(Last Updated On: May 16, 2021)
ISIS (Daesh) has claimed responsibility for Friday’s bombing at a mosque in Kabul that left at least 14 worshippers, including the mosque’s Imam, dead, SITE Intelligence Group reported.
The explosion happened inside a mosque in Shakardarah district of Kabul province during Friday prayers.
The explosion took place during a three-day Eid ceasefire between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
According to SITE, ISIS said its fighters had placed an explosive device inside the mosque and detonated it once worshippers were inside offering prayers on the second day of the Eid-ul-Fitr.
The ceasefire ended at midnight on Saturday.
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ACLED Regional Overview – Central Asia and the Caucus (3 - 9 April 2021)
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By Kateryna Byelova and Asena Karacalti
Last week in Central Asia and the Caucasus, clashes continued between the Taliban and Afghan forces, with large military operations and territorial gains made by both parties. The Taliban also shelled a NATO base in Kandahar province, attacking international troops for the first time in more than a year. In the
de facto Republic of Artsakh, five Azerbaijani servicemen were injured by remnant landmines. Meanwhile, relatives of missing soldiers and prisoners of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) War protested in both Azerbaijan and Armenia, demanding that the two governments return the captives. In Georgia, anti-government demonstrations over the curfew hours imposed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic increased, as did pro-government protests. In Kyrgyzstan, activists protested against bride kidnapping, a traditional practice which they believe promotes violen
(Last Updated On: January 21, 2021)
The Afghan security forces have rescued 27 people from a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province, the Defense Ministry (MoD) said Thursday.
The MoD stated that Afghan Commandos launched a rescue operation in the Nahri Saraj district of Helmand on Wednesday night.
Twenty-seven people – including a former soldier – were freed from the prison, the MoD added.
“These prisoners were severely tortured by the Taliban, [who] violated all Islamic norms and principles, as well as rights (Human Rights),” a statement issued by the ministry read.
According to the statement, a Taliban militant was killed during the raid.
A number of weapons, ammunition, and radios were also seized by the Afghan soldiers, the statement said.