Pakistan
Dir, Buner operation to be halted after Darul Qadha: Mian Iftikhar
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Pakistan
US sends confusing signals to Pakistan
Pakistan
Now, US sees Pakistan as a cause distinct from Afghanistan
Afghanistan
US and Afghan troops killed 15 Taliban fighters, wounded 12, and detained one more after their convoy was ambushed in the Arghandab district in Zabul province. US and Afghan forces captured six Haqqani Network fighters in Paktia. Three US and two NATO soldiers were killed during an ambush in eastern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Report: Terror attacks up in Pakistan, Afghanistan
Iraq
Spike in Iraq violence is temporary: official
Iraq
April toll in Iraq the deadliest for seven months
Iraq
Iraq faces ‘havoc’ if reconciliation fails: deputy PM
Mali
Security forces captured four members of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb after a clash near the border with Algeria. The four men, who are from Algeria, Ghana, Mali, and Mauritania, were wounded when fighting broke out after security forces stopped their truck in the Sahara desert along a known smuggling route.
Iraq
The April death toll from attacks is the highest in seven months. Two US Marines and a sailor were killed in Anbar. A suicide bomber killed five civilians in Mosul. Iraqi forces killed two insurgents in Tikrit, and detained four wanted men in Maysan and a suicide bomber in Kirkuk.
Al Qaeda
Marri admits conspiring with Al-Qaeda operatives; faces up to 15 years
Taliban storm paramilitary outpost in Dir
Ten Levies troops were captured but then released after the Taliban overran their headquarters in the town of Dir. Al Qaeda urges Pakistanis to rebel.
Pakistan, Taliban battle for control of Buner
Heavy fighting is reported as both sides battle for control of the vital passes leading into the district.