Terrorism Watch

  n a breaking development, terrorists belonging to the ISIS-Khorasan terror group, on Saturday morning, attacked the revered Gurudwara Karte Parwan in Kabul. They launched multiple explosions, open fired at the Sikh people present at the religious place. © Provided by Free Press Journal Terrorists belonging to the ISIS-Khorasan terror group, on Saturday morning, attacked the revered Gurudwara Karte Parwan in Kabul. Later, taking to Twitter, Sikh leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa reported that all the terrorists were killed by Afghan soldiers and the Gurudwara is now under the control of Afghan police forces. Who are the ISIS-Khorasan militants? Islamic State-Khorasan Province is considered to be the most violent of all the militant groups based in Afghanistan. The terror group was set up in January 2015 at the rise of ISIS power in Iraq and Syria. The group recruits militants from Afghanistan as well as Pakistan, especially from their rival group, Taliban that took over the country in Augu

ISTANBUL  Sweden has taken steps for posts on social media that picture the YPG/PKK terror organization’s so-called flag and its convicted ringleader, Abdullah Ocalan, that were projected onto buildings in Stockholm, according to the Foreign Ministry.  “Messages and images that we have reason to believe are manipulated have been circulating on social media, asserting that Sweden supports PKK. Relevant measures have been taken,” the ministry said in a statement. “This is a deliberate and malicious influence campaign with the clear aim of obstructing Sweden’s accession to NATO,” it said. Sweden has denounced the PKK terror group and condemns terrorism in all its forms, it noted. Foreign Minister Ann Linde has never expressed any support for the terror group and strongly rejects the manipulated video and the PKK, it added. YPG/PKK-linked social media accounts shared images showing the organization's so-called flag and its leader’s picture projected onto the historic City Hall in Stock

  SAN FRANCISCO --  A man with an “edged weapon" attacked passengers inside a San Francisco International Airport terminal on Friday, leaving three with cuts and scrapes before he was arrested, authorities said. The man drove to the airport, went into the International Terminal, “walked around the departure terminal and pulled out an edged weapon” before attacking three men at about 6 p.m., police said. The travelers were in the pre-security area when they were attacked, airport duty manager Russell Mackey told the San Francisco Chronicle. Police officers arrived and arrested a man, whose name wasn't immediately released. The victims were treated for minor injuries before continuing on their travels and other airport operations weren’t affected, officials said. It wasn't clear if the suspect was a traveler and the motive for the attack was unknown, Russell Mackey said. A KTVU-TV reporter who was covering the Golden State Warriors’ homecoming at the airport said a large kni

It feels like the opposite of Mark Zuckerberg’s  metaverse . Instead of cute avatars in a virtual world of fun and discovery, deep tech gives off the impression of being more serious, complex and elusive for the average Facebook user. At  VivaTech , the conference for technological innovation and startups taking place in Paris until June 18, the metaverse is on everybody’s lips. But a stroll through the aisles reveals startups with more obscure names like Genoskin, Natif and Preligens – all from the world of deep tech. "This year, you can even filter this type of startup on the VivaTech website. This was unthinkable just a few years ago!" exclaims Alizée Blanchin, Director of Strategy for Hello Tomorrow, a global network of deep tech startups. Indeed, the lack of visibility of this branch of  technology  is due in part to the vagueness surrounding the term. Deep tech, or deep technology, refers to innovations resulting from scientific research that find their way into commerc

  "The sound of explosions was heard in Karte Parwan area of Kabul city. Details about the nature and casualties of this incident are not yet known," Tolo News tweeted today. Kabul : At least two blasts were reported from near a gurdwara in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday. Explosions hit a busy road near a Sikh-Hindu temple in Police District today in Kabul, Xinhua News reported citing eyewitnesses. "The sound of explosions was heard in Karte Parwan area of Kabul city. Details about the nature and casualties of this incident are not yet known," Tolo News also tweeted today.   In October, last year 15 to 20 terrorists entered a Gurdwara in the Kart-e-Parwan District of Kabul and tied up the guards. Also, in March 2020, a deadly attack took place at Sri Guru Har Rai Sahib gurudwara in Kabul's Short Bazaar area in which Islamic State terrorists 27 Sikhs were killed and several were injured. ALSO READ: Amid Afghanistan's financial crisis, 70 couples tie kn

  Sixteen of the 20 Kurdish journalists detained in Diyarbakir on June 8 were arrested and sent to prison on Thursday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government escalates attacks on press freedom. The  World Socialist Web Site  condemns these attacks and demands the release of all journalists. Faced with ever-increasing inflation and poverty, as well as a growing opposition and strike movement within the working class, the Erdoğan government is trying to use militarism and chauvinism to suppress the class struggle and target basic democratic rights. IMAGE: Arrested journalists from Kurdish press. [Credit: Mezopotamya Agency] Among the arrested journalists are Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) Co-Chair Serdar Altan,  Xwebûn  Managing Editor Mehmet Ali Ertaş, JinNews Director Safiye Alagaş, JinNews Editor Gülşen Koçuk, and Mezopotamya Agency (MA) Editor Aziz Oruç. The journalists were arrested on charges of “membership” in the outlawed Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), an u

  A Yazidi girl was released from ISIS captivity from the al-Hol Camp in eastern Hasaka city.   WOMAN     17 Jun 2022, Fri - 18:51   2022-06-17T18:5 Rosetta Haji Bajo from the village of Tal Qasab was released from the al-Hol Camp by the Yazidi House on the Jazira Region with support rendered by the Internal Security Forces in the camp.  Rosetta was abducted by ISIS mercenary groups on 3 August 2014 as she was ascending Mount Shingal. Her father along with three uncles and their children were all killed while women were taken as captives. Rosetta's mother took her life to avoid being raped by ISIS mercenaries. The statement of the Yazidi House indicated that Rosetta lived in the camp after the Baghouz pocket fell in 2019. Source:  Yazidi girl released from captivity - ANHA | HAWARNEWS | English

  Manipur is coming down tough on poppy cultivators, but it’s easier to cut down the crop than make arrests – because whose hill is it anyway? Poppy fields in Manipur discovered in 2020 by the police teams for destruction | Source: Geetchandra Mangang A fter a five-hour hike, a 50-strong team of men reached the top of Koubru mountain in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district and surveyed the astounding view. Light green plants with colourful purple and white flowers carpeted the slopes as far as the eye could see. It was all poppy. Armed with small sticks, the men destroyed as many of the delicate plants as they could. But then the drones failed. “Clearly, our efforts weren’t enough. The drones ran out of battery power before they could capture all the slopes covered with poppy plants,” says Geetchandra Mangang, general secretary of the non-profit Coalition Against Drugs and Alcohol (CADA), who was part of the team. That was in 2017, the first time the Manipur government trained its gaze on the

  N ew Delhi: The government and virtual private network (VPN) service providers are now at loggerheads over the country's cybersecurity requirements. The government has issued a new order prohibiting its employees from using third-party VPNs. According to a report, the government has prohibited its employees from using third-party VPN services such as ExpressVPN, NordVPN, and others.  Read More: Apple iPhones to cost over Rs 4.7 lakh? New report suggests devices could get super expensive in future This comes after firms such as ExpressVPN, Surfshark, and NordVPN indicated that they would be pulling their servers out of India as a result of the government's new cybersecurity directives, which will take effect on June 27.  Read More: WhatsApp scam: This free beer message on Father's Day 2022 could dupe you The government recently called VPN providers and other stakeholders to a meeting to review the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team's guidelines (Cert-In). Apart fr

ANKARA Members of the  PKK  have projected images of the terrorist organization’s flag and its leader, Abdullah Öcalan, on the elevations of main public buildings in  Sweden ’s capital Stockholm late on June 16. In short time, many social media accounts linked to the PKK and its affiliate in Syria, YPG, started airing the images projected on the municipality  building , historic City Hall and the Globen Avicii Arena Sports Hall online. PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the EU. After decades of military non-alignment, Russia’s war in Ukraine pushed Finland and Sweden to apply to join NATO in May. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, however, accuses the Nordic nations of supporting the PKK terrorists and has vetoed their entry into the alliance until they change their policies. The June 16 incident is the latest act in a series of events performed by the PKK members in Sweden since Erdoğan announced the veto. Some PKK members marched in the streets in Stockhol

The Philippine government has officially branded five suspected Muslim militants and six suspected members of the outlawed communist party as “terrorists,” saying the move will allow authorities to freeze financial assets that could be used for funding attacks.   Among official resolutions made public on Wednesday and Thursday, the government’s Anti-Terrorism Council said it had added the names of five Abu Sayyaf Group militants to its list of designated terrorists. All five are ASG sub-leaders with links to Daulah Islamiyah, the name for the Philippine branch of the Islamic State extremist group, officials alleged.  Both of these militant groups are concentrated in the southern Philippines, where their fighters have been blamed for terrorist acts. These have included suicide bombings, beheadings of hostages, and a five-month siege of the city of Marawi in 2017.   The council also designated six suspected members of the Communist Party of the Philippines as terrorists, including Luis J