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☆ ISIS-K, Group Tied to Moscow Attack, Has Grown Bolder and More Violent
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Christina Goldbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Few know better than the Taliban what a relentless foe the Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan can be. Much of the West considers the Taliban, which reclaimed power in the country in 2021, to be an extremist Islamic movement. But the Islamic State Khorasan, the affiliate that took responsibility for a terrorist attack in suburban Moscow on Friday, has slammed the Taliban government, calling the group’s version of Islamic rule insufficiently hard-line. The Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, is one of the last significant antagonists that the Taliban face in Afghanistan. In the months after the Taliban seized power, ISIS-K carried out near daily attacks on their soldiers at roadside checkpoints and in neighborhoods that are home to the country’s Hazara ethnic minority.

Persons: Pakistan’s Organizations: West Locations: Afghanistan, State Khorasan, Moscow, Hazara, Russian, Kabul

☆ Keeping Lights Off: Undocumented Afghans Go Underground in Pakistan
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

She is one of thousands believed by rights activists to be in hiding in Pakistan to avoid deportation under a government push for undocumented migrants to leave the country. That includes over one million Afghans, many of whom the Pakistan government says have been involved in militant attacks and crime. 'WORSE THAN PRISON'Reuters spoke to a dozen undocumented migrants trying to stay under the radar of the nationwide sweep. "This is worse than prison," said a 22-year-old Afghan man who said he ensured the lights remained off at night. Some locals who are helping the Afghans arrange for food and water to be secretly smuggled into the shelter under the cover of night.

Persons: Ariba Shahid, Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Sijal Shafiq, Shafiq, Wafa, I'm, Saleh Zada, Gibran Peshimam, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Reuters, Authorities, United Nations Locations: Mohammad Yunus Yawar KARACHI, Pakistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, Karachi, United States, Hazara, Islamabad, France, Canada

Persons: Saleh Zada, Akhtar Soomro, Sijal Shafiq, Shafiq, Wafa, I'm, Gibran Peshimam, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, Rights, Authorities, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Badakhshan province, Kabul, Karachi, Pakistan, Rights KARACHI, Afghanistan, United States, Hazara, Islamabad, France, Canada

The Afghan man speaks only Farsi, but he wasn't worried about representing himself in U.S. immigration court. Mohammad said he was later shocked to learn that he had waived his right to appeal the decision. ____For his April 27 hearing, Mohammad submitted photos of his injuries from the 2016 suicide bombing that killed hundreds at a peaceful demonstration of mostly Hazaras. ___Former immigration judge Jeffrey Chase, who reviewed the transcript, said he was surprised John-Baptiste waived Mohammad’s right to appeal and that the Board of Immigration Appeals upheld that decision. But Andrew Arthur, another former immigration judge, said John-Baptiste ruled properly.

Persons: Mohammad, wasn’t, ”, Mona Iman, Iman, Biden, Mohammed, noncitizens, Judge Allan John, Baptiste, hadn't, John, he'd, ” John, ” Mohammad, “, Mohammad didn't, I’m, He'd, Jeffrey Chase, Mohammad’s, Chase, Andrew Arthur, ” Arthur, he's, they're, ” Iman, Elliot Spagat Organizations: Border Patrol, Associated Press, AP, Human, Mohammad, Prairieland Detention, . Immigration, Customs Enforcement, Immigration Appeals, Center for Immigration Studies, Trump, U.S Locations: Afghanistan, United States, Hazara, Texas, Mexico, Alvarado , Texas, Europe, South America, Syracuse, Houston, San Francisco, U.S, Pakistan, Brazil, Panama's, Darien, North Carolina, San Diego

☆ The Taliban promised to provide security to Afghans. New data shows threat from ISIS is growing
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Eliza Mackintosh Ehsan Popalzai Antonio Jarne Lou Robinson | Eliza Mackintosh | Ehsan Popalzai | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

“Currently we don’t have security in Afghanistan at all, whenever we go out we don’t know if we will come home alive or not,” he added. Taliban security forces guard a checkpoint near the foreign ministry in Kabul on March 27, after an ISIS-K suicide bomber struck the site. The data, which is available in a live map, includes 367 pieces of open-source evidence — largely videos and images shared on social media — about 70 ISIS-K attacks since August 2021. As the Taliban try to minimize the threat ISIS-K poses, attacks on civilians continue. Taliban security forces have been waging ongoing operations and night raids against ISIS-K.

☆ Patru migranţi afgani, condamnaţi la zece ani de închisoare pentru incendierea taberei de la Moria
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ReutersPatru migranţi afgani, condamnaţi la zece ani de închisoare pentru incendierea taberei de la MoriaUn tribunal grec a condamnat sâmbătă la 10 ani de închisoare patru tineri migranţi afgani pentru incendiile care au distrus în septembrie 2020 tabăra de la Moria, pe insula Lesbos, atunci cea mai mare tabără de refugiaţi din Europa, relatează AFP, citată de Agerpres. Tribunalul din Chios i-a găsit pe cei patru afgani vinovaţi pentru incendiere voluntară, au anunţat avocaţii acestora, care vor înainta imediat recurs împotriva hotărârii instanţei. Într-un proces distinct, alţi doi refugiaţi afgani, minori la momentul faptei, au fost condamnaţi în luna martie de un tribunal din Lesbos la cinci ani de închisoare pentru participarea la acele acţiuni de incendiere. Procesul s-a bazat în mare parte pe mărturia unui alt refugiat afgan, care acum nu mai este de găsit şi prin urmare nu a fost prezent la proces. Violenţele între grupuri rivale de migranţi erau frecvente în tabăra de la Moria, unde în martie 2020 circa 20.000 de migranţi erau înghesuiţi în condiţii de igienă deplorabile şi izolaţi din cauza pandemiei.

Persons: afgani, deşi Organizations: Reuters, Agerpres Locations: Moria, Lesbos, Europa, Chios, afgan, Afganistan

☆ Explozie în apropierea unei școli din Afganistan: Sunt 40 de morți și peste 50 de răniți
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-08 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ReutersExplozie în apropierea unei școli din Afganistan: Sunt 40 de morți și peste 50 de rănițiO explozie produsă sâmbătă în apropierea unei școli din capitala afgană Kabul a ucis 40 de oameni. Nu este deocamdată clar cum a fost provocată explozia, unele media locale afirmând că au fost trei deflagraţii provocate de rachete, în timp ce altele vorbesc despre o singură explozie produsă de o maşină capcană. Tariq Arian, purtător de cuvânt al Ministerului de Interne afgan, a spus că cel puțin 52 de oameni au fost răniți, majoritatea studenți. Explozia de sâmbătă nu a fost revendicată până acum. Deflagrația s-a produs în vestul orașului Kabul, într-un cartier locuit în mare parte de șiiți, care a fost ținta mai multor atacuri desfășurate de militanții ISIS în ultimii ani.

Persons: Reuters, Tariq, Deflagrația, ISIS Organizations: Statul, Interne, Oficialul, Kabul Locations: Afganistan, Kabul, Interne afgan

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