Edward Byers, a Navy SEAL will receive the Medal of Honor from President Obama for rescuing an American doctor, who was held hostage in Afghanistan. Byer, a
Five Taliban militants, who were plotting to target security installations, have been arrested in Pakistan’s Punjab province, officials said on Sunday. The terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested during intelligence-based operations in three districts of Sheikhupura, D G Khan, and Multan in Punjab.
In a recent article, Pakistani writer Wajeeh Ahmed Siddiqui examined the current intricacies of relations between America, the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, India, China, and Pakistan. The article, titled "The Taliban In Modi's Lap," follows a series of attacks in Afghanistan that appear to have been against Chinese and Pakistani interests, especially the attacks on the Pakistani
The downtrend in ISIS activity around the globe continued. Israel: Israel Police arrested five Jerusalem residents on suspicion of membership in ISIS. The Sinai Peninsula: A relatively calm week after two weeks of intensive fighting between the Egyptian security forces and ISIS in northern Sinai. Syria: A large-scale operation by the Syrian army, pro-Iranian militias, and the Russian Air Force against ISIS in the desert region. Iraq: ISIS carried out a small number of attacks this week. The attacks were concentrated in the provinces of Kirkuk and Al-Anbar.
Afghanistan: ISIS’s Khorasan Province significantly increased its activity against the Taliban in Afghanistan over the past three weeks. During the period under review, there was a relative decrease in ISIS’s activity in most of the provinces, apart from Iraq: Syria: ISIS’s activity focused on the Syrian Desert region, mainly against the Syrian army and the forces supporting it. Iraq: ISIS’s activity continued, mainly against the Iraqi security forces and the forces supporting them. Most of the activity focused on the Diyala Province. The Sinai Peninsula: The head of ISIS’s Sharia activity in the Sinai Peninsula and his family turned themselves in to the tribal militias in Sinai, which support the Egyptian army.