Tag: Afghan
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Malala Yousafzai-produced documentary emphasizes Afghan women’s fight for freedom
Twelve years after being shot in the face and almost killed by the Taliban for daring to champion girls’ eduction in her home country of Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai is warning of the dangers that the group’s extreme version of Islam poses to women. The Nobel Peace Prize winner is among the producers of “Bread &…
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Relative of Afghan accused of terror plot in U.S. is charged with planning attacks in France
A family member of an Afghan national accused of planning to carry out a terrorist attack on Election Day in Oklahoma was charged in France on Saturday with plotting to conduct attacks on a French soccer match or shopping center, according to the Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office in Paris. Both Afghans are believed to have wanted to carry out…
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Afghan accused of plotting terror attack worked as CIA guard, officials say
An Afghan man arrested on charges of planning a terrorist attack on Election Day worked as a security guard in Afghanistan for the CIA, two sources with knowledge of the matter told NBC News. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested on Monday in Oklahoma and accused of plotting to kill Americans with an assault rifle on behalf of ISIS. Court…
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Afghan national living in the U.S. charged with allegedly plotting an Election Day terrorist attack
An Afghan national living in Oklahoma was charged this week with conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack on Election Day on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested Monday in connection with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and getting…