Pakistan
Pakistan to attack Taliban in bin Laden™s lair
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Afghanistan
Ambush at Afghan school in ‘Valley of Death’
Pakistan
A US strike in North Waziristan killed more than 25 Taliban fighters. A car bomb killed 11 people in Peshawar. The military claimed that 47 Taliban fighters were killed during fighting in Swat, Shangla, and Buner, six were killed in Khyber, and four were detained in Mardan. The defense minister said the operation in the […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: US bill links military aid to AQ Khan
Philippines
Fifty Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters raided a remote village in Sultan Kudarat province, captured twenty villagers, burned homes, and stole farm animals while they used the civilians as human shields against pursuing Army troops. Although MILF peacefully released the hostages after making an escape, an Army official cited the attack as evidence that the […]
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Uncertain fate for Red Cross worker held by Abu Sayyaf
Somalia
Sixteen people were killed as Shabaab and Ahlu Sunna Waljama battled for control over the town of Wabho in central Somalia. The Islamic Courts’ governor of Hiran survived two IED attacks in Beletwein, the provincial capital of Hiran. A curfew has been imposed in Beletwein.
Afghanistan
Three policemen and two Taliban fighters were killed during fighting in Farah province. The Taliban killed three civilians praying at a mosque during a rocket attack launched from Pakistan. Afghan and US forces detained eight Taliban fighters in Paktika province, killed one Taliban fighter and detained one more in Khost province, and detained a Taliban […]
Pakistan
Fear of Taliban influx in largest Pakistani city
Pakistan
How Pakistan Failed Itself
Iraq
US and Iraqi forces detained three members of Abu Khalaf’s Syrian-based facilitation network operating in northern Iraq. Iraqi forces detained two Naqshabandiya group members in Makhmour. Four Iraqis were killed in two IED attacks in Baghdad. A US soldier was killed in an IED attack in Basrah.
Pakistan
Bomb blast kills 10 in Peshawar
Pakistan
PM Gilani sacks DG Intelligence Bureau Shoaib Suddle
US, Iraqi forces target Syrian-based network
The raid targeted the foreign fighter facilitation network run by Abu Khalaf, who was designated as a global terrorist just days ago. Three of Khalaf’s aides were captured.
Pakistan
Could Taliban get keys to Pakistan’s A-bomb?
Pakistan
US Special Forces sent to train Pakistanis
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Militant ‘bomb maker’ arrested in Bangladesh
Al Qaeda
US releases Guantanamo detainee to France
Afghanistan
Taliban attack prison in eastern Afghanistan
US strikes Taliban, al Qaeda in North Waziristan
Nine operatives were killed and dozens more were wounded in a Predator airstrike on a madrassa and a vehicle in Mir Ali. The strike is the third this week.
Afghanistan
US predicts 50 percent spike in Afghan bombs
Pakistan
US drone attack kills four in North Waziristan
Pakistan
Pakistani military: ‘Mingora besieged, to be secured soon™
Pakistan
(Pakistan) Power supply suspended in Bajaur for last six days
Pakistan
Pakistan – ‘Taliban want sharia for material gains™
Pakistan
Pakistan™s policy on drones under fire in US Senate
Pakistan
The military claimed to have killed 55 Taliban fighters, including a TNSM shura member, in the northwest and three more in Mohmand. The government rejected talks with the TNSM. Three terrorists were detained in Lahore. More than 1.1 million internally displaced persons have registered in Pakistan’s northwest.
Pakistan
Pak govt controls just 38% of Taliban-infested NWFP: Survey
Heavy fighting continues in northwestern Pakistan
The military claimed more than 200 Taliban fighters have been killed over the past two days in Swat, Dir, Buner, and Shangla. The military also repelled an assault on a base in Peochar.
Somalia
The UN said there are more than 300 foreign fighters working with Shabaab in Somalia. The US accused Eritrea of “fanning the flames of violence” in Somalia. Sixteen Somalis were killed during fighting between Shabaab and Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca in Mahas and Wabho. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys rejected offers from the government to end the […]