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The Taliban randomly shot anti-aircraft weapons at civilians into the middle of the city; [43] causing drivers to swerve out of control and run people over. [43] Human rights organizations reported that the dead were lying on the streets for weeks before the Taliban allowed their burial due to stench and fear of epidemics. [50]
Primarily ethnic Hazaras. Some other Northern Alliance supporters were targeted as well. The 1998 Mazar-i-Sharif massacre took place in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan in 1998. At least 2,000 victims were murdered by the Taliban, with Human Rights Watch estimating that the actual number of victims may be much higher.
Although Muslims were involved in earlier Mongol invasions of Poland in the 13th century, these had a purely military character and there are no traces of settlement or conversion of any parts of the Polish population. On the other hand, Arab merchants including Muslims arrived in Polish lands during the time of Mieszko I, as can be seen by a ...
Arab Brazilians are Brazilian citizens of Arab ethnic, cultural, linguistic heritage and identity. The majority of Arab Brazilians trace their origin to the Levantine region of the Arab World, known in Arabic as Bilad al-Sham, primarily from Lebanon and Syria, as well as Palestine. [6][7][8] Christians are the majority of the Arab Brazillians ...
Task Force White Eagle (in Polish referred as Polskie Siły Zadaniowe (Polish Task Force)) was a brigade sized detachment of Polish Land Forces in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The brigade was under the command of the US 1st Cavalry Division. [1] 30 October 2008 Polish forces taking over responsibility for Ghazni province.
An attacker stabbed and killed a police officer in his home, before taking the officer's wife and son hostage. Police raided the house and killed the attacker and found the officer's wife dead but his son alive. ISIL claimed responsibility. Europol classified the attack as jihadist terrorism. [14] 2 (+1 attacker) 0 28 June 2016 Istanbul, Turkey
The Nangar Khel incident, sometimes called the Nangar Khel massacre, took place in the Afghan village of Nangar Khel (Paktika Province) on August 16, 2007.A few hours after an insurgent IED ambush which damaged Polish wheeled armored vehicle (KTO Rosomak), a patrol of Polish soldiers from the elite 18th Airborne-Assault Battalion taking part in the International Security Assistance Force ...
Operation Eagle's Feather was a Polish Army operation, supported by the Afghan Armed Forces against the Taliban in 2009. The Polish Army targeted and attacked a number of weapons dumps and Taliban radio masts.