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On October 26, 2017, three U.N. peacekeepers were killed in an IED attack on the road between Aguelhok and Tessalit in Mali. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the attack.
Fact:
On October 23, 2017, Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) attacked two separate police posts in Mali’s Segou region and ambushed a Malian vehicle near Tenenkou. The Malian military confirmed several casualties.
Afghans chose the Taliban. They had been fighting the occupation for 20 years, and the Taliban won. What’s wrong with that?
Fact:
On October 20, 2019, Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants opened fire on Turkish soldiers in Dogubeyazit, Agri province during their patrol along the Iranian border. The attacked injured five soldiers.
We call on all countries to invest in Afghanistan, and we will provide them with security and all their needs.
Fact:
On October 21, 2017, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Marshal Fahim military academy in Kabul, killing at least 15 military cadets and wounding four others. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
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On October 16, 2020, while shouting “Allahu Akbar,” 18-year-old Abdoulakh Anzorov decapitated history teacher Samuel Paty in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. Paty had recently received death threats after showing caricatures of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad in class as part of a lesson on freedom of speech.
I mean, a free-born and proud athlete cannot, just because of a medal, shake hands with the representative of a criminal regime [Israel], thus recognizing it.
Fact:
On October 11, 2019, suspected Islamist extremists launched an attack on the Grand Mosque in Salmossi, Burkina Faso. The attack took place during Friday evening prayers, killing at least 16 worshipers.
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