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Youth-led demands for examination reform risk becoming a wider movement against Modi's government. Protesters are demanding the education minister's departure.
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Youth-led demands for examination reform risk becoming a wider movement against Modi's government. Protesters are demanding the education minister's departure.
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South Asia theater
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Ghazni
A mine apparently dating to the Soviet war exploded in Ghazni, killing at least nine children and highlighting Afghanistan’s continuing unexploded-ordnance threat.
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India's youth-led protests for education reform risk spilling over into a broader movement criticizing Prime Minister Modi's government for its treatment of demonstrators.
Youth-led demands for examination reform risk becoming a wider movement against Modi's government. Protesters are demanding the education minister's departure.
Open source reportOpposition leader Rahul Gandhi joined in the criticism of Modi's government, and was arrested after staging a sit-in outside Modi's house and calling for Modi's removal over police brutality against protesters.
Rahul Gandhi was arrested after staging a sit-in outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's house and demanding Modi's removal over police brutality against demonstrators.
Open source reportYouth-led protests rocked Delhi yesterday, and police responded forcefully, injuring at least 180 demonstrators.
Youth-led demonstrations demanded education reform and the education minister’s resignation after exam scandals, while a forceful police response injured at least 180 protesters.
Open source reportAfghanistan retaliated against Pakistan's airstrikes over the weekend with "air strikes" of its own on Pakistan's Balochistan province. Pakistan said it shot down four primitive Afghan drones and reported no serious damage or casualties, but warned its neighbor that any new strikes "would receive a befitting response."
Afghanistan retaliated for Pakistani airstrikes by sending drones into Balochistan. Pakistan said it downed four drones, suffered no serious casualties or damage, and threatened a response to further strikes; Russia called for diplomacy.
Open source reportKabul is a convenient scapegoat to blame its internal failures on.
Islamabad’s accusations against the Afghan Taliban partly serve to divert attention from Pakistan’s inability to prevent militant attacks within its own territory.
Open source reporta militant attack the day before on the Karachi regional headquarters of the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers that killed three soldiers and was claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
An attack on the Pakistan Rangers’ regional headquarters in Karachi killed three soldiers and was claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, described as a Pakistani Taliban breakaway faction. The attack was cited as one reason for Pakistan’s subsequent strikes in Afghanistan.
Open source reportPakistan carried out another round of cross-border airstrikes targeting Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan.
Pakistan launched airstrikes against Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan. The Afghan Taliban government said the attacks killed civilians and violated Afghan sovereignty and airspace.
Open source reportAfghanistan's Taliban enforcers detained at least 30 women in Herat over "noncompliance" with its strict female dress rules... The arrests sparked protests that security forces met with excessive force, killing a child and beating up dozens of demonstrators.
Taliban enforcers detained at least 30 women over dress-rule violations. Security forces killed a child and beat dozens of demonstrators during ensuing protests.
Open source reportDespite flare-ups like this, the neighboring countries are still technically observing a tenuous ceasefire that China helped mediate in March.
Pakistan and Afghanistan continue technically to observe a tenuous ceasefire mediated by China in March, despite cross-border attacks.
Open source reportPakistan carried out another round of cross-border airstrikes inside Afghanistan that Islamabad claimed killed at least 26 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militants in three Afghan provinces. Afghanistan said the strikes killed at least 13 civilians, including 11 children.
Pakistan struck Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militants in three Afghan provinces. A claim of at least 26 militant deaths to Islamabad and a conflicting claim of at least 13 civilian deaths, including 11 children, comes from Afghanistan.
Open source reportU.S. SecState Rubio will meet with his counterparts from the other three Quad countries - Australia, India, and Japan - for talks in Delhi today. One of their chief concerns will be finding ways to counter China's growing geopolitical and economic heft.
Secretary of State Rubio will meet counterparts from Australia, India and Japan, with countering China’s geopolitical and economic influence among their principal concerns.
Open source reportAfghanistan's Taliban government accused Pakistan of targeting a university in Kunar with mortar and rocket strikes that killed seven and wounded 85.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government accused Pakistan of mortar and rocket attacks on a university that killed seven people and wounded 85. Pakistan’s military denied targeting the university but did not deny conducting a strike or identify another target.
Open source reportAmerican and Iranian delegations will meet in Islamabad starting tomorrow to try to negotiate a more permanent peace than the current, 14-day ceasefire that both sides have already accused the other of violating.
American and Iranian delegations will meet after a disputed 14-day ceasefire. An Iranian 10-point counterproposal allowing domestic uranium enrichment and Iranian control over Hormuz transit while demanding U.S. withdrawal from the Gulf and war reparations.
Open source reportImmediately after their temporary Eid ceasefire ended, Pakistan and Afghanistan resumed attacks. Pakistani strikes killed two in Afghanistan, and Afghanistan vowed an "appropriate response."
Attacks resumed immediately after a temporary Eid ceasefire ended, with Pakistani strikes killing two people in Afghanistan and Afghanistan promising a response.
Open source reportThis time, neither side seems ready to talk peace. But neither can afford to wage a full-blown war over their differences either, so their fight will probably grind on as a low-level war.
Neither side is currently prepared for peace but that both lack the capacity to afford a full-scale war, making a prolonged lower-level conflict more likely.
Open source reportAfghanistan's Taliban government said Pakistan attacked five of its border provinces over the weekend, and its defense minister warned that "if Kabul is attacked, Islamabad will be attacked."
Pakistan attacked five Afghan border provinces. According to Afghanistan’s defense minister, a threat to attack Islamabad if Kabul is attacked; renewed cross-border violence followed the collapse of an earlier ceasefire.
Open source reportThat strong majority also gives Shah a mandate to carry out the reform agenda he campaigned on - and agitated for as a protest leader before entering politics.
The claimed parliamentary majority is a mandate for Shah to pursue the reform program he promoted during his campaign and earlier protest activity.
Open source reportA new party led by a former rapper, Balendra Shah, won a landslide victory in Nepal's first parliamentary election since Gen Z protests toppled the previous government. Shah and his Rastriya Swatantra (National Independent Party) won 117 of 165 directly-elected seats.
Balendra Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party won 117 of 165 directly elected seats in Nepal’s first parliamentary election since youth-led protests removed the preceding government.
Open source reportA U.S. Navy submarine sank Iran's IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka yesterday... Sri Lanka's navy rescued 32 Iranian sailors and recovered 87 bodies... Another 60 who were aboard the frigate are still missing.
A U.S. Navy submarine torpedoed IRIS Dena on March 4. Sri Lanka rescued 32 sailors and recovered 87 bodies, with another 60 people missing.
Open source reportBagram holds significant symbolic importance for the Taliban: the captured U.S. base holds Afghanistan's largest runway and hosts annual military parades each year on the anniversary of the Taliban's return to power.
That Bagram’s large runway, former role is a U.S. base, and use for Taliban military parades make it more valuable to the Taliban than the ammunition depots targeted by Pakistan.
Open source reportAfghanistan's Taliban government said its military fired anti-aircraft missiles that successfully deterred Pakistani jets threatening Bagram Air Base.
A Taliban government claim that Afghan forces fired anti-aircraft missiles and deterred Pakistani jets threatening Bagram Air Base. Pakistan conducted an earlier wave of cross-border strikes against ammunition depots.
Open source reportPakistan's defense minister warned Afghanistan's Taliban government in a social media post that "our cup of patience has overflowed" and declared an "open war." However, its strikes today were quite limited in scale and scope, and didn't seem like the opening salvo of a full-scale war.
The strikes are limited and argues that Pakistan cannot afford a wider war because of internal insurgencies and the need to maintain readiness regarding India. An “open war” declaration comes from Pakistan’s defense minister.
Open source reportPakistani jets bombed Kabul and Kandahar today in retaliation for Afghan attacks on Pakistani border positions hours earlier.
Pakistani jets bombed Kabul and Kandahar on February 27 in retaliation for Afghan attacks on Pakistani border positions hours earlier.
Open source reportDhaka, Bangladesh is now the world's second most populous city, and it's growing even faster than Jakarta is.
Dhaka has 36 million residents; a UN projection that it will overtake Jakarta by mid-century.
Open source reportThe Pakistani Taliban (TTP) belatedly claimed yesterday's courthouse blast in Islamabad and said it was targeting "[j]udges, lawyers and officials who carried out rulings under Pakistan’s un-Islamic laws."
The Pakistani Taliban belatedly claimed the previous day’s courthouse bombing and identified judges, lawyers and officials as its targets. The incident is the first major attack in the capital in more than a decade; Defense Minister Khawaja Asif declared a wider “state of war” against the TTP.
Open source reportA car bomb killed at least 10 people near one of Delhi's top tourist attractions - the Red Fort - today, leading authorities to impose a high security alert on other tourist and government sites in the capital.
A car bomb near Delhi’s Red Fort that killed at least 10 people and prompted heightened security at tourist and government sites. Federal anti-terror investigators are leading the inquiry, but authorities had not formally designated the incident a terrorist attack.
Open source reportIt's hard to imagine a second round of talks breaking through the intractable impasse that doomed the first one.
Renewed talks are unlikely to overcome disagreement over Islamabad’s claim that the Afghan Taliban protects Pakistani Taliban militants, although both sides appear interested in avoiding war.
Open source reportAfghanistan and Pakistan agreed to resume peace talks in Istanbul after their previous round of dialogue broke down without a resolution.
Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to another round of talks in Istanbul after an earlier dialogue ended without resolving their differences.
Open source reportA foreign ministry spokesman said it was against the U.S. having "any military presence" in Afghanistan, but was open to "political and economic relations based on mutual respect and shared interests."
The Taliban government rejected any U.S. military presence in Afghanistan while expressing openness to political and economic relations based on mutual interests.
Open source reportPres. Trump floated the idea of reestablishing a U.S. military base at Bagram in Afghanistan as part of an effort to counter China's growing influence in the region.
President Donald Trump floated reestablishing a U.S. base at Bagram to counter China’s regional influence, while noting that it was unclear whether the Pentagon was actively planning such a move.
Open source reportAfghanistan's Taliban government severed fiber-optic internet service to Balkh province "for the prevention of vices." Balkh residents can still get their vices on mobile internet, which remains up.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government cut fiber-optic internet service in Balkh province while mobile service remained available. Critics who say the restriction will disproportionately affect women and girls studying online.
Open source reportKarki said she'd been reluctant to accept the mantle of becoming Nepal's first female leader, and pledged to step down in six months after organizing fresh elections.
Karki said she had been reluctant to accept the position and pledged to organize new elections before stepping down within six months.
Open source reportNepal's "Gen Z" protesters got their wish and saw their pick to lead the country's interim government, former chief justice Sushila Karki, sworn in as interim prime minister.
Former chief justice Sushila Karki, favored by the country’s “Gen Z” protesters, was sworn in as interim prime minister and became Nepal’s first female leader.
Open source reportThe military sent troops to restore order in Kathmandu - apparently unsuccessfully so far. The protests seem to be morphing into a broader, angrier expression of economic discontent and outrage over government corruption.
Protesters rejected the lifting of a social-media ban and the resignations of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and the home minister as sufficient concessions. Demonstrators set fire to major state and political buildings, while troops deployed in Kathmandu without restoring order. The protests are broadening into anger over economic conditions and corruption.
Open source reportreports are emerging that some (all-male) first responders abided by Taliban-directed cultural norms and refused to help women and girls trapped in the rubble, leaving them to wait for female rescuers.
Some male first responders declined to assist women and girls trapped in rubble because of Taliban-directed gender rules, leaving them to await female rescuers. Women may represent a disproportionate share of the 2,200 deaths and 3,600 injuries, although no gender breakdown was cited.
Open source reportthe population they serve has expanded by over two million in recent months as Pakistan and Iran both evicted Afghan nationals. Even more Afghan deportees are on their way home now
Pakistan and Iran have removed more than two million Afghan nationals in recent months. Pakistan set September 1 as a deadline for additional Afghans to leave or face arrest.
Open source reportA shallow (i.e., worse), 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan, killing at least 600 - and probably far more.
A shallow magnitude-6.0 earthquake killed at least 600 people and suggests the eventual toll could be higher. Hospitals were already understaffed and underequipped following the suspension of U.S. aid funding.
Open source reportWang flew to Kabul to offer Afghanistan's Taliban government new Chinese investment - particularly in infrastructure and mining (especially of lithium, iron, and copper) - and to invite Afghanistan to formally join the Belt and Road Initiative.
Wang Yi offered the Taliban government Chinese infrastructure and mining investment, particularly involving lithium, iron, and copper, and invited Afghanistan to join the Belt and Road Initiative formally.
Open source reportSome analysts see the diplomatic rekindling as a result of U.S. trade pressure on India that has encouraged India to turn to other trade and geopolitical allies instead.
Some analysts interpret renewed China-India engagement as an Indian response to U.S. trade pressure and an effort to diversify geopolitical and commercial ties.
Open source reportIndia said its forces had finally - over 100 days later - killed three of the terrorists involved the April attack in Kashmir that sparked a brief skirmish with Pakistan.
India said its forces killed three people involved in the April Kashmir attack that preceded a brief confrontation with Pakistan. Domestic criticism over the time taken to identify and pursue the attackers.
Open source reportRussia became the first country to officially recognize Afghanistan's Taliban government, nearly four years after it regained control of the country.
Russia became the first country to recognize Afghanistan’s Taliban government and that Russia’s Foreign Ministry anticipated bilateral cooperation across multiple fields.
Open source reportPakistan's military announced plans to boost its military spending by 20% to $9 billion for the fiscal year starting July 1.
Pakistan’s military announced plans to raise defense spending to $9 billion for the fiscal year beginning July 1, despite a proposed 7% reduction in overall government expenditure. Parliamentary approval remains pending.
Open source reportPakistan's Foreign Ministry then shot back that the IAEA should instead investigate "the repeated theft and illicit trafficking incidents involving nuclear and radioactive material in India."
Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh called for Pakistan’s nuclear weapons to be placed under IAEA surveillance. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry responded by calling for scrutiny of theft and illicit trafficking involving nuclear and radioactive material in India.
Open source reportSatellite photos suggest that both fought with restraint and precisely targeted military facilities and equipment - especially airplanes and airfields - while taking care to minimize human casualties.
Both countries exercised restraint and precisely targeted military facilities, aircraft and airfields during a four-day clash. India acknowledged five military deaths and Pakistan reported 11.
Open source reportAny imminent Indian military strike would likely follow the same pattern and be limited to targeting the safe havens and arsenals used by militants responsible for the Pahalgam attacks.
A potential Indian strike would focus on militant safe havens and arsenals and that neither nuclear-armed state currently seeks a broader war.
Open source reportIndia carried out similar targeted strikes on Pakistani militants after deadly attacks on India in 2016 and 2019.
India conducted limited strikes against militant launch sites and training camps in Pakistan following deadly attacks in 2016 and 2019.
Open source reportPakistan's Information Minister, Attaullah Tarar, claimed to have "credible intelligence" that India is planning a military strike on Pakistan in the next 24-36 hours
Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar claimed to possess credible intelligence that India was preparing military action in retaliation for an attack in Pahalgam. Media reporting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been making India’s case to foreign leaders.
Open source reportThe reprieve was apparently part of a deal that U.S. envoy Adam Boehler struck when he visited Kabul last week. In return, the Taliban released a U.S. citizen who had been detained in Afghanistan for over two years.
The United States lifted bounties on Sirajuddin Haqqani, Abdul Azizi Haqqani, and Yahya Haqqani as part of an arrangement associated with envoy Adam Boehler’s Kabul visit. The Taliban released a U.S. citizen detained for more than two years in return.
Open source reportPakistan's military said it concluded its operation to rescue the estimated 400 hostages that the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) captured after hijacking a train near Quetta on Tuesday. •The military freed around 300 of the hostages, but the BLA claimed that it executed 50 of the others
Pakistan’s military was reported to have concluded an operation responding to a Baloch Liberation Army train hijacking involving an estimated 400 hostages. The military freed about 300 people, while the BLA separately claimed it executed 50 hostages after the government refused a prisoner exchange.
Open source reportThe WSJ reported that the Biden Administration is in talks with the Taliban to free three U.S. citizens from Afghan jail in exchange for the release of Muhammad Rahim al Afghani - a senior Al Qaeda leader with direct links to Osama bin Laden - from Guantanamo Bay.
Wall Street Journal reporting that the Biden administration was discussing an exchange of Muhammad Rahim al Afghani for three U.S. citizens. The Taliban acknowledged holding only two of the three Americans and also sought the release of two additional Afghan prisoners.
Open source reportwomen who are already doctors will probably be allowed to continue practicing, but their ranks will dwindle without a pipeline of new female students to replace those who retire.
Existing female doctors may continue practicing but that their numbers will decline without new graduates, potentially compounding restrictions on treatment by male physicians.
Open source reportAfghanistan's Taliban government announced a new ban on women studying medicine and midwifery - two of the few remaining fields that were still open to female students.
Taliban authorities banned women from studying medicine and midwifery, eliminating two of the few remaining educational fields available to female students.
Open source reportSupporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan ended their demonstrations demanding his release... after police used force to disrupt the rallies. At least six - including both police and demonstrators - died in the melee.
Supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan ended demonstrations seeking his release and the government’s dissolution after police used force. At least six deaths among demonstrators and police.
Open source reportAn apparently lone gunman opened fire at a Sufi shrine in Afghanistan's Baghlan province during a weekly ritual on Friday, killing 10.
An apparently lone gunman opened fire during a weekly ritual at a Sufi shrine, killing 10 people. No motive or claimed affiliation was provided.
Open source reportThousands of supporters of deposed Prime Minister Imran Khan rallied in Islamabad to demand his release from jail - and the dissolution of the current government that jailed him.
Thousands rallied to demand former Prime Minister Imran Khan's release and the dissolution of the government. Khan has been incarcerated for more than a year and considers the charges against him politically motivated.
Open source reportportray Haqqani as a jihadist-turned-diplomat now quietly advocating from within for more moderate policies than hardline Taliban emir Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada has decreed
Sirajuddin Haqqani as quietly advocating more moderate policies than Taliban Emir Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada.
Open source reportIndia and China said they "reached a solution" over their shared border in the Himalayas
Beijing and New Delhi reached a solution concerning their Himalayan border and resumed patrols, while maintaining their respective territorial claims.
Open source reportThe Pakistani government has ramped up security ahead of next week's Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Islamabad - lest Baloch separatists try to disrupt the talks.
Pakistan increased security ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit amid concern that Baloch separatists could attempt to disrupt the meeting.
Open source reportLocal officials blamed Baloch separatists who have been intensifying their attacks on outsiders they perceive as threats to their quest for an independent state - like the Chinese engineers they killed with a suicide car bomb in Karachi on Monday.
Local officials attributed the mine attack to Baloch separatists and linked it to an intensifying campaign against perceived outsiders. Chinese engineers were killed in a suicide car bombing in Karachi earlier that week.
Open source reportHeavily-armed insurgents attacked coal mines in the Duki district of Balochistan, apparently targeting minority ethnic Pashtuns - at least 20 of whom died - and destroying mining machinery.
Heavily armed insurgents attacked coal mines, killed at least 20 people—apparently minority ethnic Pashtuns—and destroyed mining equipment.
Open source report"Today in Kabul a female cat has more freedom than a woman. A cat may go sit on her front stoop and feel the sun on her face, she may chase a squirrel in the park... A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan today because the public parks have been closed to women and girls by the Taliban. A bird may sing in Kabul, but a girl may not in public." •A Taliban spokesman responded that his fellow officials in fact "highly respected" women and would "never compare them to cats."
The post recounts Meryl Streep’s comparison of women’s freedoms in Kabul with those of animals and says a Taliban spokesman responded that officials respected women.
Open source report“Jammu-Kashmir voted in regional elections for the first time in a decade yesterday.”
Jammu-Kashmir held regional elections for the first time in ten years amid recent militant attacks and local hopes of recovering some autonomy lost when its statehood was removed in 2019.
Open source reportA new 114-page Taliban document now forbids women from talking loudly (even inside their own homes), singing or reading the Koran in public, or merely looking at men they don't know. The new edict also forbids Afghan men from trimming their beards.
A 114-page Taliban document that restricts women from speaking loudly, singing or publicly reading the Koran, and looking at unfamiliar men. Men are prohibited from trimming their beards.
Open source reportPakistan has suffered numerous cross-border attacks by militants taking refuge in Afghanistan
Pakistan has experienced cross-border attacks by militants taking refuge in Afghanistan, contradicting the Taliban’s security claims.
Open source reportA deputy spokesman for the Taliban government reiterated the Taliban's claim that it's in full control of security within Afghanistan and there are no terrorist groups operating in the country.
A deputy Taliban government spokesman reiterated that the Taliban controlled security throughout Afghanistan and that no terrorist groups operated there.
Open source reportStudent protesters in Bangladesh demanded that Pres. Shahabuddin ask Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus to lead the interim government after PM Hasina fled the country. •Yunus... immediately agreed.
Student protesters asked President Mohammed Shahabuddin to select Muhammad Yunus after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country, and that Yunus agreed to serve.
Open source reportChinese engineers and Taliban officials commemorated a groundbreaking on the long-delayed Aynak Copper Project southwest of Kabul.
Chinese engineers and Taliban officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for the long-delayed Aynak copper project and re-inaugurated a 25-kilometer access road opened about a year earlier.
Open source reportthe acting Central Bank (Da Afghanistan Bank) head, Hedayatullah Badri, is now Minister of Mines and Petroleum, replacing Shahabuddin Delawar, who will become the acting head of the Afghan Red Crescent Society.
Acting central bank head Hedayatullah Badri became minister of mines and petroleum, replacing Shahabuddin Delawar, who was appointed acting head of the Afghan Red Crescent Society.
Open source reportPolice in the Maldives arrested Minister for the Environment, Climate Change, and Energy Fathimath Shamnaz Ali Saleem for vexing her boss, Pres. Mohamed Muizzu, with a "black magic" curse.
Police arrested Environment, Climate Change and Energy Minister Fathimath Shamnaz Ali Saleem over an allegation that she used “black magic” against President Mohamed Muizzu. The post dismisses the accusation.
Open source reportInvestors sold Indian stocks, fearing that Modi's mandate for implementing pro-business reforms was weakened by softened electoral support.
BJP’s losses are evidence of voter frustration; investors feared that reduced support would weaken Modi’s ability to implement pro-business reforms.
Open source reportThe BJP still won more seats than any other party, but - for the first time since it came to power in 2014 - failed to secure the 272 seats it needed for an outright majority
The BJP won more seats than any other party but fell short of the 272 needed for a majority, leaving Prime Minister Narendra Modi more dependent on National Democratic Alliance partners and potentially requiring policy concessions.
Open source reportResults from India's six-week election are due tomorrow. Exit polls show a comfortable lead for PM Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party
India’s election result is due the following day and that exit polls show Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP with a comfortable lead over a newly united opposition.
Open source reportThe Taliban's official statements depicted the blast as a minor incident that randomly targeted civilians, but local reports claimed it was a much more serious attack that targeted Taliban security forces, killing far more than one person.
An explosion killed at least one person, while noting conflicting Taliban and local accounts about its severity, intended target and casualties.
Open source reportIslamic State (IS) claimed Monday's attack on a Shia mosque in Herat, western Afghanistan.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a Monday attack on a Shia mosque in western Afghanistan’s Herat province.
Open source reportThe Special Inspector General for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan's latest report said Islamic State-Khorasan is leveraging instability in Afghanistan to ramp up its recruitment there, and warned that the group's "resurgence" could lead to more attacks abroad.
According to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, an assessment that Islamic State-Khorasan is exploiting instability to increase recruitment and could conduct more attacks abroad. Deadly attacks in Russia and Iran as examples.
Open source reportIslamic State (IS) claimed Monday's attack at a Shia mosque in Herat that killed six, including the imam.
Islamic State claimed an attack at a Shia mosque in Herat that killed six people, including the imam.
Open source reportA gunman attacked a Shia mosque in Herat, western Afghanistan, killing six civilians.
A gunman attacked a Shia mosque in western Afghanistan, killing six civilians. No group had claimed responsibility, although Islamic State has previously targeted Shia communities in the region.
Open source reportVoting in the world's largest democracy - India - began today. PM Modi is sure to win reelection, but the strength of his win will be seen as a gauge of support for his policies - especially on the economy.
Voting began April 19 and would continue through June 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi would win reelection and that the size of his victory would indicate support for his policies, particularly on the economy.
Open source reportI will not take even a step away from the Islamic law.
Taliban leader Hibatullah Akundzada delivered a rare Eid address and ruled out compromising on Islamic law. A ban on public stoning for adultery had recently been repealed, while noting that no stonings had occurred since the repeal.
Open source reportThe Taliban's acting telecoms minister confirmed to ToloNews that his government plans to ban access to Facebook from Afghanistan.
The Taliban’s acting telecommunications minister confirmed plans to ban access to Facebook in Afghanistan and that human-rights organizations condemned the plan.
Open source reportA landmine apparently left behind during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s exploded in Ghazni this week, killing at least nine children - and drawing attention to the problem of unexploded ordnance scattered across the country from prior wars.
A mine apparently dating to the Soviet war exploded in Ghazni, killing at least nine children and highlighting Afghanistan’s continuing unexploded-ordnance threat.
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