Yearly Archives: 2009

Afghanistan

| June 6, 2009

The Afghan government has spent only $6 billion out of $38 billion in international donations. Three civilians were killed in a suicide attack in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province. Nine Taliban fighters and one ISAF soldier were killed during fighting throughout the country. Security forces found a large cache of narcotics and weapons, […]

Iraq

| June 6, 2009

One policeman was killed and four more were wounded in a bombing in Fallujah. An Iraqi soldier was killed in a bombing in Diyala. Three Fallujah policemen and a Ramadi police chief were wounded during separate attacks in Anbar. Security forces detained six wanted men in Basrah and four Jaish al Islam fighters in Diyala.

Iraq

| June 5, 2009

Resistance will go on, Islamic nation won™t buy US speeches – Sadr

India

| June 5, 2009

Indian police detain Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik

Pakistan

| June 5, 2009

More than 40 Pakistanis were killed in a suicide attack at a mosque in Dir. Five soldiers were killed in IED attacks in South Waziristan. Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Swat, detained 12 more in Mohmand, and arrested the mastermind of the latest attack in Lahore. The government denied that Sufi Mohammed was […]

Al Qaeda

| June 5, 2009

Canada must bring home citizen with alleged Al Qaeda ties: judge

Somalia

| June 5, 2009

Ten Somalis were killed during fighting in Wabho, four were killed in Mogadishu, and two more were killed in a bombing in Beledweyn. Islamist forces targeted an African Union convoy in an IED attack in Mogadishu; no casualties were reported. Ethiopia admitted it has sent forces into western Somalia to conduct “reconnaisance” missions but said […]

Afghanistan

| June 5, 2009

Pentagon quietly sending 1,000 Special Operators to Afghanistan in strategy revamp

Pakistan

| June 5, 2009

Pakistan: Minister rejects reports of Sufi Mohammed’s arrest

Philippines

| June 5, 2009

Nine fighters from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and one civilian were killed in clashes in Maguindanao province. The soldiers attacked MILF camps after two Army bases were attacked by company-sized forces of MILF fighters. Abu Sayyaf released a Sri Lankan peace activist after nearly four months of captivity. The US is attempting to ensure […]

Italy

| June 5, 2009

Italian police issued arrest warrants for five members of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb accused of plotting terror attacks in the cities of Milan and Bologna. The men also recruit and train fighters for Iraq and Afghanistan and are thought to have been involved in terror activities in France, Spain, and Denmark.

Afghanistan

| June 5, 2009

Nineteen Taliban fighters, six policemen, and three children were killed during fighting in eastern Afghanistan; 15 of the Taliban fighters were killed in an assault on a base in Khost province. Afghan and Coalition forces detained seven Taliban fighters associated with operations in Helmand and Farah provinces during a raid in Marja in Nad Ali […]

Iraq

| June 5, 2009

Two US soldiers were killed in separate incidents in Kirkuk and Diyala provinces. Security forces detained 19 insurgents in Karbala, an al Qaeda leader behind the 2006 bombing at the Samarra mosque, and a gunman in Al Kut.

Pakistan

| June 5, 2009

US should not force help on Pakistan’s army: military official