Last week’s airstrike in Herat that was thought to have killed a senior insurgent commander inadvertently killed 13 civilians. Three Coalition soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Uruzgan province. The US said that detainees held at the Bagram prison cannot use US courts to challenge their detention.
Iraqi security forces detained 18 insurgents in a series of operations in Mosul. Police detained 19 insurgents and an al Qaeda leader in Diyala, and 11 wanted men in Thi Qhar province. A US soldier was killed during a combat patrol outside of Baghdad.
Israeli troops launched an artillery salvo into south Lebanon after a Kaytusha rocket was launched into northern Israel. Three Israeli civilians were wounded in the attack. Hezbollah has denied firing the rocket. The Lebanese Army has sent reinforcements to the region.
The Swat Taliban and the Pakistani government have agreed to a “permanent ceasefire,” according to the commissioner of Malakand. Mullah Fazlullah, the Swat Taliban leader and the deputy leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, is expected to make an announcement on his illegal radio channel.
Baitullah Mehsud, Mullah Nazir, and Hafiz Gul Bahadar have put aside rivalries and formed an alliance to prevent outside enemies from dividing the Taliban.
A suicide attack on a Shia funeral procession killed 32 civilians. A bombing in Lakki Marwat killed four civilans. Baitullah Mehsud, Mullah Nazir, and Hafiz Gul Bahadar have formed and alliance to prevent outside enemies from dividing the Taliban. Security forces killed four Taliban fighters in Bajaur
A grand jury indicted Ahmadullah Sais Niazi, an Afghan nation who is accused of trying to obtain a US passport under false pretenses and for links to al Qaeda, Hezb-i-Islami and the Taliban.Niazi reportedly met with Dr. Amin al Haq, the commander of Osama bin Laden’s security detail known as the Black Guard.
Prime Minister Maliki™s State of Law list won more than one-quarter of the all 490 in the country™s local council seats in the provincial elections. Security forces detained 38 men wanted on criminal and terror charges in Basrah, six wanted men in Mosul, and a Ansar al Sunnah leader in Diyala. Eleven Iraqis were wounded […]
Allegations of abuse are repeated verbatim by a willing press, but the US government’s allegations and evidence against Mohamed are often ignored or downplayed.
The ANAAC continues to develop its capabilities. Today, the Afghan National Army Air Corps flies 90 percent of its own missions in support of the Afghan Army.
Britain, US agree on return of Guantanamo detainee
Thailand: Teacher protection security force ambushed in Yala; two beheaded
Tajikistan allows NATO cargo transit to Afghanistan
African-American woman detained at Torkham border
Lashkar-e-Taiba had a list of 320 locations throughout the world as potential targets for for military-style terror assaults such as the one carried out in Mumbai, India in November 2008. The list was discovered on the computer owned by Zarar Shah, Lashkar-e-Taiba’s communications chief and a key figure in the Mumbai attack who is in […]
Attack targeted a Shia funeral procession in Dera Ismail Khan. Curfew imposed, shoot on sight orders issued after violent riots ensued.
The Pakistani government must withdraw the Army from Swat, release all Taliban prisoners, withdraw any criminal cases, and clear the way for sharia in Swat under peace terms demanded by the Taliban.
US ‘troubled and confused™ about sharia deal: Holbrooke
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The Swat Taliban want the government to release its followers, drop all criminal charges, and withdraw the military. Jamaat-e-Islami demanded the implementation of sharia throughout all of Pakistan.Security forces killed 14 Taliban fighters in Bajaur. Punjab province ordered the closure of two facilities in Attack used by NATO supply convoys.
Gates Says NATO Help in Afghanistan May Be Largely Civilian
Al Qaeda Commander in Saudi Custody May Still Pose Threat From Prison
Thailand: Six soldiers wounded in Yala bombing
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb posted photographs of four of the six Western hostages currently being held by the terror group. Shown were the four vacationers kidnapped in Mali; the two Canadian diplomats kidnapped in Niger have not been shown.
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted 78-1 to cancel the lease agreement with the US on the Manas air base. The base is used to move supplies and men into Afghanistan. The US will have 180 days to vacate the base if President Bakiyev signs the bill.
Police arrested a suicide bomber in Kabul. Police and Coalition forces detained two members of an IED cell in Khost. The Republic of Georgia will send 100 soldiers to Afghanistan.
Interior Advisor Rehman Malik claimed Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and terror crime boss Dawood Ibrahim are currently not in Pakistan. Azhar was previously under ‘house arrest.’
An Iraqi soldier killed three other soldiers then committed suicide. A suicide car bomber killed one policeman in Mosul. Six civilians were wounded in IED attacks in Baghdad and Fallujah. Security forces detained three drug dealers in Dhi Qhar and a wanted man in Wasit.
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Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Bajaur. The Taliban bombed two schools in Swat and blew up the press club in South Waziristan. The Taliban will temporarily halt attacks in Bannu. The government said Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim are not in Pakistan.