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The Kandahar martyrdom operation which lasted for about 29 hours resulted in the death of 250 foreign and hireling troops, injuries to dozens of others as well as several aircrafts and 30 APCs destroyed.

Beginning

On the 26th of Safar 1437 Hijri Lunar, a 9 group martyr unit of Islamic Emirate carried out a successful operation on Kandahar airbase amid the victorious process of ‘Azm’ campaign.

Target of Operation

The target of the operation was the joint military airbase of foreign and hireling troops, command center of foreigners named ‘Qate Mamoryat’, 205 ANA Corps command center, 404 Police Maiwand zone command center, Border Police 3rd Zone command center and the over 120 homes and guest houses of ANA and police commanders that were located inside the military airbase.

Plan, implementation and enemy casualties

The martyrdom seekers were divided into 3 distinct groups: Sayyedna Abu Bakr (RA) headed by Abdul Warith, Sayyedna Umar (RA) headed by Mullah Abdul Rahman and Sayyedna Uthman (RA) headed by Mullah Siddiqullah.

The first group headed by the heroic martyrdom seeker Abdul Warith and accompanied by Hafiz Suhaib, Mullah Uthman and Hafiz Madani were tasked with reaching the barracks of foreign and hirelings troops and targeting the foreigners inside the dinner hall.

The group armed with RPG7, PKM, grenade launchers, Ak rifles, hand grenades, large amount of ammunition and burning material managed to reach their targets easily and undetected and began targeting the enemy from close range all the while being in constant contact with the command center throughout the entire operation.

The said group valiantly fought off the enemy forces for 21 hours and said during the operation “we have killed 66 invaders and most of their bodies are laying in front of us”. They similarly used their burning material to set fire to the enemy barracks, vehicles and aircrafts before attaining their desire of martyrdom, may Allah accept them.

The second group headed by the valiant martyrdom seeker Mullah Abdul Rahman and accompanied by Muhammadi and Hafiz Imran were tasked with reaching the bazaar build inside the airbase for the  enemy and the gym used by joint foreign and hireling troops.

The group armed with RPG7, PKM, grenade launchers, Ak rifles, hand grenades, large amount of ammunition and burning material also managed to successfully reach their targets and with the complete help of Allah Almighty engaged the enemy from close range and fought off the reinforcements for 29 hours before attaining their desire of martyrdom, may Allah accept them.

The said group which was in contact with the command center through the entire operation said “we have killed over 120 foreign and hirelings in the bazaar and have torched the gym, shops as well as enemy vehicles and APCs with the burning material”.

The third group headed by the courageous martyrdom seeker Mullah Siddiqullah and accompanied by Abbas were tasked with reaching the office of the Air Force commander Gulalai and defending the second group engaging enemy forces in the bazaar.

The group armed with RPG, rifles and hand grenades successfully reached their target and fought off the enemy forces for 20 hours before attaining their desire of martyrdom, may Allah accept them.

This group was also in constant contact with the command center throughout the entire operation and said “44 hirelings have been killed inside the commander’s office”.

Failed enemy attempts 

Like always, the enemy used all illegal means to take out the martyrdom seekers including use of chemical gas and phosphorous projectiles but all praise is due to Allah alone, Mujahideen were equipped with gas masks and anti poison material which they used successfully.

The enemy then claimed that the martyrdom seekers are communicating in Urdu language but this baseless accusation was countered with the release of communication snippets which showed that all the Mujahideen in fact talked in Pashto.

The shameless enemy then lied about subduing the martyrdom seekers three times through the 29 hour operation but the Mujahideen repeatedly rejected their claims by informing the present media channels with the sounds of their weapons.

Results

This operation which is from amongst one of the most successful operations this year resulted in humiliating the enemy by sending a message that the Mujahideen are able to reach the most secured enemy locations undetected on top of which nearly 250 foreign and hireling troops were killed, dozens wounded, several aircrafts, 30 APCs and military structures destroyed by fire.

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Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad.  She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”

Aftermath of assault by Taliban at Kandahar airbase (Image via Sky News)

The Taliban in Afghanistan launched a fierce assault on Kandahar International Airport using 14 “mujahideen” fighters which continued for over 24 hours after it began. The large complex is located 10 miles south-east of Kandahar City and contains one of the largest military bases in Afghanistan as well as serving civilians. AP reported that according to Samim Khopalwaq, the spokesman for the Kandahar provincial governor, the Taliban targeted the facility’s main gate on Tuesday evening. Latest casualty figures released by the Afghan ministry of defence to Military Times claimed 38 people were killed, 37 civilians and one Afghan army soldier. This could not be independently confirmed, figures are not always accurate with Islamic Emirate claiming the state uses “propaganda” and lies” regarding reports on internal conflict. Islamic Emirate and supporters give another account of figures.

Habibullah Helal reporting from inside Afghanistan tweeted an image of the site with the words,

Here are thousands of American & NATO invaders Now under fierce assault of #IEA Mujahideen #Kandahar #Afghanistan

Helal later tweeted.

Radio contact confirms 150 enemy’s killed. #ComeIfYouDare tha#AfghanistanYouNeverSee

and

Flash: Pictures of Mujahideen stormed #Kandahar air field killing 150 invaders / puppets. tense fighting ongoing

Some of the fighters allegedly involved in Kandahar attack

Abdulqahar Balkhi an account affiliated with the Taliban initially tweeted that an attack was carried out on Monday evening at a police station in PD9 of Kandahar city which involved fighters dressed in police uniform and lasted until 11pm. Details of alleged deaths are included in the statement. The report read, “officials say that an interview has been conducted with the 2 martyrdom seekers that came back alive and their testimony about the incident will be published soon” see following link,

“Enemy suffers heavy losses in Kandahar martyr attack”

http://shahamat-english.com/enemy-suffers-heavy-losses-in-kandahar-martyr-attack/

Balkhi later tweeted,

Martyrdom seekers:: over 150 invaders/hirelings killed, 13 APCs destroyed with RPG fire, intense clashes ongoing #Azm #Kandahar

Mujahid via phone says another enemy offensive repelled at 3pm, enemy used phosphorous but did not harm Mujahidin, more later #Azm

It appeared Kandahar was not the only area to be targeted, Balkhi also tweeted

Khani Sheen district HQ (#Helmand), police HQ, admin buildings, bazaar & all surrounding bases/CPs completely liberated #Azm

Jafar Haand tweeted,

This is the latest picture of the #KandaharAirportAttack . #Afghanistan @VOAPashto

Ahmadullah Faizi, director of Kandahar airport told AFP news agency that some passengers were trapped inside a terminal, they were waiting to fly to India and were some distance from the fighting. Security forces were proceeding cautiously in other areas where hostages including women and children were alleged to have been taken according to Sky News. There were reports from Taliban sources that aircraft had been destroyed

As the “Heart of Asia” conference got underway in Islamabad, attended by President Ashraf Ghani (Afghanistan) and President Nawaz Sharif (Pakistan) alongside other other key regional leaders, the security situation in the region looked grim. Ghani said, “I don’t believe in blame games, but for the sake of peace and harmony, all regional countries must work together against all terrorist groups.” (There has been longstanding tensions between the two countries.) However the Taliban had another message,

Sabiq Jihadmal tweeted.

Video Message Of #Kandahar Air Base Martyrs To #Obama Your Troops Not Safe In Afghanistan!!

One of the attackers with a warning to President Obama

A video showed 10 Taliban fighters dressed in white in front of their flag as the spokesperson delivered his message first in Pashto, then English waving a knife. He stated, “it is my suggestion from Obama. Obama, you are not safe in Afghanistan. When you are go anywhere, we will kill them there. We will finish your technology and kill your power.”

News of the Taliban attack overshadowed the Heart of Asia conference. India & Pakistan released a joint statement in Express Tribune saying,

“both sides, accordingly, agreed to a Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue and directed the foreign secretaries to work out the modalities and schedule of the meetings under the dialogue including peace and security, CBMs, Jammu & Kashmir, Siachen, Sir Creek, Wullar Barrage/Tulbul Navigation Project, economic and commercial Cooperation, counter-terrorism, narcotics control and humanitarian issues, people to people exchanges and religious tourism,”

The rhetoric sounds promising however ground realities show that achieving meaningful steps towards the stated goals will be extremely challenging given the current instability and security problems within the region.

Links

“Taliban seize another district in Helmand province”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/12041851/Taliban-seize-another-district-in-Helmand-province.html

“Opinion: Heart of Asia close to collapse”

http://www.dw.com/en/opinion-heart-of-asia-close-to-collapse/a-18904257

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad.  She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”

Human rights lawyer Jennifer Gibson, Reprieve tackling the government on drones (Image, Reprieve)

The Joint Committee on Human Rights will today hear serious concerns over the government’s new policy of targeted killings.

Jennifer Gibson, staff attorney at human rights organization Reprieve, will give evidence today as part of the Committee’s inquiry into the government’s new programme of targeting killings, or so-called ‘kill policy’. The existence of the apparent policy emerged in September this year, when the Prime Minister announced that he had “some months ago” authorised strikes in Syria, without the knowledge of MPs or the public. At the time, the Prime Minister stressed that the policy was not limited to Syria, and that he would be prepared to take strikes in Libya and elsewhere.

The government has to date rebuffed questions on the scope of the kill policy, and has refused to reveal the legal basis for the strikes. Asked in September by MPs if his advice to the government was ‘case-by-case’ or in reference to a ‘blanket’ policy, Attorney General Jeremy Wright replied “nice try.” He added that there was a need to rethink what ‘imminence’ means, an issue that has generated controversy in the US, after it emerged the Obama administration had stretched the word beyond its original meaning to excuse an expanded programme of drone killings.

The UK decision has raised concerns that the government has shifted to a US-style policy of strikes in countries where the UK is not at war. Covert US drone strikes in countries such as Yemen and Pakistan have killed hundreds of civilians, and senior members of the US military have questioned their effectiveness. Army General Stanley McChrystal, former head of the US military’s Joint Special Operations Command, told the BBC last year that the US’ policy of strikes “seems like a panacea to the messiness of war [but] is not that at all.” He added that the strikes cause a “tremendous amount of resentment” in countries such as Yemen.

Recent research by Reprieve, which assists the civilian victims of drone strikes, has found that US strikes killed some 1,147 people in attempts to kill 41 individuals – leaving the original target unharmed in many cases.

Several MPs are mounting a legal challenge to the government’s policy.

Commenting, Jennifer Gibson, staff attorney at Reprieve, said: “Three months ago, the Prime Minister took the extraordinary step of granting himself the power to kill anyone, anywhere in the world, in secret and without due process. Since then, he has refused to answer even basic questions about this huge shift in British policy – a shift that looks eerily like the US’s own failed drone programme.

“The Human Rights Committee inquiry is a welcome and much-needed ray of light on this new policy. The Government must urgently answer vital questions about the legal basis for such action, the scope of these new powers, and whether sufficient safeguards are in place. Equally importantly, the Government must answer why it has seemingly adopted wholesale a US policy even senior US generals are calling counterproductive and a ‘failed strategy.’ Given what’s at stake, ‘trust us’ simply doesn’t cut it.”

ENDS

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad.  She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”

Iraq… US troops terrorizing prisoners (Image RT)

Afghanistan… US marines urinating on dead bodies (Image Reuters)

And as for the CIA…

http://www.examiner.com/article/justice-department-will-not-prosecute-cia-torture-deaths

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad.  She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”

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HERAT, Dec. 08 – Reports arriving from western Herat province say that combined Arbaki militiamen and bandits of Shindand district launched unexpected attacks on Mujahideen positions Monday morning in Zer Koh region.

The gunmen managed to martyr 8 Mujahideen in the initial attack (may Allah accept them) before other Mujahideen engaged the cowardly gunmen with heavy and light arms, sparking intense clashes that lasted all day during which a large number of gunmen were killed and wounded before the rest managed to flee.

Officials say that 4 RPG launchers, 18 PKM machine guns, 35 rifles and a large amount of other equipment was seized from the fleeing enemy while Koshi, Jardak, Hadero and Noro areas were also completely cleared from the gunmen.

The militiamen and bandits launched this operation under the leadership of Commander Baryal. Commander Baryal along with his men had erected checkpoints on the main Herat highway in Azizabad region where they used to rob innocent travelers.

Officials add that Nangyal’s close commanders like Shabak, Pes Khudairam, Pahlawanak and Abdul Himmat were also killed in the fighting. All these commanders worked as hired gunmen in the structure of the Kabul regime but later joined Nangyal as Mujahideen took over their areas after clashes.

Mujahideen from the area add that US aircraft also arrived to the area for the help of the gunmen but did not carry out any air strikes because they failed to identify targets.

An interview has been carried out with a Mujahid in this regard, the audio of which will be published on the main Al Emarah website.

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Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad.  She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”

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KANDAHAR, Nov. 08 – The martyr attack carried out 06:00 pm Monday by 2 heroes of Islamic Emirate on a police station in PD9 of Kandahar city lasted till around 11:00 pm at night.

The attack began when the martyrdom seekers armed with automatic weapons and hand grenades killed the all 8 police officers standing guard on the bridge at the gate of the station.

The martyrdom seekers then engaged the remaining gunmen inside, killing and wounding many while some others managed to flee after jumping over the walls, officials say adding that the Mujahideen then engaged the reinforcements troops arriving to the area till close to midnight.

2 other martyrdom seekers wearing police uniforms say that they were with the enemy troops when news came in that 18 hirelings were killed inside the police station including a team leader Zalmai, station commander Shahista Gul and his deputy.

The 2 martyrdom seekers then began attacking the enemy troops from behind, killing over 15 police, ANA and NDS agents.

These Mujahideen later managed to reach their bases safely while the 2 inside the police station (Jawid from Ghazni and Ilhami from Kandahar) embraced martyrdom after engaging the enemy till 11:00 pm at night, surely to Allah we belong and to Him is the return.

Officials say that an interview has been conducted with the 2 martyrdom seekers that came back alive and their testimony about the incident will be published soon.

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Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad.  She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”

Checkpoints

Of the daily humiliation,
I have to go through 4 Zionist occupation military checkpoints to reach my work in Ramallah, starting from my town Beit Ommar where I have to cross the permanent military checkpoint at the entrance of my town. Of course the car will stop in long line for inspection, then Gosh Ezion military checkpoint and another long line of cars, followed by the Container checkpoint (permanent) at the entrance of Sawahra Esharqeyyah. It mainly separates south from north of the occupied West Bank and another loooong line of cars to be inspected and last but not least the Jaba checkpoint, east Jerusalem, and of course I have like hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to cross these military checkpoints twice a day. For example, today I wait about three hours in total on these checkpoints (three hours of my life on daily basis are wasted) just to humiliate us, to break us, to destroy our will and determination, to dehumanize us, to force us out of Palestine, to tell us a clear message that “we control your lives and we can do anything we want whenever we want and we wont be held accountable”…BUT we tell them our very clear message:” we are not going anywhere else, we are unbreakable, undefeatable, we don’t give up, giving up doesn’t exist in our dictionary nor in our culture and understanding, we will continue to resist your fascism, your brutality, your savage behavior and barbarian mentality…Our VICTORY and FREEDOM is INEVITABLE”, 8 December 2015.
Pic shows the entrance of my town Beit Ommar

A stone thrower doll

An inspirational boy

I have read this little inspiring story today,
This little child you see in the pic is selling coffee and tea for living, he is from Nablus. Today, few people (raising money to rebuild the four houses demolished in Nablus district by Zionist occupation forces during the past few days) called the boy and asked him for coffee and paid him for the coffee they bought. He made them think that he left, but he sneaked to the donations box and donated all the money he earned, he is needy boy, yet he insisted to take part in this noble act, the guys who bought the coffee called him again and rewarded him for his great inspiring moral, 8 December 2015

Younes Arar

Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad.  She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”

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From an anthropological point of view perhaps one of the earliest conflict would have been between the hunter gatherers and the early farmers. The agricultural revolution in human society would have enticed the agriculturalists to attain ever greater fertile lands, especially along river banks. These lands would also have been the one’s cherished most by the hunters since that is exactly where they could find large game that went to these areas to quench their thirst.

Thus the competition between the hunters and farmers would have been both natural and inevitable. As the farmers encroached ever closer along the riversides it would have sparked imminent conflict with the hunters and the success of the famers in the conflict has had profound consequences for the evolution of human society.

The discovery of iron and the domestication of horses was another great step in the advancement of human society. While historical accounts are few and far in between a group of historians believe that the Aryan race were the first to forge swords from iron and to employ an army on horseback. Their innovation was so successful that emerging from their steppes in Central Asia they swept south as far as the Indian Ocean before marching west into the heartlands of Europe going as far as the Iberian Peninsula.

The human society’s organization to the highest degree first manifested itself in the forms of city-states. The advent of cities proved to be a great advancement in human societies since it freed many of its dwellers from the strife of daily life. Instead humans to devote their energies to new sciences such as architecture, astronomy, mathematics and so on. Cities proved to be the catalyst for human advancement in the fields of the abstract sciences. The foremost amongst such cities emerged around the Nile delta, between the rivers Euphrate and the Tigris as well as around the Yellow river and the Ganges.

However, as the cities could not feed their over-sized populations they naturally looked to the countryside to supply them with the necessary food. As the cities grew ever larger, they naturally looked outward, conquering more and more distant lands to fulfill its insatiable demands. The rise of the greatest historic empires – such as the Mesopotamian and Babylonian Empires, the Egyptian Empire, the Greek, Carthaginian and the Roman Empires – can all be attributed to this impulse.

While these empires rose as the natural consequence of human societal and scientific advancements, other historical empires rose to quench humanity’s thirst for scientific or moral advancement. The Arab-Islamic armies burst out of the Arabian Peninsula conquering most of the known world not due to any material advantage over its rivals but due to its fervent belief in elevating humanity to a higher moral order.

Similarly the European Renaissance to a high degree was attributed to the desire for further knowledge driven in part by its natural rivalry with the Islamic Empire lying to its east. This desire for knowledge naturally led to greater scientific advancements that proved to be critical in subduing their rivals. In the next part of this article we will look at the turmoil surrounding the rise of Europe and how this is comparable to the current political chaos that surrounds us.

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Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad.  She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”

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HELMAND, Dec. 07 – At around 07:00 pm last night amid the ongoing annual Azm operation, Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate in Qala Naw region, peripheries of Khan-e-Sheen district, launched coordinated attacks on 3 enemy check posts.

The operation in which heavy and light weapons were used lasted for about 2 hours as a result all three posts were overrun, forcing the cowardly enemy to leave behind the corpses of 20 comrades as they fled the area.

4 enemy RPG launchers with 15 rounds, 4 PKM machine guns, 16 rifles, 2 vehicles, 10000 small arms rounds and sizable amount of other equipment was seized whereas the entire area  also fell under the complete control of Mujahideen.

It is said that 2 Mujahideen were also injured in the operation and 2 others rewarded martyrdom (may Allah accept them).

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Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad.  She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”

(Post via Islamic Emirate)

KANDAHAR, Dec. 07 – Reports from Ghorak district say that a strategic enemy post located in Sabzi area of Ghorak district was attacked by Mujahideen at around midnight.

Officials say that 14 gunmen were killed and 2 detained as Mujahideen managed to overrun the post after a brief clash, adding that 2 enemy motorbikes, 3 PKMs, RPG launcher with 12 rounds, 11 rifles, 5000 small arms rounds and a sizable amount of other equipment was also seized.

All praise belong to Allah alone, no Mujahideen were harmed in the successful operation.

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Carol Anne Grayson is an independent writer/researcher on global health/human rights/WOT and is Executive Producer of the Oscar nominated, Incident in New Baghdad.  She is a Registered Mental Nurse with a Masters in Gender Culture and Development. Carol was awarded the ESRC, Michael Young Prize for Research 2009, and the COTT ‘Action = Life’ Human Rights Award’ for “upholding truth and justice”