Taliban say that they have released the last remaining American prisoner Mark Frerichs in a "prisoner swap" in exchange for Taliban drug lord Haji Bashir Noorzai, the last Afghan Gitmo prisoner. Talibani FM Muttaqi says Noorzai was handed over by Americans earlier today.
Mark Frerichs, 59, is a US contractor who went missing from Kabul in 2018 after he was kidnapped by the Taliban. He is a civil engineer from Lombard, Illinois. For years, the Taliban have denied having him under their custody. This just shows that Taliban lie (taqiya) when needed
VIDEO: Talibani drug lord Haji Bashir Noorzai being welcomed by Taliban after being released from Gitmo by Americans in a prisoner swap with the Taliban. #Afghanistan
Taliban's official al-Hijra Studio posted a propaganda video about the release of its drug lord Haji Bashir. The original video included scenes showing Americans at Kabul Airport dealing with Taliban. The video was then removed and re-uploaded without these scenes. #Afghanistan
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🇵🇰🇮🇱 A Pakistani delegation led by Nasim Ashraf, a former Development Minister and former Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Council, has reached Israel. A journalist from a Karachi is also part of the delegation, which will also meet Israeli President i24news.tv/en/news/israel…
I'm aware of the identities of the rest of the members of the Pakistani delegation too, but I won't disclose them as they want to keep it secret. This delegation is also organized by Emirati-Israeli org Sharaka.
Islamists in the UK are not used to being fought back. Western secularists don't have the guts or will to fight back and have ceded the ground to Islamists. They don't even stand up for liberal values. For the first time Hindus fought back & Islamists are finding it hard to cope.
Here I would advise Hindus to avoid mob violence and instead use India's soft power to look out for Hindu communities in the West. Push the Indian government to act in the interests of global Hindus. Also, work internally to strengthen and organise your communities in the West.
Learn from Israel. Jews fight back with the help of their state, not mobs. Look where a few decades of sustained fight has achieved for them: today Islamists think a dozen times b4 attacking Jews while the rest of the Muslim world is falling over themselves to recognise Israel.
Correction starts with acknowledgment. Acknowledge that there's a special Islamist extremism problem within large portions of Muslim community. It's special because it's not just in the mainstream but Islamists+clergy also control the narratives & ideology within the community.
Other communities are vigilant when it comes to countering the extremists within their ranks and making sure that those elements stay on the fringes. Meanwhile in the Muslim community more than often the sane voices are kept on the fringes and choked out.
This is also true for the UK. Those who have suddenly woken up to the recent communal violence were sleeping when the problem of Islamist extremism was growing uncontrolled. The evidence was always there. Some people only pay attention when someone reacts to Islamist harassment.
Hidayatullah Haqyar, the Taliban’s intelligence (GDI) chief for Sawkay district of Kunar province, has been assassinated by ISKP last night. #Afghanistan
Israel Shaheen, deputy of Hidayatullah Haqyar, was also killed with him along with one other in the IED explosion in Sawkay, Kunar. Attack likely carried out by ISKP. #Afghanistan
Several Iranians started protests in the Iranian capital following the death of Mahsa Amini, who was violently arrested by regime's forces for "improper hijab" and later died.