Security
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Afghanistan
Bashardost: Taliban Officials Are Increasingly Surrounded by Luxury and Ceremony
DID Press: Ramazan Bashardost, a former member of Afghanistan’s parliament, has accused Taliban officials of becoming increasingly involved in luxury, elaborate protocol and heavy security, despite their claims of governing according to the model of the early Islamic caliphs. Bashardost,…
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Government
Libya Military Intelligence Chief Assassinated in Benghazi
DID Press: Fawzi Mansouri, head of the Military Intelligence Department of the Libyan Armed Forces, was assassinated in the eastern city of Benghazi, reportedly outside his home. According to reports, attackers targeted Mansouri with an explosive device near his residence,…
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Afghanistan
Blast Targets Taliban Intelligence Chief’s Vehicle in Kabul’s Dasht-e Barchi
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Republican Front said Monday evening that it had targeted a vehicle carrying a Taliban intelligence official in Kabul’s Dasht-e Barchi area, claiming that two Taliban members were killed in the attack. Local sources confirmed that an explosion…
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Afghanistan
The Independent: Indian Engineers Allegedly Involved in Taliban Drone Program
DID Press: The Independent has reported that the Taliban are developing their drone capabilities with assistance from Indian engineers and are modifying Chinese-made commercial drones for potential military operations against Pakistan. According to the report, the Taliban have acquired a…
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Afghanistan
Taliban Issues Immunity Card to Former Balkh MP Zahir Masrour
DID Press: Taliban’s Commission for Contact with Afghan Personalities has issued an immunity card to Zahir Masrour, a former member of Afghanistan’s House of Representatives from Balkh province, according to the commission. The card was issued amid continued concerns over…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan Freedom Front Claims Attack Killed Two Taliban Members in Nuristan
DID Press: Afghanistan Freedom Front said its fighters carried out a guerrilla attack on a Taliban compound in eastern Afghanistan’s Nuristan province on Saturday night, killing two Taliban members and wounding four others. In a statement, the group said the…
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Government
TTP Leader Noor Wali Mehsud Seen With Anti-Drone Jamming Device
DID Press: Noor Wali Mehsud, leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and one of Pakistan’s most wanted militants, has appeared in a newly released propaganda video showing him in a mountainous area, apparently intended to suggest that he is operating…
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Afghanistan
United Front Claims Killing of Taliban Morality Official in Kandahar
DID Press: United Front of Afghanistan said on Saturday that its fighters targeted and killed a Taliban official from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice at a park in Aino Mina township in Kandahar. The…
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Afghanistan
Republic Front Claims Four Attacks on Taliban Positions in Bamyan
DID Press: Local sources and reports indicate that Taliban positions and personnel in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province have been targeted at least four times over the past four months by the Republic Front, highlighting the expansion of armed opposition activity into…
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Afghanistan
Pakistan Says It Seeks Peace, Not War, With Afghanistan
DID Press: Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said Islamabad does not want a war or conflict with Afghanistan, while accusing the Taliban of supporting the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and describing the issue as the biggest obstacle to improving relations between…
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