Two Taliban commanders killed in Kandahar
Afghan and Coalition forces continue to have success disrupting the Taliban command elements, but security in Kandahar deteriorates.
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Iraqi Army attempts to halt voter registration attacks as Iraq prepares for fall election
Iraqi security forces secure voter registration centers in preparation for upcoming provincial elections in Mosul.
Iraq
Iraqi intelligence believes al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al Masri and other senior leader are sheltering in a village in Diyala province. Two Iraqis were killed and 15 wounded in separate suicide and IED attacks in Mosul. A female suicide bomber killed three Iraqis while trying to target a Baghdad council leader. Iraqi […]
Afghanistan
Karzai sacks attorney-general after presidency bid
US returns fire on Taliban inside Pakistan
Artillery and helicopters pound a Taliban position across the border after US troops take rocket fire from inside Pakistan. Pakistan fears US is massing for a strike into the tribal areas.
Pakistan
Pakistan terms Karzai™s allegations as ‘baseless™
Israel
Hezbollah hands over remains to Israel in prisoner swap
Afghanistan
US troops pull out of Afghan base after attack
Pakistan
Western troop build-up sows alarm in Pakistan
Afghanistan
Taliban control more of Kandahar: analysis
Afghanistan
An ISAF investigation concluded that it did not kill civilians during airstrikes in Kunar and Nuristan provinces. US and Afghan forces withdrew from the forward outpost in Wanat; a Taliban force then moved in to take control of the town. Twelve Taliban were killed in clashes in Kandahar and Paktika provinces.
Iraq
Iraq takes control of Shiite province from US-led forces
Pakistan
Pakistanis are fearful that NATO is building up forces across the border in Khost to attack in North Waziristan; the tribesmen vowed to defend their territory. Security forces captured a Tanzanian al Qaeda operative and two members of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in Multan. Seven were killed in clashes in Khyber between Lashkar-e-Islam and Ansar-ul-Islam. Five soldiers were […]
Somalia
Thousands of civilians are fleeing the town of Beletweyne in fear of fighting between Shabaab and a Somali and Ethiopian forces. An Islamic Courts spokesman said the group supports the targeting of aid workers. Aid groups are considering pulling out of Somalia.
Afghanistan
The Afghan government called Pakistan the “world’s biggest producers of terrorism and extremism” and accused the Pakistani military and intelligence services of backing the Taliban. US and Afghan forces killed 12 Taliban in Warkdak province and seven in Nuristan. The governor of Ghazni province said the Taliban hoped to use the province for its main […]
Iraq
Two suicide bombers killed 22 Iraqi Army recruits and wounded more than 55 in Baqubah while separate attacks killed 12 and wounded 17 in Mosul. Former Saddam deputy Izzat Ibrahim al Douri urged Sunni insurgents to fight on while criticizing the Mahdi Army and al Qaeda. Coalition forces detained 15 al Qaeda operatives and Iraqi […]
Afghanistan
Afghans suspend meetings with Pakistan after attacks
Iraq
Iraq elections law delayed over Kirkuk dispute
Iraq
German court convicts 3 Iraqis in plot to kill former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi
Hezbollah
Who™s who of the prisoner swap – Hezbollah-Israel prisoner swap to go down Wednesday
Canada
Lawyers for Omar Khadr released 10 minutes of videotape of his interrogation at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Khadr cried while talking to a Candian intelligence official and claimed he was tortured by US forces. Khadr is a Candian citizen who was detained by US forces after a battle in Afghanistan in July 2002.
Afghanistan
War memories fade in Afghan valley
Suicide bomber killed dozens of Iraqi Army recruits as a new Diyala offensive looms
More than 20 Army recruits were reported killed and 55 were wounded in Baqubah. The military is preparing to launch an operation in the province.
Iraq
Police: Iraq suicide bombers kill 28 army recruits
Iraq
Hundreds of new officers join Iraqi Army and Air Force
Afghanistan
Battle To Break The Grip Of Taliban Terror In Musa Qala
Iran
Iran president hits back over nuclear criticism
Pakistani Taliban destroy paramilitary fort in Hangu
More than 250 Taliban fighters surround Frontier Constabulary fort, order personnel to leave, loot then destroy the outpost.
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden’s Dissidents: Turning their Backs on Jihad