Afghanistan: Taliban responsible for brutal massacre of Hazara men – new investigation

Taliban fighters massacred nine ethnic Hazara men after taking control of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province last month, Amnesty International said today.

On-the-ground researchers spoke to eyewitnesses who gave harrowing accounts of the killings, which took place between 4-6 July in the village of Mundarakht, Malistan district. Six of the men were shot and three were tortured to death, including one man who was strangled with his own scarf and had his arm muscles sliced off.

Resurgent Taliban And Implications For Central Asia – Analysis

The dramatic siege of Afghanistan by the Taliban has posed serious questions about the stability, security, geostrategy, and geopolitics of the Central Asia Republics (CARs). A recent UN report highlights the presence of over 10,000 foreign fighters from the neighbouring countries of Central Asia, Pakistan, and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China in Afghanistan, most of whom are in the ranks of the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and the Islamic State in the Khorasan Province (ISKP). In addition, the presence of Central Asian terrorist groups like the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), Jamaat Ansarullah, and others in Afghanistan have heightened the fears of the current turmoil in Afghanistan spilling over into the CARs.

Bawar Ismail: Nej, Sverige är inte IS-kvinnornas hem

På måndag eftermiddag landade ett plan med tre IS-kvinnor och deras barn på Arlanda flygplats. Och genast vill regeringen få oss tro att Sverige är förpliktigat att ta emot dessa “utvisade” IS-fångar, att det faktiskt är vårt ansvar och att vårt rättsväsende kommer att skipa rättvisa.

Als das “Jahrhundert des Terrorismus” begann

Man kann den 11. September 2001 als eigentlichen Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts betrachten. Am Nachmittag begleitete eine “ZiB”-Sondersendung die Terroranschläge in den USA. Am Abend spielten Depeche Mode in der Wiener Stadthalle eines der besten Konzerte, das ich je besuchte. Die Welt stand im Schock, doch ahnte da noch kaum jemand, wie sehr die Ereignisse dieses Tages die folgenden Jahrzehnte beeinflussen würden.

„Regele cocainei” din Bulgaria, condamnat și în România, și în Italia, a fost arestat în Ucraina

Evelin Banev, zis „Brendo”, cunoscut drept „Regele cocainei” din Bulgaria, a fost reţinut la 7 septembrie „în regiunea Kiev”, Ucraina, a indicat, vineri, Parchetul din Sofia într-un comunicat, adăugând că o cerere de extrădare este „în pregătire”, informează AFP, citată de Agerpres.

În locuinţa sa au fost descoperite un laborator de droguri şi plante de canabis, potrivit presei bulgare, care a difuzat o înregistrare video primită de la poliţia naţională ucraineană arătând arestarea lui într-o parcare.

9/11: US and Israel learned to stop attacks, but not terrorist groups – analysis

Twenty years after 9/11, the lessons of that day are still inconclusive. It was traumatizing for a generation.

It was just after midnight when two Border Police officers on guard duty at a base near Kibbutz Bahan in central Israel were fired upon. According to the Foreign Ministry’s subsequent report, “Corporal Tzachi David and St.-Sgt. Andrei Zledkin were killed in the attack, both shot in the head as they patrolled inside the security fence of the base near the entrance gate; another officer was wounded. The terrorists apparently fled into nearby Palestinian villages in the area of Tulkarm.”

Welcome to World War III: The legacy of 9/11 20 years later

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The enemy that struck 20 years ago tomorrow will not be defeated until called by its real name, and confronted jointly by all its targets.

“Good evening,” a stern-faced George Bush told a stunned American nation 20 years ago tomorrow. “Today,” he said, “our way of life, our very freedom came under attack,” and thus suggested that Islamism’s war is on the West.
It isn’t.