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Hardnews Media
February 7, 2018
The trials of Ahmad Niaz and Mohamed Abdul Rahman, both of whom fought in Pakistan's North Waziristan for several years, is underway. ... He was banished to the southern atoll of Himandhoo — but used the opportunity to build a Shariah-bound mini-state modelled on the Taliban's Afghanistan.
The Intercept
January 27, 2018
Asadabad, the sylvan capital of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan, has a population of more than 30,000 but the feel of a village. ... The Watapur Valley, which is 10 miles long, was of particular interest to the U.S. military during the early years of the Afghan war, as it was believed to be an entry point forÃâà...
The Nation
November 24, 2017
Provincial governor's spokesman Abdul Rahman Mangsal said the Afghan forces conducted a night operation late on Tuesday night, leaving more than 20 insurgents dead. He said several commanders of the Taliban group were also among those killed in the operation. However, another official said moreÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
September 29, 2017
A boy who was wounded in a suicide bomb attack targeting Shiite Muslims Mosque during Friday congregational prayers, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 29, 2017. (Jalali Ali ... Police officer Abdul Rahman said the attacker blew himself up on the street about 1,000 meters from the mosque. Advertisement.
Haaretz
August 13, 2017
Several senior members of Islamic State's central Asian affiliate were killed in a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday. The attack on Thursday killed Abdul Rahman, identified by the U.S. military as the Kunar provincial emir for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan, according to aÃâà...
The Independent
August 13, 2017
Several senior members of Islamic State's central Asian affiliate were killed in a US air strike in Afghanistan, officials said on 13 August. The attack on 10 August killed Abdul Rahman, identified by the US military as the Kunar provincial emir for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan, according to aÃâà...
Huffington Post India
June 25, 2017
An Afghan security personnel looks at the ground in front of the Al-Zahra mosque in Kabul on June 16, 2017, after a suicide bombing attack. ... In the late 1900s, brutal Pashtun ruler Abdul Rahman Khan had ordered extermination of all Shias in central Afghanistan, which led to the gory massacre ofÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
May 24, 2017
Kam Air flight RQ-814 took off from Kabul on Tuesday with 30 passengers on board - but without Bamiyan MPs Ghulam Hussain Naseri and Abdul Rahman Shaheedani, who were booked on the 8am flight. According to local media reports, Shaheedani's son, a police officer at the Bamiyan airport, had aÃâà...
BBC News
January 15, 2014
In 2006, an Afghan, Abdul Rahman, who announced his conversion to Christianity escaped a possible death sentence. But he was released and was offered asylum in Italy. Another Afghan, Pervez Kambaksh, was sentenced to death in 2007 for "blasphemy and distribution of texts defamatory of Islam".
CNN
March 30, 2006
ROME, Italy (CNN) -- The Afghan man who converted to Christianity and could have been executed for renouncing Islam has arrived in Italy for asylum, ... Abdul Rahman, who is under police protection, will officially request asylum on Thursday, and a commission will analyze that request, according to anÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 24, 2006
Wwhile working for an international Christian aid organization helping Afghan refugees in Pakistan, he abandoned Islam and became a Christian. ... During a court appearance on March 16, Abdul Rahman admitted that he converted from Islam to Christianity -- and, under Afghanistan's Islamic Sharia law,Ãâà...
CBS News
March 24, 2006
An Afghan man facing a possible death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity may be mentally unfit to stand trial, a state prosecutor said Wednesday. Abdul Rahman, 41, has been charged with rejecting Islam, a crime under this country's Islamic laws. His trial started last week and he confessed toÃâà...
CNN
March 23, 2006
... the days of the Taliban, those promoting Christianity in Afghanistan could be arrested and those converting from Islam could be tortured and publicly executed. That was supposed to change after U.S.-led forces ousted the oppressive, fundamentalist regime, but the case of 41-year-old Abdul Rahman hasÃâà...
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