Thailand
Thailand: 1 soldier, 4 civilians injured in Narathiwat bombing
Yearly Archives: 2009
US troops kill Taliban’s shadow governor for Badghis province
Mullah Dastagir was released by President Hamid Karzai last September, nominated as the shadow governor in October, and conducted a major attack that killed and wounded scores of Afghan soldiers in November.
US airstrike in Pakistan’s Kurram tribal agency kills 30
The target was a camp run by a Taliban commander who operates in Afghanistan. This is the first recorded US airstrike in the Kurram tribal agency.
Algeria
Algerian security forces killed Mourad Bouzid, a senior al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb leader, during a raid on his hideout in the town of Issers. Bouzid, who was also known as Ami Slimane, served as a senior recruiter and ideological figure in the terror group. He was fingered by another terrorist who surrendered last […]
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High cost of force protection
Pakistan
The Pakistani government agreed to end military operations in Swat and implement sharia in the Malakand Division. Three people were killed in a mortar attack and the Taliban bombed a school in Swat. The Taliban murdered a “US spy” in North Waziristan. Six Taliban fighters were killed in Bajaur. An aide of Baitullah Mehsud died […]
Somalia
The US has welcomed the appointment of Somalia’s new prime minister and urged Nigeria to deploy troops to Mogadishu for peacekeeping duty. Ethiopian troops are seizing trucks along the Somali border as soldiers continue to leave Somalia.
Afghanistan
President Karzai lashed out at the Obama administration for its criticism of the Afghan government. Kandahar police foiled a plot to blow up a provincial building in the city as US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke visited the South. A British Royal Marine was killed in Helmand province.
Iraq
Iraqi forces detained 32 wanted men in Basrah, 14 in Maysan, 10 in Diyala, six in Mosul, four in Dhi Qhar, and two in Karbala. Iraqi forces also detained An Islamic State of Iraq leader in Fallujah and a leader of the 1920s Revolution Brigades in Kirkuk, and found an al Qaeda prison in Mosul. […]
Al Qaeda
Portrait of a Shadow – A former insurgent leader helps to destroy Al Qaeda in Iraq | Newsweek.com
Pakistan to end military operation and implement sharia in Malakand Division
The government has come to an agreement with the banned Movement for the Implementation of Mohammad’s Sharia Law to end military operations and impose sharia law in the districts of Malakand, Swat, Shangla, Buner, Dir, and Chitral. A similar agreement between the extremists and the government failed in 2008.
Malaysia
Malaysia frees 3 suspected Islamic terrorists
Pakistan
Pakistan government urged to take people into confidence on drone attacks
Pakistan
Let Pakistan operate the drones: Shuja
Pakistan
Taliban, Qaeda support increasing in Pakistan, says Musharraf
Pakistan
A US airstrike killed more than 25 Uzbek and Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. Two policemen were killed and four Taliban fighters were detained in Peshawar. The Swat Taliban released the captive Chinese engineer. Police found three suicide vests in Islamabad.
Afghanistan
Iran Is Helping Taliban in Afghanistan, Petraeus Says
Somalia
Valentines Day Al Shabaab Style (Beheading)
Pakistan
Pakistan works to free kidnapped UN official
Saudi Arabia
Saudi king dismisses 2 powerful religious figures
Thailand
Suspected Thai insurgent killed in gunfight with soldiers
Afghanistan
US envoy meets Afghan president as ties strained
Al Qaeda
British diplomats to visit detainee at Guantanamo
Pakistan
Three suicide jackets recovered from Islamabad
Israel
Israel rules out Gaza truce unless soldier freed
Israel
IAF hits Gaza weapon-making facilities, smuggling tunnels
Somalia
Th semi-autonomous region of Puntland has welcomed the appointment of the new Prime Minister. Ethiopian said it would support the new government. Ethiopian troops have withdrawn from the strategic Kala-Beyr crossroads in the central Hiran region
Iraq
Iraqi security forces captured 20 wanted men in Baghdad, an al Qaeda leader in Kirkuk and 10 fighters in Mosul and Diyala, seven kidnappers in Diyala, and seven wanted men in Basra. Two civilians were killed in an insurgent attack on an Army convoy in Mosul.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed seven Afghan policemen and a district leader during three separate roadside bomb attacks in Khost and Kandahar provinces. Afghan Army commandos captured six Taliban fighters and freed three hostages at a checkpoint in Farah Province.
US Predator strike in South Waziristan kills 25
The attack is the first since the dual attacks in North and South Waziristan on Jan. 23, and the first since a US Senator disclosed that the CIA is operating a Predator base inside Pakistan.