US Marines killed more than 30 Taliban fighters during a shootout and subsequent airstrike on a compound in Helmand’s Garmsir district. One Marine was killed during the fighting in Helmand. Russia has agreed to allow NATO weapons shipments to pass through its territory.
Military helicopter crash kills 26 in NW Pakistan: Officials
Pak appeals against HC order freeing JuD chief Hafiz Saeed
Peace talks with MILF to resume in July
A Taliban leader responsible for training suicide bombers is reported to be among those killed during the pair of airstrikes in Baitullah Mehsud’s tribal areas.
Pakistan – Mastermind of suicide attacks killed near Tank
Pakistan – Anti-Taliban wave
Seven Somalis were killed during clashes between Hizbul Islam and government forces in northern Mogadishu. Ethiopian troops have moved near Beledweyn in central Somalia. President Sharif accused Shabaab and Hizbul Islam of using child soldiers in Somalia. “Terrorists spend effort to trick young children…Al Qaeda is involved in this,” Sharif said.
Ahmadinejad’s campaign manager claimed the president won the election fairly. The Guardian Council closed the file on the post-election review. The Justice minister said that Iran’s enemies’ efforts to “distort” the election were fruitless. Iranian security forces arrested seven “anti-revolutionary elements” in northern Iran.
Taliban leader Fazlullah killed in Swat strikes?
A Waziri tribal leader said Mullah Nazir would sit out the fighting in South Waziristan; Nazir denied the report. The military killed 23 Taliban in Swat and moved troops to the border of Afghanistan’s Helmand province. The Taliban wounded 37 civilians in a suicide attack on a bus used by a nuclear facility in Rawalpindi, […]
At least three Somali Americans living in Minneapolis reportedly have been indicted for recruiting more than 20 young men to fight for al Qaeda-linked Shabaab in Somalia. One of the recruits became a suicide bomber. The indictments are reportedly still sealed and may be released in the next few weeks.
Somali-Americans accused of Al Qaeda ties indicted on terror charges, sources say
Top British officer among soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Pakistan: Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud behind bus attack
A profile of the late Qari Zainuddin Mehsud -Waziristan militant and opponent of Baitullah Mehsud
A deputy to Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani, Qods Force’s commander, was designated for directly supporting the Mahdi Army Special Groups activity inside Iraq.
The Haqqani Network captured a US soldier who left his post in Paktika province. US Marines and Afghan troops took control of the Khanishin district in Helmand province during the first day of a large scale operation in southern Afghanistan.
US opens ‘major Afghan offensive’
Pakistan: Taliban switches to NATO convoy attacks in southwest
Five Iraqis were killed and 30 were wounded in bombings in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Fallujah, and Mosul. Iraqi security forces detained seven insurgents in Baghdad, Salahadin, and Diyala. The Sadrist movement called for an end to attacks in cities where the US has withdrawn its forces.
Mullah Sangeen Zadran, a senior lieutenant to Sirajuddin Haqqani, took credit for the kidnapping and said the soldier’s fate is in the hands of the Taliban leadership.
Pakistan elder killed by gunmen
Pakistan – Tribesmen to quit Levies, Khasadars after Taliban threat
Four terror leaders are singled out, while Pakistani terror groups in Kashmir and the Northern Areas are thriving.
The military said 28 Taliban fighters were killed in Khyber and five more were killed in Bannu. Twenty-eight Taliban fighters and seven tribesmen were killed in Kurram. The Taliban killed a policeman in Hangu and a civilian in Dera Ismail Khan, and bombed a school in Bajaur. A suicide bomber killed himself in Peshawar.
US seeks European funds, troops for Afghanistan
Bombs Away: Pakistani Taliban Under Fire
Odierno: Troop levels to drop to 120,000
General Jones said US troop levels will not be increased, and the emphasis will be placed on economic development, governance, and greater Afghan participation in security operations. Two ISAF soldiers were killed and six more were wounded in an IED strike in southern Afghanistan. Coalition forces killed a local Taliban commander in Jawzjan province.