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Russian media reports says that at least seventeen people, including 15 police officers, were killed by armed militants in Russia’s Dagestan Republic yesterday. Interfax , citing Dagestan law enforcement authorities, reports that gunmen opened fire on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post in Makhachkala and Derbent cities. asiaplustj.info »
In an exclusive interview to Nezavisimaya Gazeta , Amrullah Saleh, one of leaders of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), said on November 13 that “the West, our former great partner, today talks only about women’s rights in Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
In July 2022, reports emerged of a “new” militant outfit in northern Afghanistan. A Taliban-affiliated group, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Tajikistan (TTT) is reportedly in charge of the security of five districts in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reported on September 8 that early on September 6, the security services in Tajikistan issued a press release containing some apparently alarming news. asiaplustj.info »
The UN is concerned about the activities of the Khorasan wing of ISIL and regards the Khorasan group "as the most serious current terrorist threat in Afghanistan and neighboring Central Asian countries. asiaplustj.info »
On the first day of the High-Level International Conference on “International and Regional Border Security and Management Cooperation to Counter Terrorism and Prevent the Movement of Terrorists", which kicked off in Dushanbe on October 18, its participants expressed their concern for the security in the region and Tajikistan in particular. asiaplustj.info »
The Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, tweeted that Taliban special force had killed three militants and detained five others, who are reportedly suspected of shelling Uzbek border area on July 5. asiaplustj.info »
Citing security sources in Tajikistan and northeastern Afghanistan, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported on October 4 that the Taliban has provided Tajik militants based along the border with Tajikistan with new military vehicles, weaponry, and other equipment over the past two weeks. asiaplustj.info »
Taliban militants have reportedly killed an Afghan man who tried to flee to neighboring Tajikistan and detained another man along the Afghan-Tajik border, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself to be the acting President of Afghanistan, has announced that Taliban fighters have gathered in large numbers at the entrance of Panjshir. asiaplustj.info »
Taliban militants on Sunday took over the Afghan capital and President Ashraf Ghani fled abroad, leaving the government in collapse, as a U.S.-led military operation began to airlift Western diplomats and civilians. asiaplustj.info »
An article posted on Radio Liberty’s website notes that when the Taliban captured a strategically important security checkpoint near Afghanistan's border with Tajikistan last month, it assigned a Tajik militant to raise the Taliban flag on the site. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has deployed additional troops along its southern border with Afghanistan after Afghan authorities claimed a group of militants from Tajikistan played a major role in the Taliban's capture of an Afghan district last month, according to Radio Liberty . asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say a teenage Afghan girl has been hailed on social media for her "heroism" after fighting back last week against Taliban militants who killed her parents. asiaplustj.info »
