Mullah Fazlullah, Swat leadership safe: Taliban spokesman
Spokesman Mullah Omar claimed the Swat Taliban’s leaders are safe and said they went underground at the onset of the Malakand operation.
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Afghanistan
Afghan base construction continues
Pakistan
The Taliban killed six policemen in Mansehra and three soldiers in Kohat. Security forces killed three Taliban fighters in Bajaur, one more in Dera Ghazni Khan, and captured 26 more in Swat and Malakand. Thirteen Pakistanis were the victims of targeted killings in Karachi.
Afghanistan
Afghan forces killed 19 Taliban fighters in Uruzgan province and four more in Baghlan province. US and Afghan forces killed a Taliban commander in Logar province and detained three Taliban fighters in Herat. The Taliban killed five British soldiers in southern Afghanistan, nearly assassinated the governor of Ghazni province, and overran the Bargimatal district in […]
Philippines
Abu Sayyaf released Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni. The military agreed to exchange for Vagni two captured wives and the children of senior Abu Sayyaf leader Albadar Parad. On Sunday, President Arroyo will meet with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to discuss terrorism issues.
Pakistan
Links with Taliban intact: Pakistan Army
North Korea
Report: NKorean army suspected over cyberattacks
Iran
TWT journalist tells of Iranian captivity
Iraq
Bombings in Mosul killed four civilians and a policeman; another policeman was killed in a shooting. Security forces detained eight wanted men in Diyala, eight terrorists in Baghdad, and two members of an IED cell in Kirkuk. Warrants have been issued for two Sunni politicians.
The Taliban
A military spokesman denied a report by CNN that Major General Abbas said the Pakistan government can broker a deal between the US and the Taliban. Maulana Abdul Aziz called for the imposition of sharia law and warned of a “bloody revolution” if the government refused to implement it.
Afghanistan
Eight British troops killed in Afghanistan
China
China raises Xinjiang death toll to 184
Thailand
Thailand: Police informant killed in Pattani shooting
India
A report issued by India’s Defense Ministry said there is “clear evidence” that the November 2008 terror assault on Mumbai was “was planned and launched by Pakistan.” “Pakistan™s history of military and quasi-military adventurism underscores the seriousness of the threat we face.”
Pakistan
Pakistan: Abdul Aziz cleric warns of ‘bloody revolution™
Pakistan
India: Mumbai attacks ‘launched by Pakistan’
Mali
Mali troops hunt for Al Qaeda militants: military source
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Soldiers rely on patience in the heat of battle against Taleban
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Somalia
Shabaab beheaded seven men in Baidoa for ‘crimes’ ranging from spying for the transitional government to being Christians. The beheadings were conducted in public. A soldier was killed in an IED attack in Mogadishu.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Five Al-Qaeda suspects arrested
Uzbekistan
Security forces detained 10 suspected terrorists after identifying the suicide bomber behind the May suicide attack in Anidjan. The bomber was identified as Kamoliddin Matkosimo. He was trained in Pakistan and recruited Uzbek workers in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Pakistan
The US killed three Taliban fighters in an airstrike on a communications center in South Waziristan. Mullah Fazlullah denied reports he was gravely wounded. Sixteen Taliban fighters and six security personnel were killed during clashes in Bajaur. Ten Taliban fighters and six security personnel were killed during clashes in Zhob. Thirty Taliban fighters were turned […]
US, Afghan forces strike at Haqqani Network in Afghanistan
A series of raids and a clash with the terror network in Ghazni and Khost provinces resulted in 22 fighters killed and two senior commanders captured.
The Taliban
Pakistan’s military spokesman said the government maintains contact with Mullah Omar, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Mullah Nazir, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, and is willing to broker negotiations with Omar if the US addresses Pakistan’s concerns with India. “By maintaining the contacts with the organizations like [Mullah Omar’s Taliban and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar] doesn’t mean that that state policy is […]
China
President Hu Jintao said the government will deal harshly with those responsible for the Uighur unrest. A senior communist party leader claimed that the government is working to “win the tough war of maintaining Xinjiang’s stability.” Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan compared violence in Xinjiang to genocide.
Iran
Ayatollah Kashani urged Iranians to remain vigilant against “enemy manipulations” and plots against the Islamic Republic. Protesters returned to the streets despite warning of a government crackdown. French President Sarkozy warned that an Israeli attack on Iran would be disastrous.
US strikes Taliban communications center in South Waziristan
Three Taliban fighters are reported killed during the latest airstrike in Baitullah Mehsud’s tribal areas.
Al Qaeda
Islamabad police captured Qari Ilyas Zain, who is described as a senior al Qaeda operative who was released from Guantanamo Bay. Zain is said to have been behind the 2008 bombing of the Luna Caprice restaurant in Islamabad in 2008. There is no record of a Qari Ilyas Zain being detained at Guantanamo.
Afghanistan
US and Afghan forces killed “several” Haqqani network fighters and detained two leaders and four associates during raids in Khost and Ghazni provinces. The Taliban killed three British soldiers during separate attacks over the past 24 hours and also killed two policemen in Samangan province.