Epstein Secrets

thern province of Samangan." The New York Times (8/9, Gibbons-Neff, Rahim, Hassan, 20.6M) reports that Aybak "sits on the main highway that connects Kabul...to Afghanistan's northern provinces," and says its "fall means that the Taliban have effectively placed a stranglehold on much of Balkh Province

ding layover in Dubai without a way to get home." The AP adds, "In the rushed evacuation, scores of these foreign workers trying to get home to the Philippines and other countries that restricted international travel because of the pandemic have become stuck in limbo at hotels across Dubai." Media Analyse

in Moscow designed to bring together prominent Afghan figures, including former President Hamid Karzai, opposition figures and tribal elders, but no Kabul government officials. 11. Car Bomb Kills at Somalia Shopping Mall [Reuters] • A car bomb exploded at a shopping mall in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne dis

week that the IS' al-Hayat Media Center did not publish its video display of the data. • It detailed the spread of operations in Iraq, East Asia (Philippines), Khorasan (Afghanistan and Pakistan), Sinai, Somalia, Syria, West Africa (Nigeria), and Yemen. 9. At least 60 dead in Boko Haram attack: report [F

" -- Former Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said he grew estranged from his American allies during his 10 years in power. Pamela Constable reports from Kabul: "His version of U.S.-Afghan relations during his tenure is sharply at odds with the American version, and he has often depicted himself as the mal

e Haitians surveyed relayed stories describing a 'common pattern' where women received small amounts of money or food in exchange for sex." -- The Philippines convicted key members of a political clan for a 2009 massacre that left 57 dead. From the AP: "Judge Jocelyn Solis- Reyes acquitted several members

4." — Former Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said he grew estranged from his American allies during his 10 years in power. Pamela Constable reports from Kabul: "His version of U.S.-Afghan relations during his tenure is sharply at odds with the American version, and he has often depicted himself as the mal

e Haitians surveyed relayed stories describing a 'common pattern' where women received small amounts of money or food in exchange for sex." -- The Philippines convicted key members of a political clan for a 2009 massacre that left 57 dead. From the AP: "Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes acquitted several members

hurning away in war and peace. The “tactical” level is the most practical. It’s the choice to use machine guns instead of tanks to secure a street in Kabul, for instance, or to buy up gold for a central bank or permit high-frequency stock trading. Tactics are where policy decisions crunch into reality. T

wing a rough trace of his father’s man-on-a-mission trajectory, also with a bit of that secretive Knights of Templar feeling: Princeton, Vietnam, the Philippines, the halls of the State Department in Foggy Bottom. Wisner had become the first phone call for some of America’s leading corporate figures when they

as the French voice of IS after the 2015 attacks that left 130 people dead. Afghanistan: Members of a Prominent Terror Gang of Taliban Arrested in Kabul [India Blooms] • Afghanistan security forces have arrested at least four members of a prominent terror gang of Taliban group during an operation in

ople "of national security concern" are believed to have returned from conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Amid Loss of Leaders, Unknown Militant Rises in Philippines [Washington Post] • Not much is known about Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, but the attacks attributed to him heralding his rise are distinctly savage: A de