Afghanistan
Iraq says Sept. civilian deaths lowest since war began
Iraq says Sept. civilian deaths lowest since war began
Video shows Pakistan army ‘abuse’
Eight civilians were accidentally killed in a NATO airstrike in Helmand province. The Taliban killed two civilians in a wedding party in Paktika and wounded two more, and wounded three civilians in Khost. US and Afghan forces “detained and killed several suspected Taliban militants” in Kandahar, Logar, and Ghazni. Germany said it would speed up […]
Al Qaeda using Yemen as launchpad: US
Shabaab attacked Hizbul Islam in the seaport of Kismayo city at dawn. At least 25 people have been killed and thousands of civilians fled the area. Shabaab was assisted by foreign fighters, residents said. A convoy of armed trucks led by Sheikh Hassan “Turki,” deputy commander of Hizbul Islam, left Mogadishu to reinforce Hizbul fighters.
Tehran meets with the US and its allies for nuclear talks today in Geneva. President Ahmadinejad said regional cooperation will ensure Iran’s national security. The chief energy commissioner said Iran will not import gasoline from Venezuela.
A look at the data on the US air campaign against Taliban and al Qaeda networks in Pakistan. Civilian casualties are surprisingly low while the most al Qaeda leaders have been killed in territories belonging to ‘pro-government Taliban leader’ Mullah Nazir.
Gates doubts US’s Afghan strategy
Iran ‘on the wrong side of the law,’ IAEA chief says
Black Watch soldiers destroy Taliban stronghold in dramatic raid
Will AQIM aim north or south?
While Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence agency refuses to admit it backs the radical, al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Taiba, US intelligence officials and even Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives beg to differ. From a report in The New York Times on Lashkar-e-Taiba and its attack on Mumbai, India: But a senior American intelligence official said the ISI was believed to maintain ties […]
A US strike in North Waziristan killed nine Haqqani Network and al Qaeda operatives. Twelve Taliban fighters surrendered and four more were detained in Swat. The Taliban murdered a man who sheltered a Chinese engineer. The Mahmood tribe in Bajaur was ordered to turn over Taliban fighters or face an offensive. A Taliban commander denied […]
General Odierno said the US may accelerate the withdrawal of US forces. One Iraqi was killed and 18 more were wounded in three separate bombings in Baghdad. Security forces detained 47 suspected insurgents in Kirkuk and nine more in Daqouq. A judge ordered the release of 36 MEK members.
Gen. Odierno says troop reductions in Iraq may quicken
Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari pleads guilty in terror financing
Afghan forces’ problems are a drag on US effort
Jakarta suicide bombers set sights on Australia
A former Guantanamo detainee named Fahd Saleh Suleiman al Jutayli has reportedly been killed in a shootout in Yemen. Prior to his repatriation to Saudi Arabia, Jutayli was accused of having fought at Tora Bora.
Police arrested Mullah Burhan, who was appointed by the Taliban to spark the insurgency in the previously quiet central province.
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 22 Taliban fighters, wounded 25, and detained 15 more in Farah province. Police detained the shadow governor for Bamyan province. A Taliban suicide bomber killed a US soldier during an attack on a military convoy in Khost province.
Taliban film shows leader is dead
Hakeemullah’s brother killed in US drone attack in Pakistan
Pakistan – Network of militants is robust after Mumbai siege
Iraqi Air Force assumes control of C-130 operations
The US conducted its third airstrike inside Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal areas in the past 24 hours. Hakeemullah Mehsud’s brother was reported killed an assault on a military base in Ramzak, while the Taliban released a video of Baitullah’s corpse.
Shabaab declared war on Hizbul Islam for control of the port of Kismayo town. “We will fight al Shabaab everywhere in Somalia if they so much as fire a pistol in Kismayu,” Sheikh Ismail Adow, spokesman for Hizbul’s executive council, said. Twelve civilians were killed after AMISOM troops and Somali insurgents exchanged mortar fire. The […]
President Ahmadinejad voiced his concern about the UN chief’s “biased” remarks on Tehran’s nuclear work and urged him to take the IAEA’s opinion into account. The IAEA reported that no radioactive material has been transferred to Iran’s new enrichment plant in Qom. The IAEA made plans to discuss a timetable for an inspection of the […]
Officials fear new Mumbai-style attack by group
More Saudi help needed on terror finance: US report