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Swat: 17 dead, over 50 hurt in CTD office blasts

By thehighasia
April 25, 2023
in :  Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Suicide blast, SWAT-KOHISTAN REGION, Terrorism
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Explosion in Anti-Terror PS ce station

Officials initially labeled the incident as “a suspected suicide attack,” but police later said ammunition stored at the site appeared to be the cause of the blasts.

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Three TTP commanders killed in Kabul blast

By thehighasia
August 8, 2022
in :  Afghanistan, Conflict, extremism, Pakistan, Terrorism
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Three TTP commanders killed

News Desk Three senior commanders of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been killed reportedly in a blast in southeastern Afghanistan, dealing a heavy blow to the militant group, wrote Daud Khattak, the Managing Editor of Radio Mashaal on Sunday (Aug 7). One of the commanders was Abdul Wali alias Omar Khalid Khorasani, who was considered to have been one of …

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The forever war

By thehighasia
August 5, 2022
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By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar A year after the ignominious withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and the tame reconquest of that country by the Afghan Taliban, the Biden administration has reminded us that the US is still the world’s policeman. Ayman al-Zawahiri’s killing through a precision US drone strike in a posh neighbourhood of Kabul is the talk of the …

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Documentary on Islamic extremism wins award

By Inayat Amir
May 24, 2022
in :  Afghanistan, Central Asia, extremism, Pakistan, South Asia, Taliban, Terrorism
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The 50-minute documentary titled “Islam’s Battle Within” gives a rare insight into the Jamia Haqqania Akora Khattak aka the “University of Jihad”, an ideological nerve centre of the Taliban and other splinter groups in Southeast Asia i.e. Jemaah Islamiyah

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The return of terror

By thehighasia
March 5, 2022
in :  extremism, Pakistan, Terrorism
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By Asim Sajjad Akhtar After each ‘terrorist’ attack, they tell us they are going to go after ‘them’. But there is always another attack to follow. Token condemnations by government officials aside, the gruesome attack on a Shi’a masjid in Peshawar that has to date taken 62 lives appears to have triggered more worry about the economy and/or the visiting …

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Blast at Peshawar mosque kills 30 worshippers, injures over 50

By Inayat Amir
March 4, 2022
in :  extremism, Terrorism
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A suicide bomber blew himself up inside the mosque during Friday prayers, police say By Inayat Amir PESHAWAR: At least 30 worshipers have lost their lives and more than 50 have been injured in a suicide bomb attack during Friday prayers at a mosque in Qissa Khwani bazaar in the Kocha Risaldar area of Peshawar on Friday, police and rescue …

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Google honours activist with doodle on birthday

By thehighasia
January 22, 2022
in :  Development, extremism, Human Rights, People, Terrorism, Women
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Tribute to Perween Rahman

News Desk Google has honoured Pakistani slain social activist, architect, and urban planner Perween Rahman on her 65th birth anniversary. She devoted her life to uplifting marginalised communities, says a statement by Google. The name Perween Rahman will always be synonymous with Karachi’s katchi abadis, where she worked closely with communities to improve their quality of life through simple yet sustainable …

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Rights defenders reject ‘negotiations’ with TTP

By thehighasia
October 13, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, extremism, Human Rights, Politics, Resistance, Slider, Socialism, Terrorism, Women, World
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Afghan pilots

Prime Minister Imran Khan in interviews to TRT, a Turkish channel, and ‘Middle East Eye’ said that his government was in talks with TTP.

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Religious history and heritage of Tangir

By thehighasia
October 7, 2021
in :  Architecture, Diamer District, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, Heritage, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, History, Religion, Tangir, Terrorism
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History, religon and heritage

Anthropologist Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro shares what he learned from village historian of Tangir and some field notes.

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‘Hosnia had dreams’: grief in Kabul as girls’ school targeted

By thehighasia
May 14, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, Education, extremism, Latest, Opinion, Slider, Terrorism, Women
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Hazara community in mourning but defiant after more than 60 people killed in school bomb blasts by Stefanie Glinski in Kabul Women gather to mourn the victims – mostly girls – of a series of explosions outside Sayed Al-Shuhada school in Kabul’s Hazara district. Photo: The Guardian Latifa and Hosnia had been sharing a wooden bench in their classroom at …

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Remembering Mashal means resisting politics of hate

By thehighasia
April 13, 2021
in :  extremism, Features, Latest, Marxism, Opinion, Pakistan, People, Politics, Resistance, Revolution, Slider, Socialism, Terrorism
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by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar When Mashal Khan was brutally lynched four years ago, the Tehrik-e-Labbaik-Pakistan (TLP) was still a relatively new and unknown force. As we remember Mashal today, the TLP has dramatically become Pakistan’s most powerful Islamist group, with unmatched mobilizational capacity. TLP activists block roads in various cities of Punjab, Sindh and KP to protest the detention of …

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Opinion: of a lesser God

By thehighasia
January 10, 2021
in :  extremism, Human Rights, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, People, Slider, Terrorism
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By Asim Sajjad Akhtar Balochistan bleeds again. Yet another episode of gruesome brutality against Hazaras — coal miners no less — has brought yet another protest movement into existence. Yesterday it was the death of a Baloch daughter of the soil on foreign shores, tomorrow it will be a Pashtun man falling prey to the Taliban or their makers. Khurram …

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Are Hazaras victims or blackmailers?

By thehighasia
January 9, 2021
in :  Conflict, extremism, Governance, History, Human Rights, Latest, Pakistan, People, Religion, Showbiz, Slider, Terrorism
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 by Naveed Toshi The handsome and smart woke up late in the evening to meet the producer of Diriliş: Ertuğrul, the popular Turkish television series on the glory of the Ottoman Empire. IK was reportedly full of praise for the drama because it depicted how Turkish Muslims made history by creating an empire fighting Mongols, Christian Byzantines and the Knights …

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AWP expresses solidarity with Shahab, family

By thehighasia
October 7, 2020
in :  Human Rights, Latest, Legal, Politics, Resistance, Revolution, Socialism, Society, Terrorism
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News Desk AWP deputy secretary Ismat Shahjehan, Usman Gujjar, Sher Rehman, and Sayed Alam offer condolences to Shahab Khattak on the tragic death of his elder brother Prof Naeemuddin Khattak. Photo by HAH MNA Ali Wazeer and PTM leader Manzoor Pashteen offer condolences to Shahab Khattak A delegation of the Awami Workers Party Party led by Deputy secretary Ismat Shahjahan, …

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CJP takes notice of video clip threatening Justice Isa

By thehighasia
June 25, 2020
in :  Crime, Democracy, extremism, Latest, Latest News, Law, Legal, Pakistan, Slider, Terrorism
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Pakistan's top judge takes notice of a video clip containing derogatory, and scandalous language against Justice Qazi Faez Isa and politicians. In the viral video, a man identified as Agha Iftikharuddin Mirza can be seen giving threats to the Supreme Court judge.

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Tracking 3 decades of dramatic glacial lake growth

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using a 30-year satellite data record have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. Courtest: NASA/National Geographic

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