Monthly Archives: May 2009

Pakistan

| May 3, 2009

The Taliban said the Malakand Accord is all but dead as the government rushed the establishment of Islamic courts. The Taliban beheaded two government officials in Swat, wounded two soldiers in an IED attack in Landi Kotal, murdered a “US spy” in North Waziristan, and overran and destroyed a police station in Shangla. The military […]

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| May 3, 2009

Philippine government: Sulu province is not a haven for terrorists

Yemen

| May 3, 2009

Fears of Yemen turning into another Afghanistan

Somalia

| May 3, 2009

Al Qaeda-linked Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys refused to meet with Somalia’s Islamist president. “I cannot think of a reason to talk to Sheikh Sharif, who is being used to destroy Islamists in Somalia,” he said. A French naval vessel crew captured 11 Somali pirates who attempted to hijack the warship.

Afghanistan

| May 3, 2009

The head of the UN mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban to participate in the upcoming elections. The Taliban captured 14 Afghan soldiers and an interpreter in the Ghazi Abad district in Kunar Province. Four Afghans, including two children, were killed in an IED attack at a market in the Gereshk district in Helmand province. […]

Pakistan

| May 3, 2009

Taliban push in Pakistan served as wake-up call, Gates says

Iraq

| May 3, 2009

Gunfight breaks out as Iraqi soldiers try to arrest trade officials

Iraq

| May 3, 2009

A gunfight broke out after anti-corruption police backed by Iraqi troops attempted to detain senior officials in the Trade ministry, including the trade minister. Security forces detained 29 wanted men in Basrah, 10 al Qaeda fighters in Diyala and eight more in Fallujah, and a “dangerous wanted person” in Amarah. Two policemen were wounded in […]

Pakistan

| May 3, 2009

Pakistan attacks the Taliban – A real offensive, or a phoney war?

Iraq

| May 3, 2009

Iraqi forces arrest US-allied militia leader

Pakistan

| May 2, 2009

The government established Islamic courts in the Malakand Division. Sixteen Taliban fighters and two troops were killed after the Taliban assaulted a military post in Mohmand. A Taliban leader in Khyber surrendered to police. The Swat Taliban refused to surrender weapons.

Somalia

| May 2, 2009

Soldiers from President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed’s security detail sold armed trucks to Shabaab. Al Qaeda ally Hassan Dahir Aweys said the international community will not allow an Islamic government in Somalia and called for an end to assassinations in Mogadishu. The government sees a role for Aweys in reconciliation. A militia attacked a Shabaab base […]

Afghanistan

| May 2, 2009

Afghan commandos killed 19 Taliban fighters in the Helgal Valley in Kunar province’s Shakail Shatel district. Afghan and Coalition forces killed five Taliban in the Nahr Surkh District in Helmand province. Two policemen were killed and seven were wounded in an IED attack in Herat.

Iraq

| May 2, 2009

US military says Iraq has denied it access to alleged insurgent leader

Iraq

| May 2, 2009

Two US soldiers were killed south of Mosul; an Iraqi source said an Iraqi soldier killed the US troops. Security forces detained 24 insurgents in Diyala and an Awakening leader in Dalouiya. Seven Iraqis were wounded in IED attacks in Mosul and Kirkuk.

Pakistan

| May 2, 2009

Pakistan says it killed 50 Taliban in a clash, but residents say civilians died

Taliban attack outpost in Mohmand

| May 2, 2009

The military claimed the attack was repelled; the Taliban claimed it overran the outpost.
Two months ago, the military announced that Mohmand had been cleared of the Taliban.