A wanted man has blown himself up with a suicide vest in Jeddah as Saudi security forces were close to arresting him. Multiple people including security personnel wounded. #SaudiArabia
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) released new issue (May-July) of Nawa-e-Ghazwa-e-Hind magazine. There's an increased focus on Bangladesh in this issue. Apart from that, there are articles on India, Rohingya, Taliban and of course Pakistan.
The magazine also carries a detailed statement from AQIS where it talks about and justifies killings of critics of Islam/bloggers in Bangladesh. AQIS had previously claimed some of such killings in the country.
Similarly, the magazine also carries an AQIS statement on the blasphemy row in India. It is titled "Our mothers will cry for us if we don't defend honour of our prophet"
Amid reports of TTP militants’ resurgence in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial police said it is fully cognisant of the fact that some individuals from Swat previously living in Afghanistan are present in far flung mountainous areas but the situation is 'under control'.
“Police is cognisant of videos circulating on social media of heavy presence of militants in the valley. We are also aware of apprehension in general public that Swat may return to 2008/09 era when militant ruled the valley with their version of Sharia [law],” KP police statement
However, Swat is totally under control of civil administration and all law enforcement agencies are ready to respond to any misadventure, they added.
Confirmed reports that Rahimullah Haqqani has been killed in a suicide blast in Kabul. As per initial reports a suicide bomber blew up in his room where he was studying. #Afghanistan
VIDEO from the Islamic seminary in Kabul where a suicide bomber blew up in the room of Rahimullah Haqqani, killing him. People can be heard crying in the background. #Afghanistan
Rahimullah Haqqani was an important pro-Taliban ideologue and was pretty well known in Pakistan too. There have been multiple attacks against him in the past too, which he survived. He was a critic of ISKP.