Pakistan
Pakistan: 81 Razmak students, teachers rescued, 37 still missing
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda deputy criticizes Obama’s Egypt trip
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Extra troops to defeat mounting insurgency
United States
Yemeni prisoner in Guantanamo found dead
United States
Uyghur detainees at Gitmo compare US to Hitler
United States
Muslim suspect pleads not guilty in recruitment center shooting
Pakistan
Pakistan engineered Saeed Hafiz’s release with a weak case
Pakistan
Pakistan’s victories over the Taliban: Less than meets the eye
Pakistan
Hafiz Saeed verdict: Pakistan tells India not to interfere
Pakistan
US cancels trips to Peshawar over ‘threat™
Azerbaijan
A court is secretly trying two Lebanese men and four Azerbaijanis for involvement with a terror plot to attack the Israeli and US embassies, and the Gabala missile-detection radar station in the country’s north. The six men are accused of being “connected to” both Hezbollah and al Qaeda, a court spokesman said.
Afghanistan
US ‘must reduce Afghan deaths’
Iran
A senior Iranian official said that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini, and not the elected president of Iran, will decide on the direction of the country’s nuclear program and relations with the US. More than 30 people were detained after unrest in the southern city of Zahedan that resulted in the deaths of 10 people.
Hezbollah
Petraeus: Hezbollah will have no reason to exist
Iraq
You™ll never take me alive: fugitive Saddam deputy
Pakistan
The military said 21 Taliban fighters and three soldiers were killed in Swat. The interior minister claimed 1244 Taliban fighters including 26 commanders, and 89 soldiers have been killed in the operation in Swat, Dir, Buner, and Shangla. The military said 80 students and a teacher were freed in North Waziristan, while another 20 are […]
Lashkar-e-Taiba
The Lahore High Court ordered the release of Hafiz Saeed despite the government’s presenting evidence linking him to al Qaeda. Pakistan said India’s disappointment at Saeed’s release is “misplaced” and claimed India did not provide evidence that allowed Saeed to be detained. Saeed denied that his group has any links to the Mumbai assault.
Afghanistan
The most deadly US foe in Afghanistan
Iraq
Security forces detained 16 insurgents in Basrah, 15 wanted men in Karbala, and seven al Qaeda fighters in Abu Ghraib, and killed one terrorist and wounded another in Kirkuk. A US soldier was killed in an IED attack in Baghdad.
Afghanistan
British troops killed a senior Taliban commander during a helicopter strike in Helmand province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed six Taliban fighters in Paktika province and five more in Wardak province. The Taliban killed six civilians in a suicide attack in Bagram, four policemen in Kunduz, and one ISAF soldier in eastern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
UN begins training 35,000 Afghan police officers ahead of elections
Pakistani court orders release of Lashkar-e-Taiba leader
The Lahore High Court said Hafiz Saeed must be released from house arrest, despite seeing evidence that links him to al Qaeda.
Iraq
Khadamiyah shrine protected by ex-Mahdi Army fighters
Iran
Five reported killed in arson attack in southeastern Iran
Indonesia
Bali bombers’ lawyer joins election campaign
Pakistan
Interview of Taliban figure on VOA draws fire
Islamabad terrorist commander linked to Red Mosque leader
Fidaullah ran a terror camp in Hangu and was behind two suicide attacks against security forces in Islamabad. He has close links to Maulana Abdullah Aziz, and was arrested outside his home with a former member of parliament.
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Moro Islamic Liberation Front claims to rescue a foreign national in Philippines
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US-Philippine cooperation against Abu Sayyaf considered a model
Somalia
Eight people were killed and more than 50 were injured during fighting between government troops and Hizbul Islam in Mogadishu. Five policemen were killed and five civilians were wounded in an IED attack in Mogadishu. Ethiopian troops are conducting an operation in the mountains in Hiran province.