Pakistan
US denies giving combat assistance to Pakistan
Yearly Archives: 2009
Pakistan
Security forces and tribesmen killed 28 Taliban fighters in Swat and Dir. Police detained four terrorists in Karachi and Islamabad and another in Lahore. The Taliban killed a policeman in Peshawar and one solider and three women in Mohmand. The Peshawar airport was shut down after a terror threat.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Tribesmen on their own
Iraq
Security forces killed a suicide bomber in Baghdad and detained 20 wanted men in Basrah and a suspect in the murder of a senior Sunni parliamentarian in Baghdad. Courts will prosecute 115 Interior Ministry employees on various charges.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three Danish soldiers in an IED attack in Helmand province and murdered an Afghan official in Kunduz province. The National Directorate of Security freed two al Jazeera reporters after detaining them three days ago.
Pakistan
Pakistan troops battle Taliban in the Sakhra Valley
Spain
Spain could take 5 Guantanamo inmates: report
Afghanistan
General McChrystal’s new way of war
Analysis: Waziristan operation to focus on Baitullah Mehsud
The Pakistani military appears to have a limited objective in the pending operation in South Waziristan. The Haqqani Network and Taliban leaders Hafiz Gul Bahadar and Mullah Nazir are not being mentioned by Pakistani officials, and efforts are underway to keep them out of the fight.
Afghanistan
Help us or we’ll grow opium, say Afghan villagers
Mali
The Mali Army attacked an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb base in the Timetrine region along the border with Algeria. “There were several dead on their side and we seized ammunition, destroyed vehicles,” an Algerian security official said.
Iran
Israel: ‘Iran will have nuclear bomb by 2014’
Pakistan
Pakistani public opinion appears to turn against Taliban
Pakistan
Mutiny in 3 Pak infantry brigades?
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