US strike in North Waziristan kills 3
The latest attack hit a safe house just north of Miramshah, an area where the Haqqani Network holds sway.
Yearly Archives: 2008
Pakistan
Pakistani spies face questions over old jihadi assets
The Taliban
Doctor Mohamed Hanif, a former Taliban spokesman, was gunned down in his home In Nangarhar along with three family members. Thirteen Afghan soldiers and policemen were killed after a large Taliban force of 300 fighters ambushed a convoy in Badghis province; seven Taliban fighters were killed.
Pakistan
A representative of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) will visit India instead of the director general to discuss the Mumbai terror attack. A suicide attack in Bannu killed seven people, including a policeman; three Taliban were killed in Bajaur. Hakimullah Mehsud, the Taliban leader Arakzai and lieutenant of BAitullah Mehsud, held a press conference.
India
Mumbai Taj siege ends; terrorists killed: Reports
India
Al Qaeda in partnership with Lashkar-e-Taiba in India
Afghanistan
Ex-Taliban spokesman killed
Pakistan
Baitullah Mahsud™s commander emerges from his shadow
India
Mumbai attacks: Investigation focuses on Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan: Suicide blast targets police in northwest
India
Siege ends at Mumbai Jewish centre
India
Rabbi among dead hostages discovered at Jewish centre in Mumbai
Iran
Iranian cleric praises US-Iraqi pact
Somalia
Ethiopia to withdraw from Somalia
India
Indian special forces in Mumbai have cleared the Trident Hotel and Nariman House, fighting is ongoing at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Two commandos have been killed and six have been wounded in the fighting. Reports indicate seven Britons may have participated in the assault; two Britons are said to be in custody. Three members of […]
India
Mumbai Terror Attack Escalates Tensions Between India, Pakistan
Somalia
Somali Pirates Hijack Chemical Tanker, Release Greek Cargo Ship
Iraq
Iraq: 9 die in attack in Shiite mosque
India
Pakistan spy chief to aid Mumbai investigation
Iraq
US pact leaves PM Maliki stronger than ever
Afghanistan
US forces launched three counterbattery artillery strikes at a Taliban rocket team inside Pakistan. Afghans rioted in Kabul after a US military vehicle killed one civilian in a traffic accident. The Taliban may clear $500 million from the opium trade. A UN Security Council team said Afghanistan is not in crisis.
Iraq
Twelve Iraqis were killed and 16 more were wounded in a suicide attack on a Mosque in Babel; the bomber is suspected of being an Afghan national. Iraqi forces detained seven “suspects”
Al Qaeda
In a video released on the Internet, Ayman al Zawahiri said Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s offer to talk is a sign of weakness. He also attacked Egypt and its Islamic scholars as being corrupt, said the US gains in Iraq are temporary, claimed that reports of al Qaeda killing civilians are lies, and claimed the […]
Analysis: Mumbai attack differs from past terror strikes
The military-style terror attack on Mumbai is entering its third day as Indian forces are still working to clear gunmen from several locations in the city. The scope and depth of the attack is unprecedented.
Pakistan
The Lashkar-i-Islam has resumed operations in Peshawar. Security forces detained 13 “terrorists” during raids in Peshawar. Five people were killed in an IED attack in South Waziristan. Three Taliban fighters were killed in Mohmand. The Salarzai tribe in Mohmand is reorganizing its anti-Taliban lashkar.
India
Mumbai Terrorists came on boats
Somalia
Western journalists kidnapped in Somalia
Afghanistan
A suicide attack on a US military convoy outside the US embassy in Kabul killed four civilians and wounded 17 more. Coalition and Afghan forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Helmand province. Two British Royal Marines and an Australian soldier were killed in southern Afghanistan. A French aid worker kidnapped last month pleaded for his […]
Somalia
Twin Cities Somali community reacts to terrorist reports
Iraq
Iraq parliament passes US security pact