Sufi Mohammed ‘hates democracy’ and calls for global Islamic rule
The main figure behind the Malakand peace accord has agreed to hunt Indian intelligence agents in Pakistan’s Taliban-infested northwest while denouncing democratic rule.
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Pakistan
Pakistani embassy in Washington says ISI playing pivotal anti-terror role, rejects aspersions
Afghanistan
Afghan situation depend on Pakistan: US general
Pakistan
Pak-Taliban truce rings alarm bells in New Delhi
Niger
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the December 2008 kidnappings of two Canadian diplomats and the January 2009 kidnappings of four European tourists. “We announce to the general public that the mujahideen reserve the right to deal with the six kidnapped according to Islamic Shariah law,” a spokesman said in a videotape.
Pakistan
Reporter shot after peace rally in NW Pakistan
Afghanistan
The US has authorized 8,000 Marines and 9,000 soldiers to deploy to Afghanistan by the summer. The Afghan government has granted amnesty to 60 former Taliban fighters who claimed they had been coerced or tricked into fighting. British troops destroyed four drug labs during a large operation in Helmand province.
Afghanistan
Afghan militia gears up to fight the Taliban
Iraq
Iraq: Troops in Iraq find recently made Iranian munitions
Iraq
Security forces detained 25 wanted men in Diyala, 14 in Baghdad, six in Mosul, and six more in Basrah. A local official was arrested in Wasit. One policeman was killed in Mosul and a politician was killed in Baghdad.
Iraq
Iraq election results out on Thursday
Analysis: Pakistan peace agreement cedes ground to the Taliban
Pakistan’s senior leaders have endorsed a peace agreement that imposes sharia on a large area of the northwest and ends military operations in Swat. The Taliban will use this agreement to further consolidate its control.
Algeria
Islamist leader predicts mass election boycott in Algeria
United Kingdom
The upper house of the British parliament ruled that Abu Qatada can be deported back to Jordan where he faces jail for terrorism charges. Qatada is considered the spiritual leader of al Qaeda in Europe and is thought to sit on the terror group’s committee that passes religious edicts.
Iran
Iran: Blast hits mosque in southeast
Iraq
Volatile Anbar province a test of Iraq’s future
Pakistan
The Taliban get their first wish
Pakistan
Pakistan lends support for US military strikes
Afghanistan
Afghans turn new page as US sends more troops
Pakistan
Cleric leads ‘peace march’ through Pakistan’s Swat
Pakistan
Pakistan: ‘Democracy is a system of Kufr™: Sufi Mohammad
Pakistan
Sufi Mohammed said he hates democracy and said Afghanistan’s Taliban government was an “ideal example for other Muslim countries.” Four civilians were killed and 18 were wounded in a bombing in Peshawar. Six Taliban were killed in Bajaur and three were captured in Lahore. The Taliban ordered CD and barber shops in Charsadda to close.
Pakistan
Pakistan-Taliban peace deal shocks and worries West
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s perilous roads: Allies struggle to find safer supply routes
Afghanistan
Mini-surge to test out US strategy in Afghanistan
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Ten Years After Terror’s Arrival In Central Asia
Senior insurgent commander in Herat thought killed in strike
Ghulam Yahya Akbari, the “Tajik Taliban,” was reported killed with an estimated fifteen of his followers. Akbari was once an ally of the Karzai regime and served as a provincial minister in Herat.
Afghanistan
Obama OKs 17,000 more US troops for Afghanistan
Pakistan
US privately backs Pakistan’s ‘sharia law for peace’ deal with Taliban
Afghanistan
Coalition forces killed a Hezb-e-Islam Gulbuddin commander and other Taliban commanders near Gozara district in Herat province. Afghan Army commandos killed five Taliban fighters in Farah province. Afghan and US forces detained two Taliban fighters in Khost province. US troops on patrol in Kandahar province accidentally killed two civilians after their vehicle failed to heed […]