An Afghan police commander said over 100 Taliban have been killed during fighting in Kandahar’s Zari district since Saturday. The Taliban murdered five policemen captured several months ago and hung them from trees in Uruzgan. A suicide bomber killed only himself in an attempted attack on US forces in Nangahar province.
Baghdad voices: Improved security, Four Iraqis across Baghdad describe a welcome drop in violence in their city in recent weeks.
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Iran abiding by pledge to halt arms flow: Iraq
Operation Iron Hammer in the north has netted hundreds of al Qaeda fighters and over 50 weapons caches. Iraq Security Forces captured 35 insurgents during operations in Baghdad. US and Iraqi forces captured 14 al Qaeda fighters in Baqubah and 13 insurgents in Mosul. Coalition forces killed six al Qaeda operatives and captured 10 in […]
Algerian security forces killed Yahia Abu al Haytham, a leader in al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, at a checkpoint in Tizi Ouzou province. Haytham, also known as Abdelhamid Saadaoui, was the leader of the al Ansar brigade in the Kabilian region as well as an al Qaeda financier. Haytham was a carryover from the […]
Al Qaeda operative and Shabaab leader Aden Hashi Ayro “called for attacks on African Union troops and expressed his wishes of someday beheading women and children in Addis Ababa” in a recording on the internet. Fighting between Shabaab and Ugandan forces took place in northern Mogadishu. A Somaliland colonel and his unit defected to neighboring […]
Muslim insurgent killed one and civilian wounded nine in a bombing at a karaoke bar in Samut Prakan. A Buddhist was killed and another wounded in a drive-by shooting in Yala province. Thirty Narathiwat schools were closed due to fear of attacks against teachers.
US forces killed 23 Taliban fighters and captured 11 while disrupting a weapons transfer in the Garmsir district in Helmand province. Ten Taliban fighters were killed in the Zari district of Kandahar. Up to nine police may have been killed in a Taliban attack in the western province of Ghor. The Afghan denfense minister said […]
Petraeus Helping Pick New Generals
A new caretaker government has been sworn in. An army general said a major offensive in Swat will begin “any time from now.” Thirty were killed in Sunni-Shia sectarian fighting in Parachinar. Jailed TNSM leader Sufi Muhammad has been admitted to a hospital in Peshawar. Musharraf has shut down Geo TV.
Wednesday’s closure of the headquarters of the Association of Muslim Scholars at the Umm al Quraa mosque marks a dramatic shift in the Sunni religious establishment. A prominent Sunni cleric said the Association of Muslim Scholars “always justified killing and assassinations carried out by al Qaeda.”
US and Iraq troops launched an offensive on the Anbar-Karbala provincial border. Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda operatives and captured 12 during raids nationwide. Police detained 12 insurgents as a security operation kicked off in Diwaniyah. Iraqi police and US troops captured 12 insurgents near Kirkuk. Al Qaeda in Iraq took credit for the […]
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Pakistan army No. 2 will play key role
Senior Taliban commander killed as the Pakistani military continues offensive in the two districts. Military relies heavily on helicopter and artillery strikes. Offensive occurs as senior US diplomat visits Pakistan. Will the government fight a long term insurgency?
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Afghan police and US troops killed 20 Taliban fighters in the Deh Rawud district of Uruzgan province and another five were killed in the Nayesh district. Five police were killed in a suicide attack in the Zari district of Kandahar. ISAF forces and Afghan police capatured two foreign fighter facilitators in the Deh Chopan district […]
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Matt Dupee looks at Operation Spin Ghar, a joint International Security Assistance Force and Afghan National Army operation in Uruzgan province.