Afghanistan
US begins closing Kyrgyz base
Yearly Archives: 2009
Pakistan
The military said 31 Taliban fighters were killed in airstrikes in Mohmand and six more were killed in Bannu and Swat. Nine Taliban fighters and two soldiers were killed during a Taliban ambush in Lower Dir; four more Taliban fighters were killed by a lashkar in Upper Dir.
Europe
EU: Ministers urge probe of alleged Iranian poll fraud
Lebanon
Security forces broke up “a huge network of Al-Qaeda,” Brigadier General Jean Kahwaji, the commander of the Lebanese Army said. The group was plotting to “destabilise Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Gulf countries including Kuwait.” No further details on the cell were given.
Iran
Iran protest cancelled as leaked election results show Mahmoud Amadinejad came third
Europe
EU ready to help settle Guantanamo ex-detainees
Iraq
General Odierno said there is a “significant decrease in the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq in the last eight to 10 months.” Two Iraqis were killed and six were wounded in two bombings in Baghdad. A former army general was assassinated in Mosul. Security forces detained 11 suspected insurgents in Dhi Qhar.
Iran
More than 500,000 demonstrators have taken to the streets of Tehran and are organizing in other cities to protest the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mir Hussein Moussavi, Ahmadinejad’s rival, appeared in public, debunking reports he was arrested, and called for calm. Just one day after calling the outcome a “divine assessment,” Supreme leader Ayatollah […]
Afghanistan
126 Attacks in a Week in Afghanistan: MoI
Yemen
Nine foreigners kidnapped in Yemen found dead
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Forces to safeguard Helmand border
Afghanistan
General McChrystal has assumed command of Coalition forces in Afghanistan. US forces killed 23 Taliban fighters in Uruzgan province. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in southern Afghanistan and attacked musicians for playing at a wedding in Nangarhar province.
Pakistan says offensive against Baitullah Mehsud imminent
The governor of the Northwest frontier Province said the military will launch a “comprehensive and decisive operation” as the military evaluates the request. Airstrikes launched in Bannu, Arakzai, and Bajaur.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Mission not yet accomplished
Philippines
Abu Sayyaf fighters ambushed a squad of Marines and National Police in Parang town in Sulu province, killing six troops and wounding ten. Police and militia rescued two abducted workers employed by a US-funded international development project in Mindanao within hours after they were abducted, thanks to prompt cooperation from local residents
India
India – Terrorists may have reached target cities: Intel sources
Pakistan
Pakistan – Taliban dupe 12-year-old into carrying bomb
Pakistan
Pakistan – Karachi in the eye of the Taliban storm
Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed victory crushes reform hopes in Iran
Al Qaeda
AL Qaeda – The Gadahn Factor
Pakistan
A US airstrike in South Waziristan killed five Taliban fighters. The Taliban killed nine civilians in a bombing in Dera Ismail Khan. The Pakistani military claimed 35 Taliban fighters were killed and 13 more were detained in Bannu, 30 were killed in airstrikes in Baitullah Mehsud’s hometown of Makeen, and nine more were killed in […]
Hezbollah
Hezbollah felicitates Ahmadinejad on vote
Iran
US Persian Gulf forces cautioned on Iran
Pakistan
Taliban tribesmen pledge to wipe out al Qaeda ally in Pakistan
Iran
Defeated Mousavi Asks for Cancellation of Iran’s Presidential Vote Result
Israel
Israeli aircraft target smuggling tunnels
Pakistan
Powerful Bomb Kills at Least 8 in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan orders offensive against Taliban chief
Philippines
Red Cross hostage alive amid clashes in Philippines
Yemen
Yemen says 7 Germans kidnapped in the north