The Taliban have rejected reports that Al-Qaeda has re-established training camps in Afghanistan, calling the reports propaganda, while Western intelligence sources and a UN monitoring body have reported at least eight camps operating in the country.
Nine BLA terrorists, including a commander, were killed in separate security operations in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, while four security personnel were wounded in an exchange of fire in Pishin.
Pakistan’s Rangers and Counter Terrorism Department have killed a highly wanted TTP terrorist, Qari Ziaur Rehman alias Qari Saifullah, in a joint operation in Karachi. Officials said he was wanted in multiple attacks on military and FC camps and had recently arrived from Afghanistan to establish a terrorist network in the city.
The United States has used the little-known Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the first time to deport Afghan-born lawful permanent resident Nazira Hajizada. The 47-year-old agreed to leave the country after prosecutors linked her to alleged extremist influence within her family, while her lawyers challenged the use of secret evidence and raised constitutional concerns.
At least eight people, including four National Logistics Cell employees, were killed and seven others injured in separate terrorist attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Four NLC workers were shot dead near the Pakistan-Iran border in Gwadar, while four security personnel were killed in an attack on their vehicle in Lasbela.
German federal prosecutors have charged seven suspected Hamas members over an alleged plot to carry out attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets in Germany and Austria, saying the group had acquired firearms and ammunition and was working on a concrete attack plan.
President Donald Trump is marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the Pentagon, where one of the hijacked planes crashed, as the United States remembers the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks.
Four bodies have been recovered from different areas of Lakki Marwat in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, with police saying all four victims were shot dead. Two of the victims were identified as Farooq and Qasim, while the identities of the other two remain unknown.
