With his neat moustache and casual clothing, Hafiz Ihsanullah is the new face of the Taliban. The 28-year-old former fighter has eschewed the trademark turban and prayer beads of the ultra-conservative Islamic group since he took on a new and powerful role.
He has switched from being a frontline warrior to front man for Mullah Dadullah Akhund - the one-legged Taliban commander in Afghanistan, renowned for his viciousness and cruelty.
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Somalia warlord surrenders arms to Islamists
MOGADISHU - A powerful warlord has surrendered his weapons to Mogadishu’s Islamists rulers as the group continues to assert its authority across the Horn of Africa country, officials said on Saturday.
The warlord and former minister for religious affairs Omar Finnish handed over more than 200 weapons, including machine guns and mortars, as well as members of his militia to the Islamist leadership.
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Pakistan a sanctuary to terrorists: Afrasiab
KABUL, June 29 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Describing Pakistan as a safe haven for terrorists, secretary general of the Awami National Party (ANP) Afrasiab Khattak demanded of the United States (US) and the international community to focus on militants having sanctuaries in that country.
Addressing a function organised by the Regional Study Centre here on Thursday, Khattak said harbouring terrorists was the policy of the military regime in Pakistan.
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Karachi, 30 June (AKI) - (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) - Al-Qaeda's number 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri is the real spin doctor behind the terrorist network, developing it's ideology and terror strategies against the United States. Videos illustrating current Taliban activities in Afghanistan recently obtained by Adnkronos International (AKI), detail Taliban operations to lure members of the Afghan National Army and the coalition troops out of their bases and target them in the narrow valleys of Afghanistan. Sources say al-Zawahiri is behind this strategy and suggest that he is deep inside the Afghan provinces as US-led forces continue to track him down.
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.316007738&par=0
Al-Qaeda threat to Britain 'brutal':
LONDON (AFP) - Al-Qaeda likely poses an increasingly brutal threat and the worsening security situation in Iraq is providing Islamic extremists with a crucial training ground, MPs have warned.
In their report into the "war on terror", the Foreign Affairs Select Committee concluded that it was becoming more difficult to tackle the threat of international terrorism.
The members of parliament also said that any military action against Iran would probably trigger "extremely serious consequences" across the Middle East and beyond.
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He's bringing us 20 more dead Taliban? Or 20 more soon to be dead Taliban (go ahead, bring them out into the open and let us "take good care" of them!