditions for further negotiations."
Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky said negotiators would take Ukraine’s proposals to Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... and then Moscow would provide a response, but he did not say when.
Cavusoglu said he expected a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers at an unspecified time. He said another meeting between the presidents of the two countries is also on the agenda.
Russian state news agency Tass reported that Moscow’s delegates arrived back in Russia late Tuesday.
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[OneIndia] Forty Moslem girl students from Udupi district of Karnataka abstained from appearing for the first pre-university examination on Tuesday as they were apparently hurt by the recent High Court verdict against wearing of hijab inside classrooms. The students decided to not appear for the examination without wearing the headscarf as they were hurt by the March 15 order, sources said.
The Karnataka High Court on March 15 had dismissed petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classroom, saying the headscarf is not a part of the essential religious practice in Islamic faith and also stated that the uniform dress rule should be followed in educational institutions where it has been prescribed. Those who shunned the examinations on Tuesday include 24 girl students from Kundapur, 14 from Byndoor and two from Udupi Government Girls PU college, who are involved in the legal fight over wearing of hijab in classrooms.
The girls had earlier boycotted the practical examinations also. At the RN Shetty PU college, 13 out of 28 Moslem girl students appeared for the examination.
Though some students reached the examination centre wearing hijabs, they were denied permission. Four out of five girl students appeared for the examinations at Bhandarkar's college in Udupi, while all the girl students of Basrur Sharada college attended the examinations.
Six among the eight girl students of Navunda Government PU College abstained from the examinations, while only two out of 10 Moslem girls appeared for the examinations. Some private colleges in the district allowed students wearing hijab to attend the examinations, sources said.
The Supreme Court ...the political football known as The Highest Court in the Land, home of penumbrae and emanations... on March 24 refused to accord urgent hearing on the pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict. The students, though, are planning to wait till the apex court gives an order on the issue.
[Dawn] Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi ...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached... , after a meeting with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on Wednesday said Beijing had reaffirmed that it was and would always stay a close ally of Pakistain.
Qureshi reached China on Tuesday to attend the third round of talks of the 'Foreign Ministers of Neighbouring Countries of Afghanistan'.
In a video message after the one-on-one meeting with his Chinese counterpart today, Qureshi revealed that China had promised to strengthen Pakistain's regional and strategic importance.
"I am immensely happy to share that the Chinese FM has given a nod of approval on the rollover of commercial loan as well."
The $4.2 billion debt, which was maturing this week, has been rolled over providing major financial relief to Pakistain.
No doubt.
"The procedural formalities are being completed by relevant authorities," the foreign minister said. "An announcement will be made as soon as they're sorted."
He added that China has also assured to help the country to counter the international shortage of diesel.
Moreover, the Chinese government, the FM said, appreciated the Organisation of Islamic Corporation's suggestion of peaceful dialogue for negotiations in the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
Meanwhile, ...back at the laboratory, Igor and Oleg were discussing what the quickest way might be to deal with the monster... a statement issued by the Foreign Office said that Qureshi assured Pakistain's support to the One China Policy and to core Chinese interests.
"Both the Foreign Ministers agreed that quality development of second phase of the China-Pakistain Economic Corridor (CPEC) and bilateral cooperation in areas such as industries, agriculture and information technology is manifestation of our multidimensional partnership," it added.
It may be recalled that Pakistain had initiated the Neighbouring Countries format in September last year with a view to evolving a regional approach to the situation in Afghanistan. The first meeting, which was hosted by Pakistain, was held on September 8, 2021.
[Jpost] Bennett: Whoever has a gun license, it’s time to carry the gun •
Volunteers called to reinforce army, police.
Israel plans to bolster its army and police presence in sensitive areas as it prepares for further terrorist attacks, including Gaza rockets, following a deadly spate of shooting and stabbing incidents that claimed 11 lives in the last week.
Some 1,000 additional IDF soldiers will be posted to the West Bank and the Gaza border. Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev announced the immediate recruitment of 300 Border Police officers and urged the public to volunteer for the Civil Guard.
According to media reports, there are at least five warnings for potential terrorist attacks in Israel.
In a special video address on Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged the country to be vigilant, called for civilian volunteers and urged those with gun licenses to be armed.
“Keep an eye open. Whoever has a gun license, it’s time to carry the gun,” Bennett said.
The unorganized militia.
“We are also currently evaluating a larger framework to involve civilian volunteers who want to help and be of assistance,” Bennett said.
According to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the defense establishment is prepared for the “immediate” recruitment of thousands of reservists who would “flood the streets together with the police and act wherever operational activity is required.”
Both men spoke one day after a Palestinian gunman killed two Israeli and two Ukrainian civilians as well as the policeman who responded to the attack.
The Palestinian gunmen, 27-year-old Dia Hamarsha, was later shot dead by a police officer who arrived at the scene on a motorcycle and engaged the shooter in a firefight. The officer, 32-year-old Arab Christian Amir Khouri, was evacuated to Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in critical condition and died from his wounds soon after, making him the fifth victim.
Two other ISIS-linked attacks by Arab-Israelis took place in Beersheba and Hadera in the last week, making it one of the bloodiest seven-day periods since the Second Intifada. Israel was already on edge, concerned that it would face a new wave of violence in April with the onset of the Passover, Ramadan and Easter holidays.
A new Border Police Brigade has been established as “an immediate response motorcycle unit; this is the force that eliminated the terrorist in Bnei Brak last night,” Bennett said.
Security forces have carried out 200 investigation or arrest operations and have mapped out the home of the Palestinian terrorist in the village of Yabad for demolition, he added.
Security forces are expediting the collection of illegal weapons in Arab communities and are reaching out to anyone with a “previous connection with ISIS.” Forces have been authorized to use administrative detentions if necessary, Bennett said.
WILL THE WEST BANK HEAT UP?
Overnight on Tuesday, Israeli security forces carried out a wave of arrests in the West Bank and mapped the home of the terrorist behind the deadly attack in Bnei Brak in preparation for its demolition.
Forces from the IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Police conducted a widespread arrest campaign throughout the West Bank in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, Bethlehem, Kedumim, Ramallah, Marda, Yabad and villages south of Bethlehem.
Clashes broke out between troops and Palestinians during the arrests.
Among those arrested was the brother of the attacker Hamarsha from the village of Yabad in the northern West Bank near Jenin. He was jailed for six months in 2015 for dealing in illegal firearms and affiliation with a terrorist group and had worked illegally at a Bnei Brak construction site.
At least 20 other people including other relatives were arrested in Yabad and interrogated as security services look into whether Hamarsha had any accomplices and how he came to be in possession of the M-16 rifle used in the attack.
The Israel Police said it had arrested 49 Palestinians who were in Israel illegally throughout the day on Wednesday and began criminal investigations against three business owners who employed them, and against drivers of four vehicles being used to transport them.
Gantz also ordered the administrative detention of two residents of east Jerusalem affiliated with Hamas on suspicion of planning violent activities. The arrests were carried out based on the Shin Bet’s recommendation and according to Gantz, “will not be the last.”
According to Hebrew media reports, in 2011, Hamarsheh went on social media and asked members of the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror groups to help him obtain an explosives belt. However, he was reportedly defrauded by an Islamic Jihad operative he was in touch with and never received the suicide belt he paid for.
He was later arrested and convicted as part of a plea deal.
According to figures cited by the network, 143 people applied for gun permits on March 22, the day three people were killed in a stabbing and car-ramming attack in Beersheba.
On Sunday, the same day two coppers were rubbed out in the northern city of Hadera, 363 requests were filed.
That figure jumped drastically to 966 yesterday, when five people were killed in a shooting attack in Bnei Brak.
[Breitbart] Palestinians in multiple cities came out in droves to celebrate a shooting attack by a terrorist in a Tel Aviv suburb on Tuesday evening that killed five people.
The terrorist, identified as Diaa Hamarsheh, 26, a Palestinian from near the West Bank city of Jenin, smuggled into Israel illegally and began a shooting spree with an M16 assault rifle in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak in central Israel, as Breitbart News reported.
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Would have been a good time for some of those "banned" cluster bombs that everyone seems to still have.
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Just kill ten random paleostians for every Israeli.
Hell, create a Hebrew separatist outfit that demands... The sovereign republic of Judah! [trumpets] And claim helplessness in reigning them in while covertly supporting them in their dastardly activities.
[An Nahar] Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... chief Sayyed His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... has met with the visiting secretary-general of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... movement, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, and an accompanying delegation, Hizbullah announced on Wednesday.
The two men discussed "the latest situations in the Paleostinian arena, the development of the jihadist operations within the territories occupied in 1948, and the operations that took place over the past days," the party said in a statement.
Nasrallah and Nakhalah also "carried out a general evaluation of the situations in the region in light of the regional and international developments and their repercussions, especially on the Paleostinian cause," the statement added.
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[An Nahar] Cabinet on Wednesday approved the capital control draft law after introducing amendments to it based on the observations of some ministers.
The ministers of Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... and Amal meanwhile objected to the final format of the draft law in terms of the powers of the committee that will look into withdrawal requests, NBN television said.
Below are some of the amendments approved by Cabinet according to LBCI TV:
- Excluding the economy minister from the committee that will oversee the enforcement of the law, while two economists and a judge will be named as members of the committee
- Reducing the law’s duration from five to two years
- Adding university students who study abroad or their parents to the list of parties allowed to transfer money out of the country
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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
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
[DW] The suspected lone survivor of the group that carried out the 2015 terror attacks in Paris has told judges it was "his decision" to not blow himself up.
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
...the political football known as The Highest Court in the Land, home of penumbrae and emanations...
...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...
...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
