The Great Mediation Shift: Why the US is Suddenly Touting Pakistan as the Key Player

Did Modi ask Trump for help? The US calling Pakistan the "only mediator" right after a Modi-Trump call signals a major power shift. We break down the embarrassing implications for India's strongman image.

So, here’s something that made a lot of folks in the foreign policy world do a double-take this week.

Just hours after a reported 40-minute phone call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump, Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, made a striking statement. She referred to Pakistan as the “only mediator” capable of brokering deals in the region.

Let that sink in for a moment.

Coincidence? The timing is… remarkable, to say the least. It’s the kind of synchronicity that has analysts and diplomats from Delhi to Washington scrambling to read the tea leaves. It’s hard not to connect the dots and wonder: Was this a key ask on that call? Is the self-proclaimed strongman, Modi, who has built a reputation on muscular, unilateral action, now actively seeking a helping hand from a traditional rival?

Today News: Afghanistan || Explosion In Mosque & Israel || New Riots In Jerusalem

At least 20 people have been killed or injured in an attack in Kunduz. Afghanistan is experiencing a new wave of violent attacks.

Authorities say dozens of people have been killed in an explosion at a mosque in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz. Twenty people were killed or wounded, Kunduz province commander Kari Badri said. The Tolonews broadcaster reported at least 30 dead or injured, citing security circles. It was initially unclear who was behind the attack.

According to Afghan media reports, there were also explosions in other cities. Many people were killed and wounded in attacks in several parts of the country on Thursday.

More than 70 dead in IS attacks in Syria and Iraq

Islamic State fighters have attacked a Syrian prison where ISIS supporters are being held. Eleven soldiers were killed in a raid in Iraq.

The Islamist militia Islamic State (IS) has killed more than 70 people in attacks in Syria and Iraq. In north-eastern Syria, militants have attacked a prison in the city of Al-Hassaka where at least 3,500 suspected ISIS members are being held there.

More than 20 Kurdish security forces and nearly 40 IS members were killed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Eleven soldiers were killed in a raid on a military base in eastern Iraq, local authorities said.

Taliban Abort Suicide Bombing In Kabul Passport Queue

Had it been successful, the attack could have sparked a bloodbath. A witness said that several people were injured.

The security forces of the Taliban government have killed a man bomb this past Thursday at noon -local time-. According to the tale of the Taliban, a suicide bomber, loaded with a belt of explosives, approached the long line that, since last weekend, hundreds of Afghans have been carrying out in front of the Kabul passport issuing office. Although the attack was supposedly aborted, the number of victims that the attack could have caused is unknown.

Afghanistan? That Is Now The Afghans' Problem!

The Taliban have been in power for four months. They plunged Afghanistan into several catastrophes, but the West is no longer paying close attention. That will take revenge.

Since the Taliban took Kabul on August 15, 2021 and thus became rulers of Afghanistan, they have promised the world to respect human rights, to give women space in society, to include minorities, to allow cultural activities, to guarantee freedom of the press and for peace within themselves Country to worry.

They say this because they want to reassure the world community. After all, as the rulers of Afghanistan, you are dependent on international financial aid. But there are people in Europe and America who believe the Taliban that they have moderated themselves over the past 20 years and will do better now.

Afghanistan: US Army Relieves Soldiers After Drone Attack On Children

At the end of August, a US drone killed ten civilians, seven of them children, in Kabul. The military speaks of a tragic mistake. Those responsible go unpunished.

A US drone attack that killed ten civilians in the Afghan capital Kabul at the end of August has no legal consequences for the soldiers responsible. According to his spokesman, the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin approved a report by the army command on the attack, in which no disciplinary measures are recommended against the soldiers responsible.

What we saw was a breakdown in process, execution and procedures 

spokesman John Kirby told journalists. 

It was not the result of negligence, it was not the result of misconduct, it was not the result of poor leadership 

Taliban Supreme Leader Hebatullah Akhunzada Is Alive Or Dead?

Hezbollah Akhunzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, is still speculated on whether he is alive or dead. However, they have not yet appeared.

According to the French news agency AFP, various suspicions are being expressed about the life or death of Hebatullah Akhonzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban. However, the mystery surrounding his resurrection has deepened since he did not come to light. It is still unclear who is leading the Taliban.

The US Military Has Covered Up Civilian Casualties In Airstrikes In Syria, The New York Times Reported

The New York Times has revealed that the US military has concealed the facts of two airstrikes in the war-torn country of Syria in which 64 people, including women and children, were killed.

According to the foreign news agency 'Reuters', the air strikes were carried out in 2019 to justify the action against ISIS.

According to the New York Times, US airstrikes could potentially be considered a war crime.

According to the report, two air strikes near the town of Baghoz were ordered by an undercover US special operations unit tasked with ground operations in Syria.

The New York Times reported that the US Central Command, which oversees US air operations in Syria, acknowledged for the first time this week that the attacks were justified.

Massive Blast At A Mosque During Friday Prayers In Afghanistan, 7 Killed

A powerful blast ripped through a mosque in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province during Friday prayers, injuring 12 people, including the imam, while deaths are being feared.

Meanwhile, Afghan media reported that 7 people were killed and 15 others were injured in an explosion during Friday prayers.

According to the International News Agency, a mosque in the Spin Ghar district of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, was hit by a loud explosion while Friday prayers were being offered there.

A local Taliban commander, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the blast to Reuters and said there were fears of casualties. An investigation into the nature of the blast is ongoing.

What Is The Problem Of The Taliban In Afghanistan Because Of Their So-Called 'Islamic State'?

The attack on a major military hospital in Kabul last Tuesday was a major blow to the Taliban, but they sought to downplay the seriousness of the attack. At least 20 people were killed in the attack.

Senior Taliban official Maulvi Hamdullah was reportedly killed in the attack. Hamdullah was the commander of the Kabul Army Corps.

If reports of his death prove true, the Taliban's revenge is certain and a new wave of violence could soon break out in the country.

This is the same hospital that was attacked in 2017 by the so-called Islamic State militant group.

KANDAHAR: At least 16 people were killed and 32 others injured in a blast at a Shia mosque during Friday prayers

A bomb blast near a Shi'ite mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers has killed at least 16 people and injured 32 others.

The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a mosque. Qari Saeed Khosti, a spokesman for the Taliban government's interior ministry, said authorities were gathering details about the blast.

The nature of the blast has not yet been determined, but it is being speculated that it was a suicide bombing.

According to Tolo News TV, the blast took place during Friday prayers in Kandahar City's Police District One. According to a report published on the news channel's website, "eyewitnesses say that the death toll is very high. So far no official figures have been released.

A Blast At A Mosque In Afghanistan's Kunduz Province Has Killed At Least 60 people

A blast during Friday prayers at a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Kunduz has killed at least 60 people and injured dozens.

A bomb blast near a mosque has killed at least 60 people and is the worst since US troops withdrew, AFP reported.

A bomb blast at a mosque in northern Afghanistan killed and injured 100 people, Taliban police officials said, according to the Associated Press.

Kunduz Deputy Police Chief Dost Mohammad Obaida said most of the people inside the mosque were killed in the blast.

Troop Withdrawal || Joe Biden Announces The End Of The US Combat Mission In Iraq

US President Joe Biden has announced the end of the US combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year. 

Our joint fight against ISIS is critical to the stability of the region and our counter-terrorism cooperation will continue even if we shift to this new phase that we are going to talk about

After his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kasimi in the White House, there should be more details about the switch to a US advisory and training mission, government circles said.

Read more: Withdraw US troops from Afghanistan

Biden said U.S. soldiers would stay in Iraq to train and assist Iraqis. The troops had fought against the terrorist militia Islamic State in Iraq. The then US President Barack Obama decided in 2014 to send soldiers back to Iraq after ISIS captured large parts of the west and north of the country. At the end of last year, there were around 2,500 US soldiers in the country. Former US President Donald Trump had ordered that the number of soldiers be reduced. Biden did not say how many soldiers would remain in Iraq after the combat mission officially ended.

Iraq || In Constant Fear

In Iraq, pro-Iranian militias are killing democracy activists and the government is doing nothing about it. The power of the militias is endangering the country - and the entire region.

The fear is like a burdock. It sticks to him, no matter how hard he tries, he can't shake it off. Whenever he leaves the house, he looks behind him to see if anyone is following him; on every street corner he checks whether a suspicious car is parked anywhere. Sometimes, says Mohammed al-Temimi, a black SUV with no license plate chases him. Just a week ago, two men who looked like militiamen, muscular and with shaved heads, bumped into him in front of a falafall shop. "They wanted to make it clear to me that they were watching me."

Mohammed al-Temimi supports the protest movement that arose in October 2019 in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and the southern provinces of the country and whose supporters revolt against the rulers' corruption and nepotism. Til today. The 21-year-old is sitting on the grass in a park in Baghdad and pulls on his cigarette. It is around 40 degrees Celsius on this June day and a hot wind is blowing from the Tigris. Al-Temimi is a thin, bright-eyed man who scour every corner of the park as he talks about the months that have changed his life.

The American In The Hold Of Mossad

Knowledge organizations around the globe put everything on the line to bamboozle individuals in various nations. Once in a while the net of cash is tossed, now and then of ladies and land. Eager and avaricious individuals at long last fall into this snare and carry out the unpardonable wrongdoing of selling out the nation and the country. No nation is protected from this scourge, regardless of whether it is the main superpower on the planet, the United States. Mossad utilized it to trap men from everywhere the world, particularly the first class in the United States, with the assistance of sex weapons and afterward use them to facilitate its own advantages. 

Jeffrey's story is sensational and stunning. It uncovers how the knowledge organizations seek after their objectives by setting up surveillance networks in each nation. And furthermore in nations that apparently supported and boss of basic liberties, in the places of intensity, morals, law and standards win. Enormous monstrous games are played by stomping all over. 

Mozambique | ISIS says it is taking part in the Insurgency Against the Army

The organization of the Islamic State (IS) said on Tuesday that it has participated in recent fighting with the army in Mozambique , the scene of a wave of violence attributed to Islamic . An assertion denied on Wednesday by the country's security forces.

Since the end of 2017, the extreme north of Mozambique, which is predominantly Muslim and rich in gas, has been rife with a bloody insurgency attributed to radical Islamists who advocate the strict application of Sharia law . More than 200 people were killed, including with machetes, or burned alive in village raids and ambushes on the roads.

Operations to "ensure permanent security"

The identity and motivations of the attackers, who have never claimed their actions, remain an enigma. But in a statement translated Tuesday night by the SITE Intelligence Group , which specializes in monitoring Islamist websites, the IS group claimed, for the first time, to operate in Mozambique. "Caliphate soldiers have been able to repel an attack by the Mozambican Crusader army in the village of Metubi" in northern Mozambique on Monday, Daesh said. "They confronted them with a variety of weapons, killing and wounding a number of them (...). Mujahideen seized weapons, ammunition and rockets as booty, "he added.

The Mozambican police have denied these claims. "The information (of the IS) is not true," police spokesman Orlando Mudumane said at a press briefing in Maputo on Wednesday. "The security forces are positioned throughout the territory" Mozambican "to conduct several operations to ensure continuous security," he was content to say.

Inconsistencies in Daesh's speech

The army and the police have clearly muscled their presence in the province of Cabo Delgado (north) , theater attacks attributed to Islamists. For the month of May alone, the mysterious group referred to by the local population as "al-shabab" - "young people" in Arabic - killed at least 40 people, wounded dozens of others and burned hundreds of people. houses. The information in northern Mozambique is very difficult to obtain, especially given the repression of journalists in the region by the Mozambican authorities.

"The organization of ISIS is not in Mozambique, it's just propaganda, but they may have links in Mozambique," said an expert on condition of anonymity. In his statement, the IS makes a gross geographical error, he also noted. The group claims that the village of Metubi where the clashes occurred is in the Mocimboa region. Metubi is located in the district of Quissanga, about 100 kilometers from Mocimboa.

An increased presence on the Internet to compensate for the disappearance of the "caliphate"

The date of publication of the communiqué is not innocuous, added the expert. It coincides with Eid, marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan . "By the time they have lost their state, their army, their administration, the IS is trying to show that it has links with groups from around the world. They always have a website and they try to say "We do not exist anymore, but now we are everywhere". But basically, it's purely propaganda, "said the expert.

Since the disappearance of its self-proclaimed "caliphate" in Syria and Iraq, the EI group is trying to compensate with an increased presence on the Internet , according to experts. In Mozambique, the wave of violence worries in any case the authorities of Maputo and large gas groups who began to settle in Cabo Delgado to exploit offshore deposits very promising. More than 5,000 billion m3 of gas have been discovered off its coast.

Sri Lanka | ISI responsible for attacked “The commando Brothers in Sri Lanka”

Nine bombers perpetrated devastating attacks on Christian churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, killing 359 people

Eight of them were identified, among them a woman, said Deputy Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardene on Wednesday. The mass murderers had sworn allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before their atrocities, according to a video distributed by the propaganda agency Amaq. In addition, the IS threatened in another message that attacks as in Sri Lanka "will be repeated in the US, Britain and France."

The suicide bombers were wealthy and had studied abroad. Most of them were educated and belonged to the upper middle class, said Vice-Defense Minister Wijewardene. One of the assassins had probably studied in the UK and Australia and then returned to Sri Lanka. Even a well-known hate preacher should have been among them. The police had announced Wednesday that they had raided another 18 suspects in another raid. Thus, the number of arrested in connection with the attacks increased to a total of 58.

Attacks were almost simultaneous

Seven Sri Lankan assassins blew themselves up almost simultaneously on three Sundays in three churches in several cities and in three luxury hotels in the capital, Colombo. Another attempt on a five-star hotel failed. A few hours later, there were two more explosions in a small hotel and a residential building in the suburbs of Colombo. According to police, the eighth explosion killed the woman, two children and another relative of one of the assassins and three policemen. The number of deaths was according to police from Wednesday at 359 - among them more than 30 foreigners. More than 400 injured were still treated in hospitals.

The situation remains tense

The situation in Sri Lanka is particularly tense in the capital Colombo. Heavily armed security forces are patrolling the streets. Wednesday morning, another explosion in front of a movie theater caused a stir, and a short time later, the police confirmed that a suspiciously parked scooter had been blasted in a controlled manner. The police also warned people in the streets via loudspeakers of suspicious vehicles or parcels.

USA: "Did not know anything about it in the run-up" Meanwhile, the

US denied having prior knowledge of the planned attacks in Sri Lanka. "We did not know about these attacks," said US Ambassador Alaina Teplitz to the US television channel CNN on Wednesday. At least four US citizens were killed in the bombings.

A Sri Lankan minister said earlier this week that India and the US had given information to his government before the attacks. Ambassador Teplitz now denied this: "I do not know what other sources of information the Government of Sri Lanka has. I can only say that we had no previous knowledge, "she told CNN. The government of Sri Lanka has admitted errors in collecting and sharing intelligence information.

Investigations on further IS connections 

The IS had claimed the attacks on Tuesday for itself. Possible IS connections are still under investigation, said Wijewardene. The government had blamed a little-known indigenous Islamist group for carrying out the attacks with foreign aid. As a motive, the government suspected retaliation for the attack on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March. There could still be suspects at large, Wijewardene said. "We ask people to be vigilant."

Russians jump in. ...

U.S. disputes Russian claim that strikes target ISIS http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/30/politics/russia-syria-airstrikes-isis/index.html