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2022-05-18 18:40:09 The Taliban attacked Resistance Front checkpoints in Chamalordeh and Morghak towns of Rokha and Shatl districts respectively, in Panjshir.

Thirty-nine Taliban members were killed in the clashes in Chamalordeh and another 15 in the Margh-e-Shtel area.

The number of casualties/injured on NRF side is not known. Open / Comment

2022-05-18 18:10:02 The Japan Self-Defense Forces reported;

On May 18, two Chinese Xian H-6J missile carrier-bombers with YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missiles suspended on pylons flew across the Miyako Strait and patrolled the waters of the Western Pacific Ocean.

These were significantly over the areas of ​​​​deployment of the aircraft carrier strike group of ships of the PLA Navy at the head with the aircraft carrier Liaoning. Open / Comment

2022-05-18 17:50:12 The Afghan National Resistance Front publish images of the Panjshir resistance.

Sibghatullah Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Front, said the forces were part of the equipped ANA commando units of the Front in Panjshir, which had previously operated under the Ministry of Defense, Interior and National Security of the former Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

This is for the first time such images have been published. Open / Comment

2022-05-18 17:26:41 Finland and Sweden simultaneously handed in their official letters of application to join NATO.

The letters were conveyed by the Finnish Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen and the Swedish Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff, to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO's Brussels headquarters. Open / Comment

2022-05-16 17:00:40 The European Commission approves scheme of payment for Russian gas in rubles proposed by the Russian authorities in a closed meeting.

The executive body of the European Union also informed the national European governments that the European Commission will not prevent them from opening accounts in euros and dollars in Gazprombank, through which gas payments are made.

In the new guidance, the commission plans to tell companies they should make a clear statement that they consider obligations fulfilled once they pay in euros or dollars, in line with existing contracts, according to people familiar with the matter.

The bloc could also cap gas prices if Russia cuts or significantly limits shipments, according to a draft of energy-market intervention measures as seen by the experts. Open / Comment

2022-05-16 16:30:42 Sweden has officially decided to apply for NATO membership.

The request to join the alliance marks a historic shift for the Scandinavian nation, the country's premier said.

Putin is said to be 'calm and cool' after the announcement. Open / Comment

2022-05-16 11:49:24 The European Union is expected to lift the ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) next month as European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) delegation is set to visit Pakistan at the end of May, 2022.

PIA was restricted from flying to the EU states, the UK & USA last year in July.

The restrictions were imposed in the wake of the May 20, 2022 Karachi plane crash and a statement by Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar that around 40 per cent of Pakistani pilots had fake licences.

The EASA delegation will visit Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and PIA Headquarters during their visit to Pakistan at the end of May or the start of June.

The EASA team will carry out a safety audit of CAA and PIA prior to allowing flights from Pakistan to European countries and the United Kingdom sources said. Open / Comment

2022-05-16 11:27:46 The NRF claims to hit the Taliban in the town of Dara Khoshdereh and Sochi village of Khost district, Khost province of Afghanistan.

NRF sources say, when the Taliban were patrolling the Khoshdereh Valley, they were targeted with rockets.

The number of enemy casualties will be announced later.

"It was our small reaction that ruined the cowardly enemy's sleep" said one NRF commander. Open / Comment

2022-05-16 07:52:01 Serbia paying a "huge price" for not supporting Western anti-Russian sanctions : Serbian President Aleksander Vučić.

"All this is reflected in salaries and pensions," the Serbian president said, but added that the country "will fight as long as it can to keep its policy."

The Serbian leader also doubts that it will soon be possible to replace Russian gas and oil supplies with alternative sources. Open / Comment