Twenty-one people, mostly civilians, were killed as the Taliban attack continues throughout Swat. The military said 15 Taliban fighters and 2 troops were killed after the Taliban attacked an outpost in Mohmand; six troops are missing. The house arrests of Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed and Colonel Nazir have been extended by two months; Amir Hamza […]
More than 50 Taliban have been reported killed during clashes in Farah and Kunar province. In Kunar, the remains of a US soldier who went missing after the Taliban assaulted an outpost have been found.
In preview of surge, US calms Afghan valley but peace is fragile
Troops, militants locked in intense fighting in Swat
Afghan troops killed 25 Taliban fighters after the Taliban executed three government workers in public in the Bala Boluk district in Farah province. Twenty-four Taliban fighters and five Afghan soldiers have been killed in heavy fighting in Ghazi Abad district in Kunar province. The remains of a US soldier who was listed missing since May […]
Pakistan: Militants™ bid for power
Security forces detained 37 insurgents in Diyala, 36 in Basrah, 12 in Amarah, and two more in Babil. The Iraqi Integrity Committee vowed to arrest senior Trade Ministry officials who evaded arrest. Members of Iraq’s parliament said Sunni parties are pressing for the release of jailed insurgents.
Gems, Timber and Jiziya: Pakistan’s Taliban Harness Resources to Fund Jihad
Shabaab and Hizbul Islam fighters attacked a compound run by Yusuf Indhaade, their former ally who broke away last month. Eritrea said it was “sick” of accusations that it was arming terrorists and said it does not recognize the new Somali government.
US soldiers in Afghanistan set up transmitters, hand out radios to Paktia residents
Mullah Salam Noorzai, a longtime senior Taliban military leader, is the latest Taliban commander killed in Helmand province. Noorzai served as the Herat IV Corps commander during the Taliban government prior to its ouster.
The Taliban took control of Mingora in Swat, killed one soldier, and destroyed a police station and a school. The Taliban killed five security officials in a suicide attack in Khyber and one policeman in a shooting in Hangu. Five soldiers and 10 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Buner, and one soldier was […]
Algeria, Mali, Niger, and Mauritania are planning to launch a major operation against al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in the Sahel region. Algeria has strengthened military ties with Mali and has started shipping supplies for the military.
US seeks Pakistan nuclear pledge
US will face a Taliban force unencumbered by borders
Officials reject allegations of proselytizing in Afghanistan
Being photographed, video taped is un-Islamic: TNSM chief
One soldier was killed in an ambush on a convoy; two policemen have been wounded and 46 security personnel are surrounded as the Taliban besiege a power grid station in Mingora.
Karzai ignored UN pleas on Afghan VP choice
Captured Afghanistan outpost torn down
Iraqi troops are receiving training on 120mm mortars while K9 training is underway for both Army and police units.
A suicide bomber killed 20 Afghans in an attack in Zabul province. A suicide bomber killed the mayor of Mehtarlam city, his driver, and two bodyguards in Laghman Province. Afghan forces killed senior Taliban leader Mullah Salam Noorzai and an aide and detained another during a raid in Now Zad district in Helmand province. The […]
Security forces detained 25 al Qaeda fighters in Jalawlaa, 13 wanted men in Karbala and 12 more in Basrah, and two Special Groups fighters in Sadr City and Adhamiyah. Two Iraqis were killed in two bombings in Baghdad. Insurgents killed a policeman in Mosul.
How to win in Afghanistan
Iraq says committed to US withdrawal timetable
Eritrea sick of Somalia arms accusations
Danish intelligence believes Amer Saeed, an Iraqi immigrant, was the chief suicide bomber recruiter for Northern Europe. Saeed worked with Moroccans to send bombers to al Qaeda in Iraq. Intelligence attempted to have him deported but he remains in Denmark on humanitarian grounds.
Revenge attacks in Swat for Lal Masjid: cleric
Muslim Khan said the Swat Taliban are retaliating against security forces and government officials, and will conduct attacks nationwide.
‘Witness for Jesus’ in Afghanistan