Afghanistan
Dutch withdrawal from Afghanistan harbinger of Canadian dilemma
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Philippines
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front announced that it will not return to peace talks with the government unless a mediator is found, although the chief negotiator for MILF ordered his fighters to halt hostilities beginning this Saturday. Three people, including an infant, were killed when Abu Sayyaf terrorists gunned them down while they were riding […]
Pakistan
Pak can use US aid only against Taliban and al Qaeda: Senate
Hizb ut-Tahrir
Police arrested nearly 200 members of Hizb ut-Tahrir during simultaneous raids throughout the country. Police confiscated documents that linked the suspects to the banned group during the raids, which took place in 23 provinces.
Pakistan
Twenty-one Taliban fighters and one soldier were killed during clashes in Dir and Swat. Security forces detained a Lashkar-e-Islam fighter in Khyber and an Indian national in Bannu. The interior minister said Baluch rebels are training in Afghanistan.
Iraq
Prime Minister Maliki said the US may extend its presence in Iraq; President Obama said the troops would leave by the end of 2011. Security forces detained 30 suspected insurgents in Ramadi and two Special Groups fighters in Maysan. Insurgents killed one Iraqi soldier in Mosul and one civilian in Biaaj.
Afghanistan
US stops giving militant death tolls in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces captured a “key Haqqani facilitator” and five associates in Khost province and killed “several enemy combatants” in Ghazni province, and killed three more in Balkh province. The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers during attacks in southern Afghanistan.
Pakistan
Delayed offensive wears at Pakistan’s antiterror credibility
Iran
Government hardliners pressured for President Ahmadinejad to dismiss his top deputy. Iranian security forces disbanded a PJAK cell in Orumieh. The Iraqi trade delegation arrived in Iran for a three-day business tour.
Pakistani jihadis deny Osama bin Laden’s son killed
The Taliban commanders said Sa’ad is fighting in Afghanistan and no members of Osama’s inner circle have been killed.
Pakistan
Death Report of Bin Laden Son Believable
Afghanistan
Abdullah Emerges as Karzai™s Chief Rival in Afghan Race
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Air Force Envisions an Expanded Use of Drones
Hezbollah
Hezbollah arms cache violated UN embargo: US
Pakistan
Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Swat and captured two men transporting weapons in Nowshera. A curfew has been imposed in regions in North Waziristan. Security forces are targeting Baitullah Mehsud™s network with “precision,” the interior minister said.
Philippines
President Arroyo ordered the military to halt its offensives against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, to set the stage for the resumption of peace talks for the first time since last year. The military will continue to hunt down rogue MILF commanders, and has transferred hundreds of troops for a new offensive against Abu Sayyaf […]
Pakistan
Revenge killings may push Swat towards civil war
Indonesia
Police detained Ariana Rahma in connection with last week’s terrorist attack in Jakarta. Rahma is married to Malaysian explosives expert Noordin Mohammad Top, the leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah-linked Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad, who is suspected of providing the bomb-making materials for the attack. Police also released sketches of two male suspects, while Malaysian police detained […]
Iraq
Maliki opens door to US military presence in Iraq after December 2011
Afghanistan
Troops say unfit linguists being recruited for Afghanistans
Afghanistan
German, Afghan offensive in north targets IMU
Tajikistan
Tajik official says security stabilizing in east
Pakistan
Pakistan should fight all terrorists with ‘same force’: India
Afghanistan
Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan requires new thinking
Iraq
Americas – Iraq PM admits US troops may stay
Swat Taliban leader ‘alive, healthy and has never been wounded’ – spokesman
Shah Doran, Fazlullah’s deputy, has been reported killed. Muslim Khan, the spokesman for Fazlullah, said the Taliban are prepared to retake Swat.
United States
Unmanned aircraft take on increased importance
Pakistan
US focuses new intelligence effort on Taliban
Pakistan
Analysis: Drone strikes begin to turn the tide