Pakistan
Mutiny in 3 Pak infantry brigades?
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Al Qaeda
Bermuda protesters denounce Guantanamo decision
Pakistan
The military claimed 13 Taliban fighters were killed in Swat and Dir. The Taliban killed two policemen in Mardan and another in Peshawar. The military said Jani Khel in Bannu has been cleared. The pending operation against Baitullah Mehsud is called Rah-e-Nijat.
Iraq
A US soldier was killed in an IED attack near Samawah. Security forces detained 20 wanted men in Anbar and three more in Mosul, six al Qaeda fighters in Mandali, two Naqshabandiya fighters in Kirkuk, and an IED cell member in Samawah.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda military commander Qari Zai Rahman is reported to have been killed during clashes in Bajaur, and Tahir Yuldashev is reported to have been wounded during strikes in South Waziristan. The reports are unconfirmed.
Al Qaeda commanders reported killed, wounded in Pakistan
Qari Zia Rahman may have been killed in Bajaur, and Tahir Yuldashev is thought to have been wounded in South Waziristan.
India
Pakistan-India: Singh tells Zardari to ‘stop terrorists’
Iran
The Guardian Council said it may recount some of the votes as tens of thousands of protesters of rivals President Ahmedinejad and Mir Hossein Mousavi took to the streets. Seven demonstrators were killed by the IRGC-supported Basij militia. The US urged Iran to accept an invitation to nuclear talks.
Afghanistan
British forces to develop new Afghan Army training school
Pakistan
Anti-terrorism force
Afghanistan
Four Taliban fighters and an Afghan soldier were killed during a clash in Kunduz province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed “several” Taliban fighters and detained four more during a raid on a drug factory in Helmand province, detained four Haqqani Network fighters in Paktia province, and destroyed a drug and weapons cache in Uruzgan province. […]
Pakistan
Pakistan faces tough fight against Taliban chief, Mehsud
Thailand
Thai Buddhist beheaded
Pakistan
Waziristan: Militancy™s HQ
Pakistan
Mehsuds hedge bets as game on to isolate Baitullah
Afghanistan
Electricity transforms Kabul living
Al Qaeda
Life in paradise as Guantanamo Four take a dip, eat ice cream, and plan first Uighur restaurant in British territory of Bermuda
Afghanistan
US begins closing Kyrgyz base
Pakistan
The military said 31 Taliban fighters were killed in airstrikes in Mohmand and six more were killed in Bannu and Swat. Nine Taliban fighters and two soldiers were killed during a Taliban ambush in Lower Dir; four more Taliban fighters were killed by a lashkar in Upper Dir.
Europe
EU: Ministers urge probe of alleged Iranian poll fraud
Lebanon
Security forces broke up “a huge network of Al-Qaeda,” Brigadier General Jean Kahwaji, the commander of the Lebanese Army said. The group was plotting to “destabilise Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Gulf countries including Kuwait.” No further details on the cell were given.
Iran
Iran protest cancelled as leaked election results show Mahmoud Amadinejad came third
Europe
EU ready to help settle Guantanamo ex-detainees
Iraq
General Odierno said there is a “significant decrease in the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq in the last eight to 10 months.” Two Iraqis were killed and six were wounded in two bombings in Baghdad. A former army general was assassinated in Mosul. Security forces detained 11 suspected insurgents in Dhi Qhar.
Iran
More than 500,000 demonstrators have taken to the streets of Tehran and are organizing in other cities to protest the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mir Hussein Moussavi, Ahmadinejad’s rival, appeared in public, debunking reports he was arrested, and called for calm. Just one day after calling the outcome a “divine assessment,” Supreme leader Ayatollah […]
Afghanistan
126 Attacks in a Week in Afghanistan: MoI
Yemen
Nine foreigners kidnapped in Yemen found dead
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Forces to safeguard Helmand border
Afghanistan
General McChrystal has assumed command of Coalition forces in Afghanistan. US forces killed 23 Taliban fighters in Uruzgan province. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in southern Afghanistan and attacked musicians for playing at a wedding in Nangarhar province.
Pakistan says offensive against Baitullah Mehsud imminent
The governor of the Northwest frontier Province said the military will launch a “comprehensive and decisive operation” as the military evaluates the request. Airstrikes launched in Bannu, Arakzai, and Bajaur.