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*** 13-Nov-16 World View -- Multiple terror bombings cross Pakistan and Afghanistan
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Taliban attack on German consulate in Afghanistan kills six
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German consulate in Mazar Hotel in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan destroyed by Taliban (Reuters)
A suicide car bomber rammed Germany's consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif in
northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing six civilians and wounding
more than 120. The ensuing gun battle continued for around five
hours. All German and Afghan employees of the consulate were
unharmed. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, "The
attackers were fought off by the consulate's security personnel,
Afghan security forces, and German, Georgian, Belgian and Latvian
special forces stationed in the city as part of the Resolute Support
mission." Mazar-i-Sharif is the provincial capital and one of the
richest and most important cities in Afghanistan. Deutsche-Welle and AP
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**** Afghan Taliban attack on Bagram base kills four Americans
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A man wearing a suicide vest killed two U.S. service members and two
U.S. contractors early Saturday inside Bagram military base, the
largest NATO military base in Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman
claimed responsibility for the attack, and said it had been planned
for four months.
Bagram Airfield features several layers of security, including retinal
scans. The attacker was one of the Afghan laborers working on the
base. NBC News and Arab Times (Kuwait)
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**** 14-year-old suicide bomber kills dozens in Sufi shrine in Pakistan
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At least 52 people were killed and over 100 wounded in a suicide
bombing by a 14-year-old boy at a Sufi shrine about 760 km south of
Quetta and 100 km north of Karachi in Pakistan's southwestern province
Balochistan.
The bombing occurred just before sunset during a daily Sufi ritual
trance-like dance or "dhamaal." Many people come each day just for
the dance, including non-Muslims. At least 500 people had gathered on
Saturday for the dance and for a picnic.
The so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh) is claiming
credit for the attack, giving rise to the speculation that the boy's
parents have joined an ISIS-linked terror group in Pakistan. However,
ISIS has the practice of claiming credit for terror attacks it's had
nothing to do with, and that may be the case this time.
An attack occurred three weeks ago at a police training facility in
Quetta, killing 61 people, mostly fresh police recruits. That attack
was blamed on the Al Alami offshoot of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), a
terror group that has vowed to exterminate all Shias in Pakistan, and
has carried out numerous terrorist actions targeting Shias and Sufis.
LeJ is also thought to have links to ISIS, and it's possible that
Saturday's attack was linked to LeJ.
In August, Jamaat ul-Ahrar (JuA, Assembly of Freedom) claimed
responsibility for another terror attack at Quetta's Civil Hospital,
killing at least 75 people. JuA has also declared allegiance to ISIS.
Last month's Quetta attack sent shock waves through Pakistan's
society, as they continue their internal debates between "good and bad
Taliban," and this new attack will intensify that debate. Express Tribune (Pakistan) and Press Trust of India (PTI) and Smithsonian Magazine on Sufi dance
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KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Afghanistan, Mazar-i-Sharif, Germany,
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Bagram airfield, Taliban,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Pakistan, Sufi, dhamaal, Quetta, Balochistan,
Al Alami, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, LeJ, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, JuA, Assembly of Freedom
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Taliban attack on German consulate in Afghanistan kills six
- Afghan Taliban attack on Bagram base kills four Americans
- 14-year-old suicide bomber kills dozens in Sufi shrine in Pakistan
****
**** Taliban attack on German consulate in Afghanistan kills six
****
German consulate in Mazar Hotel in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan destroyed by Taliban (Reuters)
A suicide car bomber rammed Germany's consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif in
northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing six civilians and wounding
more than 120. The ensuing gun battle continued for around five
hours. All German and Afghan employees of the consulate were
unharmed. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, "The
attackers were fought off by the consulate's security personnel,
Afghan security forces, and German, Georgian, Belgian and Latvian
special forces stationed in the city as part of the Resolute Support
mission." Mazar-i-Sharif is the provincial capital and one of the
richest and most important cities in Afghanistan. Deutsche-Welle and AP
****
**** Afghan Taliban attack on Bagram base kills four Americans
****
A man wearing a suicide vest killed two U.S. service members and two
U.S. contractors early Saturday inside Bagram military base, the
largest NATO military base in Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman
claimed responsibility for the attack, and said it had been planned
for four months.
Bagram Airfield features several layers of security, including retinal
scans. The attacker was one of the Afghan laborers working on the
base. NBC News and Arab Times (Kuwait)
****
**** 14-year-old suicide bomber kills dozens in Sufi shrine in Pakistan
****
At least 52 people were killed and over 100 wounded in a suicide
bombing by a 14-year-old boy at a Sufi shrine about 760 km south of
Quetta and 100 km north of Karachi in Pakistan's southwestern province
Balochistan.
The bombing occurred just before sunset during a daily Sufi ritual
trance-like dance or "dhamaal." Many people come each day just for
the dance, including non-Muslims. At least 500 people had gathered on
Saturday for the dance and for a picnic.
The so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh) is claiming
credit for the attack, giving rise to the speculation that the boy's
parents have joined an ISIS-linked terror group in Pakistan. However,
ISIS has the practice of claiming credit for terror attacks it's had
nothing to do with, and that may be the case this time.
An attack occurred three weeks ago at a police training facility in
Quetta, killing 61 people, mostly fresh police recruits. That attack
was blamed on the Al Alami offshoot of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), a
terror group that has vowed to exterminate all Shias in Pakistan, and
has carried out numerous terrorist actions targeting Shias and Sufis.
LeJ is also thought to have links to ISIS, and it's possible that
Saturday's attack was linked to LeJ.
In August, Jamaat ul-Ahrar (JuA, Assembly of Freedom) claimed
responsibility for another terror attack at Quetta's Civil Hospital,
killing at least 75 people. JuA has also declared allegiance to ISIS.
Last month's Quetta attack sent shock waves through Pakistan's
society, as they continue their internal debates between "good and bad
Taliban," and this new attack will intensify that debate. Express Tribune (Pakistan) and Press Trust of India (PTI) and Smithsonian Magazine on Sufi dance
Related Articles
- Pakistan reels after 60 young police cadets killed in terror attack in Balochistan (26-Oct-2016)
- Quetta Pakistan terror attack kills 75, while unrest grows in Kashmir (09-Aug-2016)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Afghanistan, Mazar-i-Sharif, Germany,
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Bagram airfield, Taliban,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Pakistan, Sufi, dhamaal, Quetta, Balochistan,
Al Alami, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, LeJ, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, JuA, Assembly of Freedom
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