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A SENIOR LEADER of the al-Qaida- and Taliban-allied Haqqani network has been captured in Afghanistan, Nato officials said today.
Describing it as a “significant milestone” in disrupting the terror group’s operations, Nato said Haji Mali Khan was seized on Tuesday during an operation in eastern Paktia province’s Jani Khel district, which borders Pakistan. It was the most significant capture of a Haqqani leader in Afghanistan, and could dent the group’s ability to operate along the porous border with Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas.
Shortly after the announcement, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid denied in a message to Afghan media that Khan had been arrested but provided no evidence that he was free.
Nato described Khan as an uncle of Siraj and Badruddin Haqqani, two of the son’s of the network’s aging leader Jalaludin Haqqani. However, in a recent report on the Haqqani’s by the Institute for the Study of War, Khan appears as a brother in-law to Jalaludin Haqqani.
The Pakistan-based Haqqani network is affiliated with both the Taliban and al-Qaida and has been described as the top security threat in Afghanistan. The group has been blamed for hundreds of attacks, including a 20-hour siege of the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters last month.
Last week, US officials accused Pakistan’s spy agency of assisting the Haqqanis in attacks on Western targets in Afghanistan – the most serious allegation yet of Pakistani duplicity in the 10-year war.
The United States and other members of the international community have in the past blamed Pakistan for allowing the Taliban, and the Haqqanis in particular, to retain safe havens in the country’s tribal areas along the Afghan border – particularly in North Waziristan.
“He was one of the highest ranking members of the Haqqani network and a revered elder of the Haqqani clan,” NATO said of Khan, adding that he “worked directly under Siraj Haqqani, and managed bases and had oversight of operations in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Khan also moved forces from Pakistan to Afghanistan to conduct terrorist activity, NATO said. “Jalaluddin Haqqani consistently placed Mali Khan in positions of high importance.”
NATO also said that Khan had in the past year established a militant camp in Paktia and “coordinated the transfer of money for insurgents operations, and facilitated the acquisition of supplies.”
During the operation Tuesday, Khan surrendered without resistance and NATO forces also arrested his deputy and bodyguard, along with a number of other insurgents, the alliance said.
“The Haqqani network and its safe havens remain a top priority for Afghan and coalition forces,” NATO concluded.
The NATO statement said security forces have conducted more than 500 operations so far in 2011 in an effort to disrupt the Haqqani network leadership, resulting in the deaths of 20 operatives and the capture of nearly 300 insurgent leaders and 1,300 suspected Haqqani insurgents.
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12 car parking spaces!
@Alan: 50 bike spaces- how many bikes will be there after a match?
Obviously no room for a team
Bus to park
@Alan: seems reasonable to me
@You’re Not Serious: a strange conclusion to draw about the team bus
@Alan: haha, this evenings match is delayed due to several of the team having not turned up as they relied on Dublin bus website, timetable and real time information to plan their journey
@SYaxJ2Ts: but maybe not to fans of teams from outside dublin
@Alan: Its 12 too many for the Greens,how many cabbages could you plant in that space (excluding Eamon Ryan)
@Alan: plenty of alternatives, including local car parking spaces
@Mike 100: The obsession with that man is unreal.get yourself out more.
@Alan: they have a luas, loads of buses and it’s walking distance from the city centre. last time i was there for bohs dundalk last season i cycled and locked it out on the street which wasn’t ideal, some secure bicycle parking in the grounds would be nice.
@eoin fitzpatrick: Away teams bring fans too. Should they cycle or get the luas. I can see hundreds of fans cycling to Dublin for a match. Get real!
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: There is loads of alternative parking within walking distance of Dalymount. Also lots of fans come in coaches/busses. Get real!
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: where in Europe do the away fans drive to city centre football grounds? Ffs.
@You’re Not Serious: there will be lots of fans cycling from Ballybofey, Derry, Cobh and Kerry.
@eoin fitzpatrick: I’ve been to countless dozens of matches in all the Dublin grounds over the years and always drive to them and always will. It’s my perogative!
You’ve probably only been to the ones beside you. How do you travel to away games if you even go to them?
@SYaxJ2Ts: “Fans come in coaches/busses” hmm not very well stated is it?
Seriously why does everything now be have to done to a Cabbage Head
agenda?
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: you mean a more environmentally friendly agenda. If you wanna continue to drive to games, you go ahead.
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: well personally i wouldn’t drive to phisborough on a friday evening ever as the traffic is crazy and there’s feck all parking.
it is one of the best places in dublin for public transport connectivity and it is a short walk from o’connell st. the ground not having parking isn’t an issue.
@eoin fitzpatrick: I am from a provincial town and to get to any of the grounds in Dublin would take a few changes of busses etc. I have a vast knowledge of Dublin and have my parking spots for all grounds (same ones for years) ….. even Dalyer. Driving up is far faster and more enjoyable.
By the way I am a pensioner and have free travel!
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: right well i guess you wont be able to go any more if you’re insistent on driving there
@eoin fitzpatrick: Oh yes I will ;>}
@Alan: What a bizarre thing to pick up on in a grant of planning for a football stadium. I know the comments section of the Journal is hardly The Hist but I honestly didn’t see car parking spaces coming. Do people honestly think that the provision of match day car parking spaces is the responsibility of a sports club? The people that matter here, the actual human beings who attend dalymount on a Friday night (rather than haunting online comments sections), be that once or twice a season as an away fan or every other week as a Bohs fan, won’t even notice how many cars are parked in the ground. Everything else is just noise. Weird, proxy anti Green Party noise. We’ll make there like we always have – by foot, bus, tram or in a car parked up on a side street. Buala bós Bohs
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: no modern stadium provides parking spaces for fans. Phibsborough is one of the best-served areas in the country when it comes to public transport amd team buses have always dropped players at the NCR/Dalymount laneway. The new development will be perfect to meet Boh’s needs into the future.
@SYaxJ2Ts: are you having a laugh …. Local car parking spaces … do you know the area ????
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: Then what are you moaning about?? Drive away and park where you like but thankfully you won’t be getting parking at the future stadium.
@Sal Paradise: I will be within 4 mins walk from it!!
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: Perfect so you don’t need to worry about the lack of parking spaces. Might sell my guest parking passes for the road I live on at a premium. Only 5min walk from Dalymount! Cost €1.25 for 24hr pass. I’ll be fair and sell for €20.
@eoin fitzpatrick: but you’re an ‘avid’ cyclist, most people are not, nor do they ever want to be…lots of folk are travelling long distances or are older persons or with accessibility issues or with children in tow and still need to drive. Everyone needs to be catered for not just cyclists and public transport users..
@Thankcrunchieitsfriday:
Phibsborough Shopping centre does have several parking places?
As a Shamrock Rovers fan, would love to see this. A strong Bohs and better facilities will continue to grow the league. The product is improving and is a much better value than the occasional €1000 + euro for an over night to Manchester or Liverpool to watch foreign teams
@Shay Dunne: where are you getting that figure from? I’m going to a Liverpool match next week, match tickets 250 and hotel 70?
@Shay Dunne: not to mention better quality than that pish
@ferrett: do you swim and walk there?
@ferrett: Are you flying or walking.Only kidding.
Wanted to see Arsenal V Brentford game recently and best price was €700.
Way over the top.
Also usually the tickets are for poor visibility seats and be honest in your reply
That is the amount we are paying to house Ukrainians per month . A scandalous amount of our tax money thanks yo FFG
@BL Music: i am very sorry but this amount is rather paid for a week my friend…yes a week
@BL Music: scandalous we’re helping people who’s country is being invaded and bombed a chance somewhere else, definitely in future we’ll look back at this time in shame that we offered so much help, the shame of it all.
@BL Music: The EU are also refunding the Government for costs associated with Ukrainian refugees.
The scheme EU-React was initially €40bn it has since been added to but I can’t find the amount or has it been ratified by the EU.
But it’s not the taxpayer that is funding all of the costs associated with the Ukrainian refugees.
@Cornelius Paul O Mahony: * not 100% funded by the taxpayer/ Exchequer.
@BL Music: Remember during our genocide,when the native Americans gave us money,when they were suffering,Remember when the irish went to the four corners of the world due to murder,rape,destruction,genocide and slavery at the hands of a foreign invader,its the least we can do to help countries like Ukraine and Palestine.
@eoin fitzpatrick: why are they entitled to higher benefits than that of a refugee, blatant racism! In fact why are they entitled to more benefits than that of an Irish citizen?
@BigEd: go protest outside the russian embassy and tell them to leave Ukraine
It’s great to see it’s going to be developed but wouldn’t it be better if they got the capacity up to at least 10,000? After waiting all that time, all that money & then ending up with just 6,000 seats. If the facilities were upgraded I’m sure it would sell out, it’s such a central location.
@Maurice F Glennon: The architects were absolutely clear when they presented this to the bohs fans. This is the maximum size of a stadium you could build on that site. The only way they could’ve added more was to add an additional tier to one of the main stands but that would’ve required the purchase of land from the shopping centre.
this is as big as it will get given the difficulties of the tight site
The spiritual home of Irish soccer.
BAM Construction is itching to award the contract to them. It will be the state of the art stadium.
@Bomber: not even funny anymore… BAM are so corrupt it’s crazy. I know this as having dealt with them in an underwriter capacity.
12 car parking spaces, 50 bicycle spaces. Green Party again. The away team coach will take 4 spaces alone. Absolute joke. Planned stadium should be minimum 12-14000 capacity. Total joke.
@Fred Coloe: C’mon it’s Bohs. Their Climate Justice Officer probably didn’t want any car park spaces at all, til it was pointed out they’d have to have something for the away team bus and the officials.
@Fred Coloe: Green party control Bohs now. You’re all deluded on this site seriously.
Why would this stadium need much parking? Who drives to Bohs games? Not many, and they tend to park wherever they can in the neighbourhood.
I never go without having a few pints anyway nor does anyone I know.
It being Dublin I’d imagine the councillors will vote NO anyway. It’s their default setting.
Dublin – why be imaginative, creative or daring when it’s much easier to settle for mediocrity.
@Gerry Kelly: The counsellors voted yes Gerry
@Gerry Kelly: the article is literally about the fact the councillors have voted to accept the plan
Should be good for Bohs
Follow Shamrock Rovers example
@RIP: What’s that? Start building a stadium, go bust during the build, abandon the building work, get the council to step in after years of having a half built structure, then be held up as a model club?
@RIP: tallaght stadium is god awful, i’d take the dilapidated dalymount with our 3 bars over it a thousand times
@eoin fitzpatrick: that’s why bohs have to play European games in a different stadium and aren’t allowed use 2 stands. Jealousy doesn’t suit you
@Longlin: didn’t bohs have collection buckets at games when they nearly went bust? No LOI team fan can say anything about any other teams finances
@Martin Mongan: yeah fair play to rovers for their success but the grounds will never compare with dalymount, almost in the city centre surrounded by great pubs and loads of options to go out after a match on a friday, it’s a great night out.
@eoin fitzpatrick: what are you talking about dalymount is a shambles yeah the surrounding area is great for a night out but the stadium itself is dire especially the away section
@Martin Mongan: which is why the stadium is being redeveloped duh
Helicopters will be provided!
Sounds good… hopefully they just get on with it.
Haven’t been there since the Bob Marley gig.
12 car parking spaces?? How did this get approval??
@Will Roche: there should be no car parking spaces. Any city centre foorltball ground in England only have dedicated spaces to disabled. What is the issue.
This has been going on for at least 15 years. They were supposed to do it when they were bidding for the euros and share it with shels but nothing ever came of it. Apparently they don’t own the stand above the shops either
@Martin Mongan: This is the same as the euros plan, it has had some tweaks since Shels pulled out, and construction inflation meant everyone had to go back to the drawing board to make it a cheaper design.
Great news for Football,
There must be no end to the tax money and get wasted in rediculous areas instead of prioritising health and housing sure doesn’t effect those at the top so sod the rest I suppose
The 1,800 standing places will not be allowed for European competitions.
Super bohs
Would be incredible to see a proper soccer club stadium in Ireland instead of the usual kips.
Did anybody notice the size of the parking at the stadium for the superbowl that is what needs to be done
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