The Global News Desk 115

Kabul Afghanistan — As many as 17 Afghan police officers were killed and three more wounded when insurgents went on a deadly shooting rampage in Ali Abad district of Kunduz province of Afghanistan. The action began when Taliban insurgents stormed the security outpost on Monday night. In the heavy shootout, Afghan security forces sustained large casualties. Afghan government officials have confirmed the death toll of the police officers. Government officials more added that several insurgents were also exterminated during the gunbattle between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Aarz Begi village of the Ali Abad district, but they failed to provide an exact figure of jihadists' casualties.  Kunduz is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northern part of the country next to Tajikistan. The population of the province is around 953,800.

Kabul Afghanistan — At Least 73 worshipers are reported to have been martyred in an explosion inside the Afganistan mosque. Explosion took place in Nangarhar province when worshipers were engaged in performing the Friday prayer. A spokesperson for Nangarhar governor said on Friday that at least 73 civilians were martyred and another 22 wounded when a blast hit the mosque in Haska Mina district of Nangarhar. The same source more added that the nature of blast was so violent that turned the mosque building into rubble. No claim of responsibility has yet been made for the bomb attack.

The United Kingdom-based NGO The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that 224 Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters and 183 Syrian National troops have been killed in the latest Turkish invasion. On Thursday,  non-governmental organization (NGO)  SOHR  further added that 72 civilians were also killed, and about 140 Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army soldiers had been wounded since the beginning of Turkish Assault. It is believed that two district centers, a town and tens of villages inside Syria have been purged  from Kurdish forces .

The US call for an instant halting of the Turkish offensive in the  Kurdish  region of   Syria  has been renounced by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Despite the US sanctions, and unhealthy economic state, the man of principle Turkish president refusing to genuflect to the American leadership. His statement comes ahead of Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Turkey. On a Monday evening, the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had gauged the more sanctions to be imposed on Turkey over the incursion of Syria.

Quoting to the Russian defense ministry, the  Russian based Interfax news agency has reported that about 1,000 Squire kilometers of the area around the Manbij city is under Syrian government forces control.  Manbij is a city in the northeast of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria, 30 kilometers west of the Euphrates. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics,  Manbij had a population of nearly 100,000. The population of Manbij is largely Arab, with Kurdish, Circassian and Chechen minorities. Russian Ministry of Defence added that all major buildings including Tabqa military airfield, several hydroelectric power plants and key bridges across the Euphrates river are under Syrian government control.

T he Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have said that their forces have beaten back of Turkish forces in Ras al-Ain (Sare Kani) neighborhood. It said that the perpetual state of spiral violence has spurred us on to succeed in the Ras al-Ain (Sare Kani) district. Syrian government soldiers stated that from their part agreed not to disrupt Kurdish- Democratic Forces resistance against Turkish backed militants.  UK based NGO The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has reported that the Syrian Democratic Forces have been advancing in different constituencies of northern Syria which were previously under Turkish backed militants control. SOHR has registered 165 people deaths including women and children in the latest Turkish military offensive. Because of Turkish Deadly assault, about 170,000 people have been shifted to the safe area from the embattled region.  Source: Basnews English

As many as 4 people were killed, and 3 others were wounded in Brooklyn shooting incident. Police officials said that 4 people had been murdered in a cold blood on Saturday morning. Bystanders said police leaped into action after the emergency alarm sounded. The shooting took place at 74 Utica Avenue, in the Weeksville vicinity of Brooklyn the administrative unit of New York City. All victims including a woman with superficial injuries were shifted to a local hospital for adequate medical treatment. Police said that We will spare no effort to find the culprits of the crimes, who commit crimes that blight law-abiding communities.   Source: NBC & Press TV

A t least 51 people were killed and wounded after a blast hit the bus packed with Afghan security forces in the Jalalabad. No claim of responsibility has yet been made for the bomb attack. The accident took place when a motorbike filled with explosives ripped through the military bus carrying army recruits in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province on late Monday. Eyewitnesses said that the huge explosion killed at least 14 military recruits and left 37 others wounded. The death  toll   of the blast  was confirmed by the Afghan interior ministry as well. Islamic State understood to have behind the attack local media said. The specific region is constantly on the target of  Islamic State and Taliban militants. The enduring peace was to have been enjoyed by the Afghan people long ago, but the Taliban leaders refused to yield before the US stipulations during the dialogues.

General Raheel Shareef is one of the most professional, decent, honest, patriotic, audacious, and graceful generals of Pakistan I have ever heard or seen throughout my life. The traits that make him unique from others are his professional commitments and his decision-making power, therefore he will be remembered for a long time. When he was appointed as a Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan on 29 November 2013, Pakistan was suffering from myriad problems. Being a veteran commander he decided to eradicate all problems specifically mother of all problems terrorism first. Without eliminating terrorism financial and social development is impossible, therefore, he started a mission against terrorists and named it Zarb E Azab which was officially initiated by Pakistan Army on 15th June 2014 and it has been a very successful operation so far. Pakistan has been the target of many terrorist organizations for a decade, different militant groups emerged during America’s War with Afghanistan. Pak

U S ground forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan soil has raised several questions and apprehensions for the Afghan security forces and its allies. The United Nations report published in late September 2017 says that the security situation in Afghanistan is grim and getting grimmer with each passing day. Approximately 45,000 Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have been killed since the United States has completed its ground forces full evacuation from Afghanistan. On 27 May 2014, Obama announced that U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan would end in December 2014 and the troops' number will be reduced to 9,800. The entire US troops withdrawal was completed on December 20, 2014. America and its allied forces have been invading Afghanistan for the last 18 years but the security situation has remained unchanged. Roundabout  $900 billion has been spent in the 18 years of  Afghanistan war but the Ameican dream of emerging as victorious from the Afghan conflict

A s many as 76 pilgrims were killed and wounded when an opulence bus went out of control and rammed into the  rock-strewn countryside  on Monday evening. An accident happened when a bus full of Hindu believers had crashed, and cleft into two parts in the Danta taluka of Banaskantha district in North Gujarat. District government officials said that at least 21 devotees died, and 55 others were wounded when a bus returning from Ambaji temple crashed in Northen region of Gujarat due to speedy overturn in rainy and slippery area. All victims of a  deadly accident including dead bodies were transferred to Palanpur Civil Hospital and a government hospital in Danta. The police officer further added that the names of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.