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Farah, Afghanistan Weather

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Farah, Afghanistan 10-Day Weather Forecast - The Weather Channel | Weather.com

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Be prepared with the most accurate 10-day forecast for Farah, Afghanistan with highs, lows, chance of precipitation from The Weather Channel and Weather.com

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Afghan horsemen ride on the foot of snow-covered Shadeeyan Mountain in Mazar-i-Sharif

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Ismoil Somoni peak

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Security forces retake Chardara district

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Poppy fields in Afghanistan

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U.S. Marines Guard Afghanistan Poppy Fields

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http://www.youtube.com/user/MOXNEWSd0tCOM U.S. Marines, sponsored by the U.S. taxpayer, stand vigilant watch over poppy fields in Afghanistan ensuring that the world is supplied with plenty of smack. Just don't get caught with any of the poppy derivatives that your tax dollars paid for or you will get a visit from your friendly neighborhood S.W.A.T.and a required stay in a gray bar hotel.

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Poppy fields for preparing Opium and Heroin in Nangharhar province

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Taliban IED sends MRAP flying.

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Taliban IED Sends Afghan National Army MRAP

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Taliban IED Sends Afghan National Army MRAP Flying - Afghanistan War 2015

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Keep us alive by supporting us with a small one-time or monthly donation: https://goo.gl/709Nqs Taliban IED Sends Afghan National Army MRAP Flying - Afghanistan War 2015. Taliban ambush sends Afghan National Army MRAP flying through the air. This happened recently in Afghanistan and was part of the increase of Taliban activity in the country in 2015.

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militants were planning to launch coordinated attacks on security checkpoints.

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NDS seizes 550kg explosives in Logar - Afghanistan Times

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Your message has been sent, you will be contacted soon Array AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has seized over 500kg explosive material in central Logar province, a statement of the spy agency said on Monday. The statement said the NDS operatives have seized around 550kg of explosive material during a raid in Pashtoon Abad village of Baraki district.

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JDAM bombs are dropped on Taliban munitions and IEDs.

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JDAMs are dropped on a cleared out munition factory. Area was cleared of all persons before the drop.

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11 militants killed in Nangarhar

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ISIS declares war on the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Benjamin made this one so he wanted to get the praise instead of just going with the flow

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ISIS has been trying to establish itself in Afghanistan, resulting in a bitter and violent battle against the Taliban for supremecy of the Islamist insurgency in the war-torn country.

However, the terror group are said to be succeeding in their intrusion and have reportedly recruited followers in over three quarters of Afghanistan's provinces.

As well as making large steps in the conflict-ridden area, ISIS are also said to have sympathisers consisting of around 10 per cent of the Taliban insurgency, according to the UN report.

The report said: "The number of groups and individuals who are openly declaring either loyalty to or sympathy with ISIL continues to grow in a number of provinces in Afghanistan."

The terror around are understood to have around 70 fighters from Iraq and Syria forming their Afghanistan branch.

Since establishing the division back in January, sightings of groups "with some form of ISIL branding" or sympathy have been reported in 25 of the 34 provinces in the troubled country.

The report added that ISIS-backed groups "regularly engage" with Afghan military forces, however fighting with other parts of the insurgency are said to be rare.

In recent months, prominent fighters who had close ties to the Taliban and Al Qaeda have reportedly changed loyalties to ISIS.

Abdul Rauf Khadem, a former Taliban adviser to Mullah Omar, became the founder of an ISIS branch in the Helmand and Farah provinces and reportedly recruits followers with large sums of money.

Meanwhile foreign fighters from Pakistan and Uzbekistan, some associated to Al Qaeda, are also said to have "rebranded themselves" under the wing of ISIS militant, the report said.

It added that Afghan security authorities are labelling the situation as a "potential new threat" but are not considering immediate action.

The latest conflict came just weeks after ISIS were condemned by the Taliban for releasing a video showing hostages being blown up with explosives.

Reportedly filmed in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar in June, the "horrific" footage apparently shows ISIS fighters brutally murdering a group of blindfolded tribal elders and villagers.

It describes the kidnapped group as "apostates" who have been captured following a battle between ISIS fighters, the Taliban and Afghan government forces.

A statement posted on the Taliban's website read: "A horrific video was released yesterday showing kidnappers who associate themselves with Daesh (ISIS) brutally martyring several white-bearded tribal elders and villagers with explosives."

ISIS first declared their Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan on 26 January this year when rebelling Taliban commanders swore allegiance to leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The Taliban have since rallied against the threat of ISIS by refusing to join their so-called 'Caliphate' and writing a 60-page letter warning them to leave their land.

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Now ISIS declares war on the TALIBAN in Afghanistan

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ISIS has been trying to establish itself in Afghanistan, resulting in a bitter and violent battle against the Taliban for supremecy of the Islamist insurgency in the war-torn country. However, the terror group are said to be succeeding in their intrusion and have reportedly recruited followers in over three quarters of Afghanistan's provinces.

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Major earthquake. October 26, 2015

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2 injured as police official survives roadside bomb

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Recently captured territory;

https://www.rt.com/news/319982-taliban-advance-afghanistan-earthquake/

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Taliban fighters captured Darqad

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6 civilians kidnapped in Ghazni

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6 civilians kidnapped in Ghazni - Afghanistan Times

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Your message has been sent, you will be contacted soon Array AT-KABUL: Unidentified armed men have abducted six civilians in Gilan district of Ghazni province, chief of the provincial council said on Saturday. Head of the council Khaliqdad Akbari said that unknown armed men stopped a bus in Dalan desert of Gilan district on late Friday and abducted six civilians, including two women.

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Taliban targets Education. Afghan times. Oct. 29, 2015.

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What did the Taliban do to us? And see their indifference. They still claim to be fighting for Afghans. There is perhaps no act of cruelty left they didn't do. From bombing funeral prayers to exhuming dead bodies and punishing them, from bombing markets to targeting schools, from poisoning schoolgirls to hurling acid on their faces, from collecting forced zakat (extortion) of agriculture crops to taking away schoolchildren and sending them to battlefield, there is a long list of their cruelties, yet they say they are fighting for the liberation of Afghans. They shut dozens of schools in Warduj district of northern Badakhshan province, last week. They recruited schoolchildren to fight against an elected government and our national troops. Earlier they used to call our elected governments as puppets, but now they call it apostate. This is extreme of hypocrisy. It is no secret anymore whose product is the Taliban. Pakistan's former president and military chief, Gen. Pervaiz Musharraf confessed recently that they were formed by Pakistan and Osama bin Laden and Taliban were their heroes. He said they were formed jointly by Pakistan and the United States. When al-Qaeda, Taliban and so on the joint products of Pakistan and the United States, then how can they call an elected government an apostate body? At least the government has people's support. It didn't storm Kabul and unleash terror in across the country. If Taliban, al-Qaeda and other militant outfits have also the US backing and the government as well, who the people will pick up? Indeed the government and not the Taliban. And the Taliban have seen it in two presidential elections-the elections of 2009 and 2014. The general public dared the Taliban threats and warnings. They swelled out before the polling stations and rejected the Taliban. The humiliated Taliban cannot digest this bitter fact. Even in their prime time, the Taliban were not a government. They didn't have any membership of the United Nations. They didn't have any embassies except in Pakistan and two other countries. By having embassy in a country or two doesn't provide you the justification that must be called a government. in fact before 9/11 there was no government in Afghanistan. And when now we have one, they are hell-bent on destabilizing it. And those who are supporting them are none other than own Muslim neighbor, who claims to be the fortress of Islam.

Taliban militants have shut dozens of schools in Warduj district of northern Badakhshan province, officials said on Monday. Taliban has started recruiting students to fight against their very much own homeland. It is a well-knit conspiracy against the children of Afghans. Whether they are in Afghanistan or in Pakhtunkhwa, they are target of this devilish conspiracy. They are targeting our children-our future. They want them kept in the dark. They want them to be used as raw materials in their evil foreign policy games. And this is the reason, where there Afghan and Pashtun lives, they target their schools. From Badakhshan to Kunar, from Helmand to Nangarhar, from Khost to South Waziristan, from North Waziristan to Khyber, from Bajaur to Swat, they target their schools. They want to shut the door of knowledge on them. We face a cunning enemy. The enemy is not a daring one. The problem is they use their brain while we use our sentiments. Our policymakers will have to design such security policies, which are impregnable. We will have to use our brain too. We need to outsmart them.

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Why the Taliban target our education? - Afghanistan Times

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What did the Taliban do to us? And see their indifference. They still claim to be fighting for Afghans. There is perhaps no act of cruelty left they didn't do.

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the Anglo-Afghan wars of the 1800's resulted largely from the United Kingdoms dersire to protect its Indian empire.

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9 civilians wounded in a blast in Mazar-i-sharif city in Balkh province in Afghanistan - @pajhwok

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Winning hearts and minds it is not.

U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Wednesday apologized for dropping "highly offensive" leaflets that showed a passage from the Quran superimposed onto the image of a dog.

Dogs are considered unclean by many Muslims, and the Afghan Taliban later said it carried out a suicide attack on U.S. forces in Bagram Airfield in apparent revenge.

The attack just outside the main gate of Bagram injured four people. No U.S. forces were killed or injured, Abdul Shukor Qudos, Bagram district chief, told NBC News.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the Taliban was behind the attack, but the group provided no proof that it had directed it. He added that the Taliban would continue attacks on U.S. forces.

Earlier, the military had warned in a statement that they were expecting demonstrations as a result of the misstep.

"The design of the leaflets mistakenly contained an image highly offensive to both Muslims and the religion of Islam," Maj. Gen. James Linder, who leads the American and NATO special operations forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement. "I sincerely apologize. We have the deepest respect for Islam and our Muslim partners worldwide."

Related: U.S. Has Many More Troops in Afghanistan Than Pentagon Admits

The pamphlets dropped in Parwan province on Tuesday showed a lion chasing a white dog with the Taliban flag emblazoned on it. The militant group's flag contains a fundamental declaration of faith repeated five times a day by devout Muslims throughout the world: "I testify that there is only one God and Muhammad is his messenger."

Above the picture, the leaflet urged people to report insurgents.

"Take back your freedom from the terrorist dogs and cooperate with coalition forces so they can target your enemy and eliminate them," it said, according to Reuters.

The move quickly triggered criticism.

"Are the PR advisers fighting or feeding the enemies?" prominent Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary wrote on Twitter.

A Taliban commander who spoke to NBC News on condition of anonymity called the move "stupid."

"They did by themselves what we had been trying to make the Afghan people and other Muslims understand for past 16 years - that the primary purpose of the U.S.-led foreign occupation forces is to fight against Islam and Sharia," he said, referring to Islamic law.

Later Wednesday, the Taliban carried out a suicide bombing at Bagram airbase near Kabul, stating that they were seeking "revenge" for the leaflets. Abdul Shukor Qudos, a local official, told NBC News the attack had injured four people. No U.S. personnel were hurt, he added.

The "small number of casualties" were being treated at the base's medical facilities, according to U.S. military officials.

Past perceived offenses against Islam have provoked deadly violence.

In 2012, the Americans apologized after copies of the Quran burned at Bagram Air Base near Kabul by mistake. The incident sparked large demonstrations in Kabul and other provinces in which several people were killed.
F. Brinley Bruton reported from London. Mushtaq Yusufzai reported from Peshawar, Pakistan. Ahmed Mengli reported from Kabul, Afghanistan. Courtney Kube reported from Washington, D.C.

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U.S. apologizes for 'highly offensive' anti-Taliban leaflets

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Winning hearts and minds it is not. U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Wednesday apologized for dropping "highly offensive" leaflets that showed a passage from the Quran superimposed onto the image of a dog. Dogs are considered unclean by many Muslims, and the Afghan Taliban later said it carried out a suicide attack on U.S.

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Earthquake in Nuristan, Kunar

from Afghan times on October 28,2015

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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Casualties in the Monday earthquake increased in Nuristan and Kunar provinces. At least 38 people were killed and 131 injured in the two provinces that were close to the epicenter.

Chief of the Nuristan provincial council, Saadullah Nuristani, told Afghanistan Times via telephone that Wama district of the province suffered much due to nearness to the epicenter. Epicenter of the earthquake was Juram district of Badakhshan.

He said that 80 percent people in the district suffered from the tremors. Seven people were killed and 25 others injured in Nuristan. Livestock sector was also damaged.

Responding to a question he said that the hospital was operation and the doctors were on duty, but the dwellers complained about lack of medicines. He said that the affected people have not received aid and many were forced to live under the open sky in the cold weather.

Abdullah, an earthquake affectee from Wama district, told Afghanistan Times via telephone that his house has been destroyed completely in the earthquake and he was living in a tent with his 20-member family.

He said that they had not received relief package.

Minister of Disaster Management Affairs, Muhammad Wais Barmak, told the Wolesi Jirga that 31 persons were killed and 106 injured in 15 districts of Kunar province. Around 1,645 houses, three mosques and a school were also destroyed.

He said that injured people in Takhar, Badakhshan and some other provinces were shifted to hospitals.

The minister said that each family will receive Afs50,000. Aid was sent to Takhar, Badakhshan and Nangarhar. Aid to Nuristan and Kunar will be sent after assessment and opening of the roads.

The Afghan government will receive the aid for the affected people from Turkmenistan, Turkey, the UK, China and India. Around 120 metric tons of flour will arrive from Turkmenistan. Clothes, flour, tents and food stuffs are the major relief items that will arrive soon, he said, adding that those who don't have tents and lost homes would receive money from the government to rent house.

In an interview with Afghanistan Times, Salih Muhammad Salih, a member of the Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the parliament from Kunar, confirmed that three mosques and 1,645 houses were destroyed.

He said that 19 people were injured only in one house. The lawmaker said that the affected people were desperately waiting for relief packages but the central government has been slow in providing the aid.

Salih said that the provincial governor has provided Afs10,000 to each family affected from his own budget.

Some aid and assessment teams were dispatched to different areas, except Kunar and Nuristan as the roads are blocked due to landslides.

Meanwhile, the governor of Kunar province Waheedullah Kaleemzai told Radio Azadi that 48 people were killed and 105 injured in his province.

According to him 75 people killed and around 200 houses were destroyed in Nuristan province.

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Earthquake casualties increase in Nuristan, Kunar - Afghanistan Times

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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Casualties in the Monday earthquake increased in Nuristan and Kunar provinces. At least 38 people were killed and 131 injured in the two provinces that were close to the epicenter. Chief of the Nuristan provincial council, Saadullah Nuristani, told Afghanistan Times via telephone that Wama district of the province suffered much due to nearness to the epicenter.