Philippines
bu Sayyaf rejects Filipino troop pullout
Yearly Archives: 2009
Iran
US envoy: Don’t expect warmer relations with Iran
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Supreme Court ruled that President Karzai can stay in office until elections are held this summer. Ten Afghan soldiers and policemen and three Taliban fighters were killed during fighting and in IED attacks in Farah, Paktia, and Herat provinces. Afghan soldiers captured an IED facilitator in Farah.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Gates urges ISI to cut ties with Afghan extremists
Al Qaeda
The Post and Abu Zubaydah
Taliban capture 12 policemen in Khyber
The policemen were captured after a large Taliban force surrounded a police outpost near the Afghan border. The incident is the latest in a series of major strikes in the Peshawar region.
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Abu Sayyaf continues threats against hostages
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda’s spreading tentacles in West Africa opposed by traditional leaders
Pakistan
How security forces got the message loud and clear from man behind ‘Radio Taliban’
Somalia
Combined Task Force 151 hunts down pirates in the Gulf of Aden
Afghanistan
Remove Taliban leaders from UN blacklist: Karzai
Pakistan
The Taliban destroyed a vital bridge in Khyber and shut down NATO’s supply route to Afghanistan. Security forces killed 26 Taliban fighters in Mohmand and captured 4 more in Khyber. The government is expressing its displeasure with the new US strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. The military’s chief spokesman said claims of ISI links with […]
Afghanistan
US says could still avert Kyrgyz airbase closure
Taliban attack NATO supply lines in northwest Pakistan
A bridge in Khyber is severely damaged in a mortar attack while Taliban fighters rocketed a trucking terminal in Peshawar.
Somalia
President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed denounced al Qaeda’s call for his overthrow. “Al Qaeda has not taught us religion and they have nothing for us,” Ahmed said. Seven Somalis were killed after Hizbul Islam attacked a Mogadishu police station and took it over.
Somalia
President says AMISOM troops will stay until Somalia gets its own forces
Iraq
Three Iraqis were killed and 15 more were wounded after Iraqi forces detained an Awakening leader and one of his men on a judicial warrant in Baghdad. Five soldiers are said to have been captured. Security forces detained a Special Groups leader in Wasit province. One soldier and one policeman were wounded in clashes in […]
Afghanistan
Marines face big challenges in Afghanistan
Yemen’s three terror fronts
With al Qaeda active on three fronts in Yemen, a deadly suicide attack on tourists raises questions about the Yemeni government’s involvement.
Philippines
Twenty MILF fighters and seven soldiers were killed in fierce fighting near the town of Mamasapan. The fighting broke out after a force of 60 MILF fighters ambushed a military patrol. The battle took place only ten kilometers from the provincial capital where President Gloria Arroyo was visiting.
Al Qaeda
Jihadi dispute points to deeper radicalism among youths
Iraq
US general: American forces may not leave key Iraqi cities
Pakistan
US warns Pakistan on Taliban link
Germany
100 ‘dangerous™ Islamists in Germany
Pakistan
More than 70 Pakistanis were killed in a Taliban suicide attack in a mosque in Khyber. The Taliban attacked a trucking terminal in Peshawar, murdered two “US spies” in North Waziristan, battled security forces in Swat, and threatened to end the ceasefire in Darra Adam Khel. The US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff […]
Somalia
Lawless Somalia draws influx of foreign fighters
Somalia
Two people were killed during fighting in Mogadishu. The Ahlu Sunna Waljamea based in Bakool has joined government forces. It is estimated that more than 450 foreign fighters are allied with Shabaab. Priates hijacked two chemical tankers.
Afghanistan
The US outlined its plan to stabilize Afghanistan and defeat al Qaeda in Pakistan. Britain will send an additional 2,000 troops to Afghanistan. US and Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban fighters during raids on IED cells in Helmand and Uruzgan provinces. An Afgnan soldier killed two US troops then committed suicide.
Analysis: US outlines new Afghanistan strategy
The focus is on Pakistan’s sanctuaries, a troop and civilian “surge,” accelerating the growth of the Afghan security forces, reconciliation with the Taliban, improved governance, and international cooperation.
Afghanistan
White Paper of the Interagency Policy Group’s Report on US Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan