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Yearly Archives: 2009
Afghanistan
US denies seeking to bypass Afghanistan’s Karzai
Israel
U.N. report condemns Israel for Gaza operation
Iraq
Disarm or leave, Iraq’s Talabani tells PKK
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed one policeman in an attack on a Special Branch station in Islamabad. Intelligence indicates Baitullah Mehsud has dispatched more than 20 Uzbek suicide bombers to Pakistan’s major cities. The Taliban murdered two “US spies” in North Waziristan, and bombed a girls’ school in Mardan. Security forces detained nine extremists in Khyber.
Pakistan
Policeman dies in suicide blast at Islamabad police station
Somalia
Sheikh Omar Iman Abu Bakar was ousted as the leader of Hizbul Islam for breaking the rules of the party; Sheikh Mohamed Hassan Amey is the group’s new leader. Fighters from Hizbul Islam destroyed graves of Sufi Muslims in Bakol as the graves are “un-Islamic.” Somalia™s prime minister regretted the information minister’s call for more […]
Thailand
Eleven people, including two police officers and a member of a bomb squad, were wounded by two bombs planted by Muslim insurgents at a food market and a coffee shop in Narathiwat province. Four paramilitary troops were killed in an ambush in Pattani province on March 20.
Philippines
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair met with President Arroyo to discuss the resumption of peace talks with MILF while the military warned of the possibility of further bombings conducted by MILF in Mindanao. Seventeen Filipino seamen were reported captured by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
Lebanon
Palestinian official killed by car bomb in South Lebanon refugee camp
Afghanistan
A Coalition airstrike killed a senior Taliban leader and nine associates in northern Helmand province. President Obama said the US must have an “exit strategy” for Afghanistan. The US and its European allies may seek to bypass President Karzai by creating the post of prime minister.
Iraq
Twenty-five Iraqis were killed in a suicide attack at a Kurdish funeral in Jalawlaa. One policeman was killed and four policemen and five civilians were wounded in separate suicide bombings in Mosul. Security forces detained 30 insurgents in Maysan, 17 in Basrah, and 12 more in Baghdad, 10 al Qaeda fighters in Diyala, and two […]
Somalia
Somalia: Al-Qaeda’s next battleground
Coalition strike kills senior Taliban leader in Helmand
Maulawi Hassan and nine associates were killed in an airstrike in northern Helmand province as fighting intensifies in southern Afghanistan.
Iraq
Iraq fired 62,000 accused of corruption: Minister
Iraq
About half Iraqi prisoners ‘dangerous’: US
Afghanistan
US to put exit strategy in Afghanistan policy
Pakistan
Pakistani villagers pay a price for defying rebels along Afghan border
Pakistan
DNA profiles of suspected Mumbai terrorists given to Interpol
Kashmir
Gun battles kill 10 in Indian Kashmir
Iraq
US troop withdrawal through Turkey may get PM’s OK
Yemen
The Coalition of Mareb and Al Jawf Tribes Council warned against US military action in the country and said a backlash might follow against US interests worldwide. “There are no shelters and camps to house and train al Qaeda militants in the four Yemeni provinces,” the statement said, noting that such accusations are “politically motivated […]
Afghanistan
US seeks to include Taliban in Afghan politics
Pakistan
US CENTCOM adviser sees Pakistan in danger
Pakistan
Most Al Qaeda plots linked to Pakistan: Brown
Saudi Arabia
Hardline Saudi clerics urge TV ban on women
Pakistan
The government released 14 more Taliban prisoners in Swat. The Taliban ordered NGOs to leave Swat, forced the closure of a family planning center in Dir, bombed a girls’ school in Mardan, and fired rockets at a police station in Dera Ismail Khan. The military destroyed two extremist hideouts in Khyber.
Somalia
Shabaab’s information minister in Kismayo welcomed Osama bin Laden’s call to overthrow the new government and said Shabaab will maintain links with al Qaeda. Hawiye clan leaders, prominent clerics, and the government’s information minister rejected the call for more foreign troops to be deployed in Somalia. The government denied reports that soldiers surrendered to Shabaab.
Afghanistan
Afghan officials in drug trade cut deals across enemy lines
Afghanistan
US and Afghan troops killed five Taliban fighters in Kunduz; the town mayor claimed five civilians were killed. Two ISAF soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan. One civilian contract worker was killed and six were wounded in a rocket attack on Kandahar Air Field. Afghan troops detained 22 Taliban fighters in Kandahar province.