The Haqqani Madrasa in Akora Khattak, Pakistan, known as the "University of Jihad in South Asia" and the ideological and military stronghold of the Taliban that legitimized suicide attacks in Afghanistan, has now itself become the target of an attack. On Friday, March 1, a deadly explosion struck the mosque of the Haqqani Madrasa in Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The target was Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq, leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and head of one of Pakistan’s largest religious seminaries. The 57-year-old cleric was kill…
In an exclusive interview with Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), I asked him about the outcomes of three and a half years of armed and political struggle against the Taliban regime, the turning points of this resistance, and the future of guerrilla warfare against the Taliban. This interview was published in Independent Persian, and here I am sharing its English version. Ahmad Msoud and Mukhtar Wafayee Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), stated in an e…
The family of four Afghan refugees who died in Greek waters claims that the incident was deliberate and, more than a month later, they have yet to retrieve the bodies of their loved ones. On December 20, 2024, a family of four Afghan migrants lost their lives in Greek waters after their boat collided with a Greek Coast Guard ship. The family says they have still not been able to recover the bodies from the Greek authorities. On December 20, the Greek Coast Guard issued a statement saying that a boat carrying migrants sank in the Aegean Sea ne…
Over the three and a half years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-K) has not only launched deadly attacks on civilians, including students, worshippers, and Hazara, Shia, and Sufi travelers, but also eliminated at least eight influential and powerful Taliban members or ideologues. IS-K's attacks on public places, such as mosques and schools, often involve conventional insurgency tactics like bombings or coordinated assaults by multiple attackers. However, targeting senior Taliban officials, who live …
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