A former Guantanamo detainee named Mehdi Mohammad Ghezali has reportedly been arrested in Pakistan on terrorism charges. According to the Associated Press: Mehdi-Muhammed Ghezali was arrested with two other Swedes and nine other foreigners close to the country’s northwestern tribal regions… The 12 foreigners were arrested Aug. 28 in the town of Dera Ghazi Khan. […]
The ICOS’ meaningless map on Taliban presence in Afghanistan. The latest report by the The International Council on Security and Development on the security situation in Afghanistan is making plenty of waves. According to the report, 97 percent of Afghansitan is infested with the Taliban. The Taliban now have a permanent presence in 80% of […]
Iraqi political coalitions
Five Iraqi soldiers were killed in an attack on their checkpoint near Kirkuk. One prisoner was killed and 40 more were wounded during a riot at the Abu Ghraib prison; Iraqi troops were called in to quell the unrest. Security forces detained nine terrorists in Ramadi, four insurgents in Ninewa, and three security guards involved […]
A flag of the Khyber-based Lashkar-e-Islam painted on a wall in Bara. While the Pakistani military operation in Swat is showing signs of progress, the recently launched Khyber operation against the Lashkar-e-Islam is showing far less promise. Despite the military’s claims of routing the Lashkar-e-Islam (nearly 200 fighters have been reported killed during 10 days […]
Brigades represent new Iraq mission, commander says
Growing insecurity in Kabul
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Sept. 11 galvanizes US troops in Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two US soldiers in separate attacks in the East and two Afghan soldiers in Kunar, wounded nine civilians in a suicide attack in Kandahar, and wounded eight children in a bombing in Khost. US and Afghan forces detained a Haqqani Network fighter in Paktia.
Haji Muslim Khan, Mahmood Khan, and Mufti Bashir Ahmad were among five detained in an operation in Swat. Haji Muslim Khan is one of the top four most-wanted Taliban leaders in Swat.
Maulvi Ismail Khan was among 12 killed in an attack on a compound in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
President Zardari rejected the US “AfPak” strategy. Fifteen Taliban fighters and six Uzbek fighters were killed in Swat, and 33 Taliban fighters were detained in Mohmand and 12 more in Dir. Two Pakistanis were killed in a rocket attack on the Jandola Scouts Fort in South Waziristan.
Muslim separatists shot a Buddhist defense volunteer and lit his body on fire in front of terrified onlookers in Pattani province. Also in Pattani, terrorists threw a bomb in a restaurant, wounding five civilians. Two Deputy Village Chiefs were also shot to death, one in Pattani and the other in Songkhla province.
Security progress continues in Iraq, despite attacks
US military presence in the Philippines will be a hot issue in the country’s elections
Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri stepped down after failing to form a government 10 weeks after the election. Hezbollah and its allies blocked the formation of a new government after “rounds and rounds of consultations which always ended in obstruction,” Hariri said.
US eyes military equipment transfer to Pakistan from Iraq
Schulte: Syria may have more nuke sites
Zardari rejects Obama™s AfPak strategy
Twenty-six Iraqis were killed in bombings in Ninewa, Baghdad, and Hillah. Security forces detained 22 wanted men in Basrah, four terrorists in Bayji and Wasit, and a senior al Qaeda leader in Baqubah who recently arrived from Syria.
Dawn published an encouraging article noting that tribal lashkars, or local militias, are taking a stand in Swat, a region once under the full control of the Taliban until the military launched an operation last spring: When a posse of Taliban fighters entered a mosque in this village during evening prayers last week to demand […]
The commander of Somali government forces in Beledweyen said Shabaab and allied Islamists have taken control of the city. Shabaab said it has spies in the government and working with African Union troops. Five people were killed during clashes at the main port in Mogadishu. The number of internally displaced persons is now at 1.5 […]
EFPs, EFP cones, and other materials seized during a raid in Baghdad in October 2008. Click to view. FOX News reports that another shipment of Iranian weapons has been confiscated in western Afghanistan: Afghan and NATO forces uncovered the weapons cache on Aug. 29 in Herat. It included a small number of Iranian-made “explosively formed […]
Afghan journalists boycott Taliban activities over murdering colleague
Reporters blame NATO for translator’s death in raid
Information warfare observations
The reporter™s account: 4 days with the Taliban
NZ agents join secret war in Afghanistan
Analysis: Afghan highway symbol of mission in crisis