Iraq
Basrah offensive was ‘turning point’ for Iraq, general says
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Afghanistan
US reconciliation offer ‘lunatic’: Taliban spokesman
Afghanistan
60 years on, NATO in crisis over Afghan war
Iraq
Monthly US death toll in Iraq lowest since beginning of war
Afghanistan
Four Taliban suicide bombers killed seven policemen and six civilians in an assault on Kandahar’s provincial government center. Thirty-one Taliban fighters were killed during a battle in the Kajaki district in Helmand province. A senior Taliban spokesman described US reconciliation efforts as a “lunatic idea.”
Taliban kills 13 in suicide assault on Kandahar government center
Three suicide bombers targeted a provincial meeting with tribal leaders. The strike is the latest in a series of complex attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.
Iraq
Security forces detained 75 insurgents in Basrah, 29 in Baghdad, 19 in Fallujah, five more in Hillah, and three members of a forgery ring in Baqubah. Mosul SWAT arrested the Muthana Battalion sharia judge and an associate. Ten Iraqis were wounded in a car bombing in Mosul.
US launches first strike in Arakzai tribal agency
Twelve are killed in a US Predator strike as the air campaign continues to expand beyond the traditional hunting grounds of North and South Waziristan and Bajaur.
Afghanistan
US surge troops see highway as road to freedom in Afghanistan