Islamabad police capture ‘Ghazi Force’ commander
The Arakzai-based Taliban group has been implicated in four of the five suicide attacks in Islamabad this year.
Yearly Archives: 2009
Pakistan
Mullah Omar not in Pakistan, asserts Pakistani Foreign Office
Pakistan
Five Taliban and three al Qaeda operatives were killed in a US airstrike in North Waziristan. Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in South Waziristan and captured the Ghazi Force suicide attack leader in Islamabad. The Taliban killed a Frontier Corps trooper and a civilian in Arakzai and attacked a NATO convoy in Quetta.
Afghanistan
Gates highlights Canada™s efforts in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghan police are weak link in security force
Somalia
An American warship rescued three Yemeni fishermen after pirates took their boats and threw them into the sea. Pirates hijacked the Panamanian cargo ship Red Sea Spirit. Planes flying at low level have been seen in the Shabaab-held port town of Kismayo.
Iraq
Security forces detained six wanted men in Diyala; five al Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq fighters in Ramadi, Tikrit, and Kirkuk; and two terrorists in Wasit. Iraqis in Basrah protested Vice President Tariq al Hashemi’s veto of the election reform law. Parliament may amend the law and send it back to the presidential council.
Afghanistan
Suicide bombers struck in Farah and Kabul. A senior police official and 16 civilians were killed in Farah, and five bodyguards of a former mujahideen leader were killed in Kabul. The Taliban killed three civilians in an IED attack in Khost. Afghan and Coalition forces killed one Taliban fighter and detained five more in Takhar, […]
Iran
Iran plans to launch a satellite by 2011. President Ahmedinejad said Iran’s enemies are “on verge of collapse” while two senior clerics said the US actions to freeze assets of the Alvi Foundation are signs of hostility. A UN committee condemned Iran’s targeting of political opponents after the presidential election.
Pakistan
Taliban chief hides among Pakistan populace
Mullah Omar goes to Karachi
Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Amir al Mumineen (“the commander of the faithful”) of the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban. According to The Washington Times, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency has helped Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Amir al Mumineen (“the commander of the faithful”) for both the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban, relocate to the southern port city of […]
Suicide bomber strikes in western Afghanistan
The attack killed 17 Afghans, including a senior police official. The Taliban denied responsibility as civilians were killed. The Taliban launched four suicide attacks in the past four days.
US strikes Taliban camp in North Waziristan, kills 8
A Taliban training camp near Mir Ali was the target of the attack. Three al Qaeda operatives are reported to have been killed.
Afghanistan
Gates says Afghan surge could happen swiftly
Pakistan
Rana and Headley have elite Pak antecedents
Afghanistan
US turns to local guns-for-hire to guard Afghan outpost
Algeria
Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban
Al Qaeda
200 Web sites spread al-Qaida’s message in English
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Indonesia’s anti-terrorism unit Detachment 88 warns of continued threats
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 19 Pakistanis in an attack outside a courthouse in Peshawar; two policemen were killed in a second bombing in Peshawar. Eight Taliban and four security officers were killed in clashes in Bajaur. The military killed eight civilians and two Taliban fighters in Hangu and seven Taliban fighters in South Waziristan.
Somalia
A draft UN Security Council resolution calls for an arms embargo against Eritrea and travel bans and asset freezes for members of its government and military for aiding insurgents in Somalia. Somali pirates released a Panama-flagged ship that was seized earlier this month and alleged to be carrying a wide range of weapons. A blast […]
Iraq
Iraqi security forces detained 17 wanted men in Basrah and two more in Kirkuk. Iraqi troops arrested a Hezbollah Brigade operative who leads a sniper and missiles group and is a member of a media cell that records attacks against security forces. Former Baghdad Awakening leader Adil al Mashhadani has been sentenced to death by […]
Dadullah and Yazid on ties between al Qaeda and the Taliban
I accidentally ran across this video during a search this morning. The video is of a meeting between Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan, and Mullah Mansour Dadullah, the brother of Mullah Dadullah Lang, the former military commander of the Afghan Taliban, who was killed by British special forces in May 2007. Mansour […]
US captures al Qaeda Shadow Army trainer in Ghazni
We’ve noted several times at The Long War Journal that al Qaeda embeds trainers from the Shadow Army (or Lashkar al Zil) into Taliban units to increase their effectiveness. An International Security Assistance Force press release provides another example of an al Qaeda trainer embedded with the Taliban in Ghazni province: In another operation, an […]
Tehran’s orbit widens
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, listens to Omani Foreign Minister Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, left, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, on July 11, 2009. An unidentified interpreter sits at center. AP Photo by Vahid Salemi. In geopolitics, as in astronomy, world powers have a certain gravitational pull. Some nations have less force, choosing […]
Afghanistan
At his inauguration ceremony, President Hamid Karzai vowed to fight corruption. A Taliban suicide bomber killed 10 civilians and wounded 13 more in Uruzgan. Afghan and Coalition forces captured an al Qaeda IED facilitator and “several enemy militants” in Ghazni province, and detained several Taliban fighters in Kandahar.
Iran
The IAEA announced a second visit to the nuclear site in Qom. In a meeting in South Korea, President Obama warned Tehran of consequences for rejecting the nuclear fuel deal. In a speech to the public in Tabriz, President Ahmadinejad said Iran embraces “constructive” interaction with the world.
Suicide bomber kills 19 outside Peshawar courthouse
More than 50 are wounded, six critically, in the latest suicide strike in the besieged city of Peshawar.
Afghanistan
Afghan MoD condemns paying the Taliban
Afghanistan
Training of Afghan police by Europe is found lacking