Pakistan
India-Pakistan peace talks on hold until terrorist activities are stopped: Singh
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Pakistan
Text of Pakistan-India joint statement
Iraq
Al Sadr agrees to reengage in Coalition
Iraq
Eighteen Iraqis were wounded in an IED attack in northern Baghdad. Three policemen were wounded in a car bombing in Mosul. Security forces detained 11 wanted men in Basrah, five in Amarah, and one more in Tal Afar.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: US military leaflets call for tips in kidnap case
Afghanistan
NATO Afghanistan commander concerned about north and west
Afghanistan
The Haqqani Network threatened to kill the captured US soldier if operations continued in Paktika and Khost provinces. A suicide bomber killed three policemen in Nimroz province. US and Afghan forces killed two Taliban fighters and detained four more in Kunar province, and detained 10 Haqqani Network fighters in Ghazni, Khost, and Paktika provinces.
Haqqani Network threatens to execute captured US soldier
Mullah Sangeen, a senior commander in the Haqqani Network, threatened to kill a captured US soldier unless Coalition forces end operations in two districts in Paktika and Ghazni provinces in eastern Afghanistan.
Caucasus
Chechnya: Estemirova’s death raises questions about Kadyrov’s power
Iran
Mirhossein Moussavi is to appear in public at Friday prayers in Tehran. Gholam-Reza Aqazadeh resigned as head of government’s Atomic Energy Organization. Armenia declared a national day of mourning for the victims of yesterday’s deadly plane crash in Iran.
Pakistan
UN worker killed in Pakistan kidnap bid
Afghanistan
West stares into Afghan abyss
Pakistan
Security forces killed 28 Taliban fighters in Swat and Mohmand and five more Taliban and two civilians in South Waziristan; one soldier was killed during the clashes. The Taliban killed two Frontier Corps troops in Bannu and bombed a police checkpost in Mardan. Six Taliban surrendered to a peace committee in Mohmand and eight more […]
India
Seven locations in the state of Maharashtra have been placed under high alert after intelligence detained a Pakistani terrorist in Kashmir. The detainee had photographs of seven locations in his possession, including a bank and train stations in Mumbai. Officials believe another attack might be launched by sea as was the November 2008 strike in […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: Hard decisions
Pakistan
Pride and hardship of Waziristan displaced
Germany
German intel denies Iran nuclear report
Lebanon
UNIFIL: Lebanese arms cache a ‘serious violation’ of ceasefire
Iran
Iran – Mousavi: Protesters™ blood will not go in vain
Iraq
Six Iraqis, including two policemen, were killed and 16 more were wounded in a bombing in Ramadi. Five Iraqis were killed and 28 were wounded in a bombing in Sadr City. Security forces detained seven wanted men in Basrah, seven terrorists in Nasiriyah, and three al Qaeda fighters in Wasit, and destroyed an explosive factory […]
Palestinian Territories
Palestinians ban Al-Jazeera over plot allegations
Iran
Iran could have atomic bomb within 6 months
Somalia
Somalia moves to free French agents
Pakistan
Swat diary: ‘Taliban defeated’
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban prisoners flee custody
Pakistan
Swat erupts again, 30 militants killed in Pakistan
India
India – Manmohan moots convention on international terrorism
Afghanistan
New courthouses promote rule of law in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
Ayman al Zawahiri again urged Pakistanis to fight against the United States and the Pakistani government for backing the “Crusade” and asked Muslims to donate to al Qaeda. “The current ruling class in Pakistan is lining up under the cross of the modern Crusade and competing for American bribes,” Zawahiri said. “Hence, the actual ruler […]
China
China alerted its citizens in Algeria after al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb threatened to take revenge for the recent deaths of Muslim Uighurs during protests and riots in Urumqi. A Chinese diplomat in Jakarta stated that unrest in Urumqi is “just a brawl between several groups of people…There is no ethnic violence in the […]