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Wednesday 28 October 2020
The Taliban’s deputy leader made the announcement yesterday – stoking fears about Pakistan’s commitment to fighting the hardline terror group.
Islamabad demanded the vacation of an airbase used by US drones in response to NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
Protest follows tribal leaders’ decision to back negotiations for a new security agreement with the US.
Six alleged militants have been killed by suspected American drone aircraft on the Pakistan-Afghan border.
The 13 soldiers killed were all American troops. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Meeting Afghan leaders in an unannounced trip to Kabul, Hillary Clinton urged Karzai to continue engaging in peace talks with the Tablian.
Haji Mali Khan is a senior figure in the Haqqani group, which is allied to al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
The US ambassador to Afghanistan blamed the Pakistani-based Haqqani network for the coordinated attack against the American Embassy and NATO headquarters in the heart of Kabul.
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The Taliban claims responsibility for blasts in downtown Kabul, as US Black Hawk aircraft enter to patrol the area.
Some 300 people had gathered for Friday prayers and many were on their way out when the explosion occurred.
The blasts occurred in the early hours of Afghan Independence Day, marking Afghanistan’s full independence from Britain in 1919.
The US military estimates that Taliban militants and associates took hundreds of millions from US taxpayer funds through “reverse money-laundering”.
The US military says the insurgents who killed 38 US and Afghani troops have themselves been killed by F16 fighter jets.
The British Ministry of Defence has begun investigating the allegations which centre on a soldier deployed to Afghanistan last year.
Members of the now-famous Seal Team 6 were among 38 people killed when insurgents shot down a helicopter in Afghanistan yesterday.
The attack has resulted in the worst single-day loss of life suffered by coalition forces the ten-year conflict.
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Three suicide attackers targeting a police station in a south Afghan town have killed at least 22 people, including a journalist working with the BBC.
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Some $800million is being withheld as tensions between the ‘war on terror’ allies continue to ratchet up.
A witness describes how police fled from the deadly attack on a Kabul hotel that has shaken public confidence in the ability of Afghan security forces to takeover from the US.
The Taliban attackers, who were armed with machine guns and grenades, were said to be breaking down doors and “taking guests out of their rooms one by one.”
The attack on a police station is the first time the Pakistani Taliban has used a female bomber.
The Taliban denied responsibility for the blast.
Afghan president’s comments are the first official acknowledgement of such negotiations.
Report questions figures released by coalition commander given that the majority of so-called Taliban militants were released within days of arrest – because they were civilians.
The Taliban has denied repsonsibility for the explosions, which injured dozens of people.
The attacks came as the UN released a report showing that May was the deadliest month for civilians in Afghanistan since 2007.
Ahead of an official announcement, the US defence secretary says Afghanistan is too unstable to lose a major presence.
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A WikiLeaks cable reveals that a former advisor to Micheál Martin was expelled over accusations he held talks with militants.
Five security troops were killed on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border when 200 militants attacked a checkpoint earlier today.
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has asked NATO forces to coordinate airstrikes with his army but it appears NATO did not do so on this occasion.
Five people have been killed and 30 injured in Peshawar, in the latest suicide bomb attack designed as revenge for the death of Osama bin Laden.
Afghan press report that Mullah Omar is killed in Pakistan, but the reports are labelled as “absolutely wrong” by the Taliban.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in the city of Karachi that killed at least 12 people and destroyed two US-supplied surveillance aircraft, citing revenge for the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
THE HSE IS today expected to outline that the contact tracing system is “back on track” after its capacity was surpassed due to a surge in Covid-19 cases earlier this month.
It is understood that Oireachtas Health Committee will be told that the contact tracing system’s capacity was surpassed when the number of Covid-19 cases sharply increased at the start of the month, but that it has gotten back on track since 23 October.
In July, the HSE launched its Covid-19 contact tracing app, which is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
Users are encouraged to switch on their Bluetooth settings, and to check in with their symptoms every day.
So, today we want to know: Are you still using the Covid-19 contact tracing app?
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