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Peace Corps pulls volunteers from Mauritania
Yearly Archives: 2009
Yemen
Shiite rebel leader among dozens killed in renewed Yemen clashes
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden’s driver talks
Afghanistan
Peace talks with Taliban are a top issue in Afghan vote
Afghanistan
Central Asia sounds alarm over Islamic radicalism
Afghanistan
Security tightens in Kandahar province ahead of Afghan election
Afghanistan
Afghan warlord General Dostum returns to boost Karzai™s campaign
Afghanistan
Donkeys deliver ballots in Afghanistan
Iran
Iranian police clash with protesters over banned newspaper
Pakistan
Pakistan – Lashkars on outskirts of Peshawar fighting fire with fire
Iraq
US commander in Iraq wants troops in disputed land
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban says bombs a ‘gift™ for US envoy
Pakistan
The Taliban took credit for a suicide attack that killed seven people in Charsadda. The military killed 13 Taliban fighters in Swat and two more in Bajaur, and detained a senior Taliban suicide bomber recruiter in Islamabad. The leader of the Millat-e-Islamia was killed in Khairpur; the killing sparked riots in Karachi and Sindh.
Afghanistan
Maverick pro-Taliban militant offers to help US forces
Pakistan
India concerned over possible drone sale to Pakistan
Pakistan
Credible info on fresh attacks from Pak soil: Indian PM
Pakistan
Leader of banned Pakistan militant group shot dead
Pakistan
Holbrooke: If Pakistan Taliban leader were alive, he’d be on TV
‘Good’ Pakistani Taliban leader vows to fight US in Afghanistan
Haji Turkistan Bhittani reaffirmed his loyalty to Mullah Omar and wants to continue the fight in Helmand province after his Taliban rivals are eliminated. Bhittani is backed by the Pakistani state.
Afghanistan
Al Qaeda and Taliban ally Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said his followers are “ready to help with the United States and … other coalition forces if foreign troops announce the time frame for the pulling out their troops from Afghanistan.” A US soldier was killed during a Taliban ambush in eastern Afghanistan; another was killed in an […]
Iraq
Insurgents killed two policemen in Mosul and three Awakening fighters in Babil, and wounded six policemen in Kirkuk. Security forces detained 17 wanted men in Basrah, two insurgents in Makhmour, and an al Qaeda leader in Baqubah.
Russia
A suicide truck bomb killed 18 people and injured more than 70 in Nazran, the largest city in Ingushetia. The bomb was detonated as officers were gathering for morning check-in at a police base. This is the fifth suicide bombing since Doku Umarov revived the Riyad Us Saliheen martyr brigade in April and vowed to […]
Iran
A group of anonymous clerics labeled Ayatollah Khamenei a “dictator” and called for his removal. Sadegh Larijani was appointed new chief of the judiciary. The government released a female French lecturer on bail who was accused of espionage. Bahrain’s Minister of Oil and Gas urged further expansion of business ties between Tehran and Manama.
Pakistan
Seventeen of Mullah Nazir’s fighters were killed in an ambush in South Waziristan; Turkistan Bhittani claimed Nazir was among those killed. The military killed 15 Taliban fighters in South Waziristan and six more in Swat. Twenty-two Taliban fighters surrendered in Dir and 14 TNSM fighters and a senior leader surrendered in Buner.
Afghanistan
India snubs Holbrooke, wants him to stick to Af-Pak
Mauritania
The government announced it will launch a 4,000-strong military anti-terror campaign in the Sahara desert to root out Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The eastern Sahara in Mauritania has become a hotbed for AQIM operations over the last year. The announcement comes days before regional leaders meet to discuss cooperation in fighting crime and […]
Algeria
The military killed three suspected Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb members in a shootout. The military ambush occurred between Skikda and Jijel, which lies 400 km east of Algiers. The ambush was an area that has become a transit zone and refuge for many AQIM fighters.
Nigeria
Police detained hundreds of members of the Darul Islam sect during a raid on a compound in the town of Mokwa in northeastern Nigeria. More than 3,000 members of the sect established their own community to separate them from society and practice Islamic beliefs. Police were concerned about members of the sect who originated from […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan says ex-militia chief free to return
Afghanistan
US Plans a Mission Against Taliban™s Propaganda