[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces have repulsed a coordinated attack by Talibs on Almar district of northern Faryab province.
The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in a statement said a group of Talibs launched coordinated attack on Almar district at around 6pm on Tuesday which continued until 12 am.
The statement further added that the festivities left at least eight turbans dead and five others maimed.
According to 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan army, the dead bodies of a number of turbans were also left in the area after the attack was repulsed.
In the meantime, the 209th Shaheen Corps said two shops also caught fire after in a rocket attack by the myrmidons.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The front man of the 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.... of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) Sul Aziz Azam has been killed in an Arclight airstrike of the U.S. forces in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province of Afghanistan.
The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East said Azam was killed in an airstrike which was conducted two days ago in Nangarhar province.
According to a statement released by 201st Silab Corps, the airstrike was carried out in the vicinity of Pacher Agam district.
The statement further added that Azam was also involved in recruiting forces of Evil for the terrorist group and was involved in killings of innocent civilians.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least fifteen turbans have been killed during the operations of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces and U.S. Arclight airstrikes in southeastern Ghazni province.
The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the South East said at least 7 turbans were killed during a clash between the security forces and Talibs in Qarabagh district.
According to a statement released by 203rd Thunder Corps, the coalition forces also carried out an airstrike in Aab Band district of Ghazni, leaving at least 4 turbans dead.
The statement further added that a vehicle of the turbans was also destroyed during the same airstrike.
In the meantime, four turbans were killed and a M-16 rifle was confiscated during other festivities which took place in center of Ghazni and in the vicinity of Qarabagh district, the 203rd Thunder Corps said.
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[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Two prominent local leaders of the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... group have been killed during the Arclight airstrikes conducted by the U.S. forces in western Farah province of Afghanistan.
According to local security officials, the two prominent Taliban leaders killed in the airstrikes were the in charge of the operational activities of the group in this province.
In the meantime, the 207th Zafar Corps of the Afghan Military in the West in a statement said the Afghan force conducted operations with the coalition air support in Shindand district of Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province.
The statement further added that the airstrikes were carried out against the hideouts of Mullah Akhtar and Mullah Ewaz in Zer Koh area of the district.
Without disclosing further information, the 207th Zafar Corps said at least 7 cycle of violences and two vehicles of the holy warriors have been destroyed in the airstrikes and the enemies were forced to retreat from the area after the losses.
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[DAWN] Aslam Baloch alias Achhu, a key leader of the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and the criminal mastermind of the recent attack on the Chinese consulate in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , has been killed along with five other leaders of the organization in a suicide kaboom in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
According to reports, the suicide attack was carried out at a house in the Aino Maina area, an upscale locality of Kandahar, on Tuesday where the BLA leaders had gathered for a meeting.
A front man for the BLA, Jeeyand Baloch, on Wednesday confirmed the killing of Aslam along with five other leaders of the Lion of Islam organization. He said in a statement issued from an undisclosed place: "Aslam Baloch alias Achhu has been killed along with five other key leaders of the BLA in an attack."
He identified the five slain Death Eaters as Sangat Sardaro alias Tajo, Karim Marri alias Rahim Baloch, Sangat Akhtar Baloch alias Rustam, Freed Baloch and Sadiq Baloch.
Officials believe that Aslam alias Achhu was the criminal mastermind of the attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi and another suicide attack on a bus in the Dalbandin area of Chagai district which was carrying Chinese engineers and other staff to Quetta from Saindak this year.
Afghan Media reports said that the jacket wallah detonated his explosives in a house where Aslam and other BLA leaders were present. Aslam was injured in the attack and taken to hospital where he died.
Last year, he was injured during an operation launched by security forces in the Bolan area of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... .
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[RADIOSHABELLE] The president of Jubbaland state of Somalia, Ahmed Madobe has announced a new offensive to flush out al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... from its remaining strongholds.
Speaking to the news hounds in Kismayo ...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region... city on Wednesday, Madobe underlined that new operation will be the final push to bring an end to the presence of Al-Shabaab in Jubbaland.
The president further said the state troops will begin their mission with the liberation of Bu’alle town, which is currently under al-Shabaab control.
The town is the official capital of Jubbaland.
Jubbaland state leader has, on the other hand, accused Somali Federal government and African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... mission [AMISOM] of dragging their feet on the war on Al-Shabaab.
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[AlAhram] A Chadian gang attacked a military camp of forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar ...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all... in southern Libya on Thursday, killing one and injuring 13 others, a local official said.
After the toppling of dictator Muammar Qadaffy ...a proud Arab institution for 42 years, now among the dear departed, though not the dearest... in the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... -backed uprising in 2011, fighters from neighboring Chad and Sudan joined the ensuing turmoil. Competing Libyan armed factions frequently accuse each other of deploying mercenaries from sub-Saharan Africa.
The attack took place near Traghen, 902 kilometers (560 miles) south of 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... and about 400 kilometers north of the border with Chad.
A front man for the Traghen municipality said the man killed was a fighter loyal to the Haftar-allied, eastern government in Libya.
[AnNahar] French maritime authorities intercepted 11 migrants colonists trying to cross the English Channel in an inflatable boat early Thursday, one of a rising number of attempts despite freezing winter temperatures.
Five of the migrants colonists were suffering from hypothermia.
French gendarmes picked up the group 15 nautical miles (28 kilometres) northwest of Calais in the early hours after several ships raised the alarm.
Authorities on both sides of the Channel are worried about a sharp increase in the number of migrants colonists attempting to reach Britannia by sea since November.
British authorities took in 43 people picked up in English waters on Christmas and the following day alone.
The risk of collisions in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, as well as strong currents, high winds and the winter cold, make the crossing extremely dangerous.
For years, thousands of migrants colonists from Africa, the Middle East and Asia have attempted to reach Britannia from La Belle France, mainly by trying to stow away on trucks crossing the Channel.
Officials have been scrambling to understand what is behind the rise in sea crossings.
Some have suggested Britannia's exit from the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... next March could have prompted fears among migrants colonists that border controls could become even tougher after Brexit.
But aid workers say they doubt the change is motivated by a close following of European politics.
Fabien Sudry, the top security official in the Pas-de-Calais region, told AFP this month that he believed the most likely reason is the arrival of larger-than-usual numbers of Iranians.
That has led to new people-smuggling networks operating off the northern French coast, he said.
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[DAWN] Two persons allegedly involved in torching of girls schools in Diamer district surrendered to police on Wednesday.
The accused were given to law enforcement agencies at a jirga held in Deral.
The authorities said Shabbir and Asmatullah were allegedly involved in girls schools’ torching incidents in August this year. Police and other law enforcement agencies personnel had since been searching for them.
So far, the jirga has handed over about 50 accused involved in the incident to law enforcement agencies.
Two accused involved in the incident were killed during an encounter with police in August.
A source said the criminal mastermind of the incident was still on the lam.
Talking to mediapersons, Deral jirga members, Rahmat Khaliq, Abdul Shakoor and Malik Maskeen, said the jirga supported law enforcement agencies to maintain peace in the area. They said the government should take further steps for girls’ education in the area.
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[IsraelTimes] Nidal Salah, 26, convicted in plea deal for illegally leaving the country, giving info to terror group; he returned to Israel in June and was tossed in the clink Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! An Arab Israeli man who crossed into Syria on a hang glider in 2015 in order to join the 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.... terror group was convicted and sentenced in an Israeli court on Thursday.
Nidal Salah, a 26-year-old resident of the central town of Jaljulia, was sentenced to 43 months in prison by the Central District Court as part of a plea deal.
Salah was convicted on charges of contacting a foreign agent, illegally leaving the country, membership in a terror organization, sending information to an enemy, and other offenses.
In the summer of 2015, Salah, then 23, along with another Arab Israeli man, Hossam Hajalah, decided to join the Islamic State group fighting in Syria.
After gliding into Syria, he was arrested and "brutally interrogated" by IS operatives, who forced him to convey information about Israel, according to the court.
He was later released and officially joined IS, for whom he worked in a factory, producing surveillance and attack drones. The court said he also took part in fighting for the jihadist group and was asked to recruit more Arab Israelis to its ranks.
Salah was later taken captive by the Syrian government during a battle but was able to flee, and was smuggled into The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire.... in May 2018. He returned to Israel in June on a flight from Turkey and was arrested upon arrival.
The court said it had agreed to a plea deal because of Salah’s confession, expression of remorse, and the "exceptional circumstances" of his captivity by IS.
In the months before he glided to Syria, Salah, who came from a family that was not particularly religious, had become enthralled with the doctrine and ideology of IS.
"His personality changed," his brother Samih told AFP in 2015. "He banned listening to music, and would only listen to (recordings of) the Koran."
Salah and Hajalah practiced using the engine-powered hang gliders for several months before they felt prepared to make the journey.
However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... when they first tried to fly to Syria from the Golan Heights in mid-October 2015, Hajalah’s hang-glider sustained a "technical malfunction," according to the indictment filed against Salah.
So instead, on October 24, Salah set out by himself to the Golan Heights again in order to fly into Syria alone.
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[Mindanao Examiner] Maoist militants clashed with Philippine security forces and injured nearly a dozen soldiers in Compostela Valley’s Monkayo town. The fighting broke out on Wednesday after soldiers ran into a group of New People’s Army insurgents in Mount Diwata and a gun battle ensued.
Troops were deployed after villagers secretly reported to the military that militants were recruiting civilians to fight the government. The rebels also planted improvised explosives on roads where security patrols usually pass.
The fighting occurred a day after 19 militants surrendered in Agusan del Sur’s Loreto town. Military spokesman Ezra Balagtey said corruption in the communist party and the rebel group triggered the mass surrender of rebels whose entire unit was operating in Agusan Sur and Compostela Valley provinces.
Insurgents have threatened to launch attacks in retaliation to President Duterte’s order to destroy the militants following the collapse of the peace talks. They are still holding over a dozen pro-government militiamen and soldiers in the region.
[Bangkok Post] A policeman was killed and five colleagues wounded by a roadside bomb that detonated in Narathiwat province on Tuesday night. The explosive, contained in a cooking gas cylinder, was hidden beside the Phetkasem Highway in Bacho district. It was detonated remotely about 10.30pm on Monday as their pickup truck went past it.
Pol Sgt Yutthapong Nuikaeo, the driver, was pronounced dead the hospital. He had a severe shrapnel wound in his head.
Security authorities waited until Tuesday morning to examine the scene, to avoid being attacked at night. They said the truck had two burst rear tires, a shattered windshield, shrapnel holes on its left side and lots of blood stains on the tray bed.
[DAWN] Thousands of civilians, mostly relatives of fighters, are fleeing the Lion of IslamIslamic 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.... (IS) group's last stronghold in eastern Syria, a war monitor said on Thursday.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 11,500 people have fled the area since Kurdish-led forces broke IS defences and took the Lion of Islams' main hub of Hajin two weeks ago.
"The past fortnight saw the biggest exodus" since the launch in September of a broad offensive against the IS by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the monitoring group said.
Fighters Brave Lions of Islam were attempting to blend in with the civilians to save their lives and the SDF had managed to detain 700 so far.
The outfit is an alliance of the Kurdish militia which controls northeastern Syria and local Arab fighters that operates with backing from a US-led military coalition.
The Lion of Islam group had already lost all of its major urban centres earlier in 2018 but was clinging to the remote area in the Euphrates River Valley.
The SDF launched an operation involving more than 15,000 fighters to smash the Lion of Islams' last redoubt, known as the Hajin pocket, on Sept 10. They took the town of Hajin on Dec 14, after months of an offensive slowed by Ottoman Turkish threats against the Kurds further north as well as fierce counter-attacks by IS fighters with little to lose.
"Most of the displaced are IS relatives," said Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britannia-based Observatory.
He added however that fighters were attempting to blend in with the civilians to save their lives and that the SDF had managed to detain 700 so far.
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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.
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region...
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...
[IsraelTimes] Nidal Salah, 26, convicted in plea deal for illegally leaving the country, giving info to terror group; he returned to Israel in June and was 
[Mindanao Examiner] Maoist militants clashed with Philippine security forces and injured nearly a dozen soldiers in Compostela Valley’s Monkayo town. The fighting broke out on Wednesday after soldiers ran into a group of New People’s Army insurgents in Mount Diwata and a gun battle ensued.
[Bangkok Post] A policeman was killed and five colleagues wounded by a roadside bomb that detonated in Narathiwat province on Tuesday night. The explosive, contained in a cooking gas cylinder, was hidden beside the Phetkasem Highway in Bacho district. It was detonated remotely about 10.30pm on Monday as their pickup truck went past it.
[DAWN] Thousands of civilians, mostly relatives of fighters, are fleeing the
