Seven Afghan soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Khost province. Four civilians were killed and six were wounded in an IED attack in Helmand province. Afghan and British forces have launched an operation in the Kanishin area of Helmand province.
Somali extremists said recruiting in US
A former Guantanamo detainee, Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, is now one of the Taliban’s main commanders in southern Afghanistan. Rasoul is reportedly in charge of countering America’s surge of forces in Afghanistan.
Somalia’s council of ministers on Tuesday endorsed a plan to introduce sharia, or Islamic law, in the country, a key demand by Islamists who are opposed to the government. Germany’s navy handed over nine suspected Somali pirates to Kenyan authorities.
Bomb kills 4 civilians in southern Afghanistan
US halted some raids in Afghanistan
Army has to do something: Musharraf
The Army and Rangers have deployed in Punjab province to disrupt the Long March. Police have begun arresting members of the opposition, including Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, and Imran Khan. Security forces claimed to have killed 35 Taliban fighters in Dara Adam Khel.
Mullah Abdullah Zakir, the Taliban’s top operations officer in southern Afghanistan, was a detainee at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility. The US released Zakir and 12 other Taliban fighters to Afghan custody in December 2007. The Afghan government later released him.
Bali bombers ‘would testify against Hambali’
Alleged Al Qaeda sleeper agent in court for first time
Muslim extremists shout abuse at British soldiers during home-coming march
A suicide bomber killed more than 28 Iraqis, including tribal leaders, military officers, policemen, and journalists, as they toured a market in Abu Ghraib. Two civilians were killed and six were wounded in a bombing in Mosul; one child was killed in a bombing at a wedding in Mosul. Security forces detained 18 wanted men […]
Major-General Hassan Firouzabadi, the top military commander, said the US is “warmongering” and he sees no change in policy toward his country. Iran is counting on Russia to facilitate the opening of the Bushehr nuclear power plant by September 2009.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other al Qaeda operatives filed a document with the military commission at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility admitting to their role in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. The five al Qaeda operatives described themselves as the “9/11 Shura Council” and said charges against them are “a […]
The US Government Accountability Office said attacks on local Afghan security forces have tripled over the past year; on average, more than 56 police officers were killed per month. An Afghan reporter who worked with the Canadian media was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in the city of Kandahar.
Battle for Pakistan
Pakistan – How we lost Swat
Musharraf offers to become President again
Odierno: No sign Iraqis will ask US to stay
India sends elite commandos to protect embassy in Pakistan
Three major bombings in the Baghdad region indicate al Qaeda in Iraq can still effectively conduct terror attacks but lacks the capacity to exert real influence.
Suicide attack in western Baghdad kills 28
Saddam loyalists reject reconciliation calls
Pakistani officials believe the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore was carried out by the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Security forces detained 125 militants in Kohat. The Taliban murdered three “US spies” in South Waziristan and released five soldiers in Bajaur. A court extended the house arrest of Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed.
Fighting between Shabaab and Ahlu Suna Waljama has broken out in Bardhere. Islamic Courts fighters detained five Somalis in Beledweyne. Hizbul Islam vowed to attack African Union peacekeepers. Shabaab publicly flogged four boys accused of rape in Mogadishu. The Elman Human Rights groups said that 7,574 people were killed in Somalia during 2008.
The attack on Syria’s al-Kibar nuclear facility
Philippine military accuses MILF of hiding Abu Sayyaf insurgents
Two Awakening fighters and two policemen were killed, and four policemen were wounded, in attacks in Baghdad, Mosul, and Salahadin. Security forces detained 67 wanted men in Thi Qhar, 25 in central Iraq, and two more in Maysan. Iraqi emergency police have deployed in the Al Qaim region to seal the border with Syria.
The US is considering using Iran as an alternate supply route for its forces in Afghanistan. The Afghan government urged Iran to aid in stabilizing the country. One Canadian soldier was killed and four were wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar.