Lebanon
Hezbollah has accepted defeat in yesterday’s national elections. After a final tally of votes, the anti-Syrian March 14 alliance took 71 of the 128 seats in parliament. The Hezbollah-led alliance had been widely expected to win the election.
Yearly Archives: 2009
Somalia
Embattled Somali president foregoes Italy summit
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Retaking the Taliban-controlled districts depends on IEC decision
Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 40 Taliban fighters during a month-long operation in the Ghormach district of Faryab province. One ISAF soldier was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan and two German soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Kunduz province. The Taliban torched a school in the Balablok district in Farah […]
Afghanistan
Erratic Afghan forces pose challenge to US goals
Pakistan
ISI maintains link with militant commanders, says Musharraf
Pakistan
Pakistanis turn backs on ‘erring’ Taliban
Iraq
Terrorists killed seven Iraqis and wounded 24 more during a bombing on a bus in a Shia neighborhood in Baghdad. Security forces detained 10 wanted men in Basrah and six more in Diyala, and killed one insurgent and detained five more in Fallujah.
Russia
Doku Umarov may have been killed. The Interfax news agency claimed an unidentified contact in a Russian law enforcement agency confirmed his death. Interfax stated that tests are being conducted on the remains to confirm the identification. This may be a false report; in the past, Russia has claimed deaths of top-level rebels only to […]
Somalia
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys spoke to the media hours after he was reported dead during fighting in Wabho, and said he would hold a press conference on June 8. Sheik Hassan Turki, the leader of the Shabaab-linked Ras Kamboni Brigade, is rumored to have been wounded or killed during the same battle.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Terrorism and piety
Pakistan
Former militant renounces extremism
Iran
Zahra Rahnavard demands apology from Iran™s President Ahmadinejad
Lebanon
The anti-Syrian March 14 coalition won a decisive victory over Hezbollah’s March 8 coalition. March 14 won 70 of 128 seats in parliament in a national election that saw very little violence. International observers said the elections were fair.
Pakistan
Tribes in Dir killed 13 Taliban fighters while thousands of tribal fighters surrounded 300 more Taliban. Security forces killed four Taliban in Swat and killed two civilians for violating a curfew in Mardan, and detained a senior Taliban bomber in Karachi. Clashes in Karachi killed 13 people. The Taliban killed a relative of a member […]
Iraq
The ex-trade minister accused of corruption has been released on bail. Security forces detained five insurgents near Basrah and two more in Fallujah. A policeman was wounded in an IED attack in Fallujah.
Afghanistan
Paktika governor: Pakistanis attack Afghan troops
Afghanistan
Taliban attacks kill one civilian and wound another
Afghanistan
US and Afghan forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in a battle in Zabul province; five policemen, four security guards, and another Taliban fighter were killed in clashes throughout the country. The commander of the Tora Bora Military Front was reportedly arrested in Peshawar. Gulbudin Hekmatyar denied talks with the government.
Report: Tora Bora Front leader captured in Peshawar
Anwarul Haq Mujahid, the son of famed mujahedeen commander Yunis Khalis, is reportedly in Pakistani police custody and is being interrogated. The report has not been confirmed.
Tribes target Taliban in Dir after mosque bombing
Locals killed 17 Taliban fighters and attacked their homes after Friday’s deadly suicide attack at a mosque that killed more than 40 people.
Philippines
An Abu Sayyaf commander, Alimari Alamirul, was killed in fighting in Basilan province. After three days of intense fighting that culminated in the capture of a Moro Islamic Liberation Front camp, 30 rebel fighters have been killed and twenty wounded in Maguindanao province.
Afghanistan
The Taliban will ‘never be defeated™
Somalia
Reports indicate 123 people were killed in the battle between the pro-government Ahla Sunna Waljamaca and Shabaab and Hizbul Islam in the town of Wahbo. An Ahla Sunna Waljamaca spokesman said Hizbul Islam leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was killed in the fighting, but Hizbul Islam denied the report.
Iran
Iran hangs two Jundallah men
Pakistan
Pakistani Army to stay in Swat indefinitely, says ISPR
Pakistan
TNSM, Pakistani Taliban leaders develop differences
Pakistan
Two senior TNSM leaders and a soldier were killed in a Taliban ambush in Malakand. A suicide bomber killed two policemen in Islamabad. Locals in Dir killed four Taliban. Security forces detained 60 Taliban fighters at refugee camps and eight more in Mohmand, and captured four terrorists in Lahore and Kohat.
United States
Now, Gilani too wants N-deal
Iraq
US troops have pulled out of 80 pct of bases in Iraqi cities