Afghanistan
In recruiting an Afghan militia, US faces a test
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Afghanistan
US says new troops push Taliban away from Kabul
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We™re sick of war: a Taliban leader risks his life to point out a new route to peace
Pakistan
With shariah in Swat, Army action will be justified
Pakistan
China leans on Pakistan to deal with militants
Pakistan
American Al Qaeda operative says Western countries™ economies ‘on the brink of failure’
Pakistan
The TNSM will seek to impose sharia in other parts of Pakistan. The Swat Taliban said it would not carry arms in public areas but will not turn in its weapons. Sufi Mohammed said the Swat Taliban are immune from prosecution for past crimes. The Taliban took a Sikh leader hostage in Arakzai.
Terrorists rally in Swat, march through region
The Malakand Accord has boosted the Taliban and al Qaeda in the Swat Valley and beyond. New training camps are being established and recruitment is up as the Taliban flaunts its power.
Hezbollah
Cairo labels Hezbollah chief ‘war criminal’
Iran
Iran working on new rockets
Lebanon
US to donate unmanned military aircraft to Lebanon
Al Qaeda
Siraj Haqqani said Osama bin Laden is alive and directing al Qaeda’s war against the West and Middle Eastern and Asian governments. “It has been a long time since I lost contact with Al-Qaeda’s leader, but I know he is still alive and leading Al-Qaeda combatants against foreign forces.”
Afghanistan
The Taliban in Nimroz province murdered a couple for planning to elope. A Canadian soldier was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar. One policeman was killed during a Taliban attack on a checkpoint in Herat province. Iran offers to train the Afghan police.
Iraq
Awakening fighters abandoned 10 checkpoints in Babil after not being paid; the men were replaced with Iraqi soldiers. Security forces detained 73 insurgents in Basrah, 17 in Fallujah, and five more in Diyala, defused seven bombs in Baghdad, and found a large cache of rockets in Fallujah. Al Qaeda bombed four homes in Baqubah.
Iraq
US troops could stay in Mosul past June 30
Hezbollah
A Hezbollah cell leader captured in the Sinai admitted to plotting three suicide attacks against Israeli tourists inside Egypt. Sami Shihab, the cell leader, said the attacks were to be carried out simultaneously and were designed to avenge the death of former Hezbollah military commander Imad Mugniyah.
Somalia
Ten people were killed after Islamist fighters and African peacekeepers exchanged mortar fire in Mogadishu on April 12. Two more people were killed after Shabaab fired mortars at the Mogadishu airport as a US congressman was departing. Leaders of the influential Hawiye clan said they have been threatened for participating in the peace process.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan fears Swat deal may harm its security
Gulf of Aden
Somali pirates seized four more ships and captured 60 hostages over the past 24 hours. Pirates vowed to kill future US and French hostages after special operations forces killed several pirates. “We have decided to kill US and French sailors if they happen to be among our future hostages,” a pirate said.
Pakistan
Taliban recruiting anew in Swat
Pakistan
Taliban consolidating grip in Buner
Pakistan
Clashes end lull in South Waziristan
Pakistan
Allied militants threaten Pakistan™s populous heart
Somalia
Somali militants fire at US lawmaker
Pakistan
Taliban using mosques as recruitment centres
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, soldiers bridge 2 stages of war
Afghanistan
US troops to ramp up operations in S. Afghanistan
Afghanistan
US offers basic training to Afghan police
Afghanistan
Massive anti-polio campaign in Afghan restive regions
Pakistan
President Zardari signed the bill that implements sharia in the Malakand Division into law after Parliament voted in favor. The Taliban have taken full control of Buner and bombed a girls’ school in Bannu. Security forces detained Badshah Din, Baitullah Mehsud’s aide in Karachi, and killed a Taliban leader in Mohmand. Polio vaccinations were canceled […]