At least 10 people were killed and 25 were wounded over the past two days in Pattani, Narathiwat, and Yala provinces during a series of drive-by shootings and bomb attacks. Two Muslim terrorists were also killed on Wednesday in separate raids in Narathiwat and Yala.
The Majilis approved all but three of President Ahmadinejad’s cabinet nominees. Ahmadinejad stated that Iran is prepared for more sanctions and will not bow to international pressure on its nuclear program.
Al Qaeda launchpad in Yemen gives Saudis new headache
Australian Muslim jailed on terrorism charges
US consensus on Afghanistan begins to crumble
The governor of Kunduz said the Taliban shadow governor and 14 Taliban fighters were killed during operations in the province; the Taliban denied the report. Afghan and Coalition forces captured a Taliban IED cell leader in Kandahar. The Taliban killed five Afghan soldiers in an IED attack in Paktia, two ISAF soldiers in an IED […]
How a police agent cracked a terror celll
A suicide bomber killed one civilian and and wounded six policemen and three doctors after he detonated his car bomb at a checkpoint in Dagestan. A human rights group accused Russia of running death squads in Chechnya.
A member of Boko Haram claimed he spent three months in an Afghan camp and was trained as a bomb expert. He was to train five members of Boko Haram to make bombs but fled the group after he was not paid $35,000 as promised.
Body believed to be British hostage handed to Iraqi authorities
The Army is making the same old mistakes in Afghanistan, say soldiers (UK)
Lebanon arrests Hizbullah-linked tycoon
The Minister of Religion was wounded and his driver was killed during an ambush in Islamabad; members of the minister’s security detail were among dozens taken into custody. Security forces killed 16 Taliban fighters in Khyber and detained 15 more. The Taliban killed a tribal leader in Mohmand and bombed two shops in Hangu.
Indian troops killed five terrorists as they attempted to cross the Line of Control in the Gurez region. The fighting took place one day after Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian outposts and killed an Indian soldier.
Wanted Saudi militant turns himself in to authorities
Security forces detained 56 wanted men in Dhi Qhar, 16 in Basrah, nine in Kirkuk, and one more in Babil. The Interior Ministry sacked 17 policemen in Khalis. An Iraqi soldier was killed in an IED attack in Kirkuk.
Afghanistan’s big opium market bottoming out
Badly injured soldier directs American air strike
Sheikh Khamis al-Hasnawi and a US Marine outside Fallujah in March 2007. On August 23, Aswat al-Iraq reported a failed assassination attempt on Sheikh Taleb al-Hasnawi. Taleb is a powerful sheikh of the Albu Issa, one of the most significant tribes around Fallujah: “An IED emplaced on a roadside in the village of Ahsi went […]
The Taliban took credit for a suicide attack at a mosque in Laghman that killed Afghanistan’s deputy intelligence chief and 22 others. The Taliban killed a civilian in a bicycle bombing in Jauzjan province. Four Taliban fighters were killed during a premature detonation in Kandahar. Three Taliban fighters were detained in Ghazni.
Pak ‘not obliged’ to arrest Hafiz Saeed: Malik
Pak nationals may be training Somali pirates
Deputy chief of intelligence is slain in Afghanistan
Federal Religious Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi was wounded and his driver was killed in a drive-by shooting in the heart of Islamabad.
Pakistan court reimposes restrictions on A Q Khan
As policymakers and analysts continue to examine the ever-evolving insurgency in Afghanistan, the Taliban infiltration into northern Afghanistan is finally receiving some much needed attention. Often billed as “the stable and secure” northern areas, Afghanistan’s northern provinces have been the target of a burgeoning Taliban insurgency since 2004. When analyzing the northern conundrum it is […]
The bomber detonated in a mosque in Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan, killing 23, including the leader of the provincial council. The Taliban took credit for the attack.
No Hafiz Saeed in Pak’s most wanted list
The IAEA said concerns over Tehran’s nuclear program are “hyped.” Senior diplomats met in Berlin to discuss Iran’s nuclear program. Iran’s Shura Majlis will debate the appointments to the key ministerial posts of oil and interior.
USAID offices closed down in Islamabad following threat calls