Two civilians were killed in attacks in Bajaur agency. Police detained three teachers and a Taliban commander in Swat. A Mehsud tribal jirga demanded an end to the military operation in South Waziristan. The military is searching the mountains of South Waziristan for Baitullah Mehsud, a military spokesman said, while two soldiers were killed in […]
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Indian police killed Bashir Ahmed, also known as Sabha, in Indian-held Kashmir. Sabha was a leader in al Qaeda-linked Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami and is believed to be the masterminded behind the near-simultaneous blasts in courts in three cities in the state of Uttar Pradesh in November 2007.
President Hamid Karzai moves to block Lord Paddy Ashdown as UN super-envoy in Afghanistan
More than 400 police raided two villages in Narathiwat province. Twelve suspected Muslim insurgents were arrested in the two raids. Police arrested two Muslim insurgents suspected of killing a teacher in Pattani province. The insurgents were wounded in a gunfight before being arrested.
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Prime Minister Maliki said an operation would be launched in Ninewa province. The Association of Muslim Scholars blamed the US for the Mosul blast that killed 36 Iraqis. A new police battalion will be formed in Ninewa. Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and detained 19 during raids in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi […]
Iraq PM promises ‘decisive battle’ against Al-Qaeda
One US soldier was killed and three others were wounded during a Coalition operation against insurgents in eastern Kunar province. The targeted Taliban cell was wiped out by ensuing air strikes. Four Afghan security officers were killed in Khost after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb. Afghan officials confiscated 130 landmines in western Afghanistan imported […]
Thirty-four Taliban and two Pakistani soldiers killed in battle in the Orakzai tribal agency. The Taliban claim 25 Pakistani soldiers were killed in fighting in South Waziristan.
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A car bombing in a Christian neighborhood in Beirut killed four, including an intelligence officer. The intelligence unit the officer belonged to is “closely involved in the U.N.-led investigation into the 2005 assassination of Hariri’s father, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, and in a crackdown on al Qaeda-inspired militants.”
US willing for joint anti-Al-Qaeda action in Pakistan
Iraq seeks sharply reduced US military role
The city of Mosul gets hot as the Islamic State of Iraq steps up operations in the north.
Troops closely monitoring Diyala to drive out insurgents, neutralize weapons left behind
Bomb found on Nawaz Sharif’s convoy route
Four al Qaeda operatives and one policeman were killed during raids on al Qaeda hideouts in Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras provinces. Nineteen al Qaeda suspects were arrested. Four police were also wounded. Police raided 18 locations and found 13 guns, ammunition, more than 100 kilograms of chemicals used in making bombs, and propaganda.
The British have made matters worse, says Afghan President
US, Iraq Ponder Long-Term Treaty
US Willing to Send Troops to Pakistan