Taliban confirm Mullah Baradar captured
Two Taliban leaders said Mullah Omar’s deputy has indeed been captured, and that it occurred not in Karachi but during the operation in Marja in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Al Qaeda
Facing death, freed Iraq detainees may fight again
Baradar arrest report ‘propaganda’ – Rehman Malik
Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, has branded as “propaganda” last night’s explosive report that the Inter-Services Intelligence agency has, along with CIA operatives, captured Mullah Baradar. From Dawn: “We are verifying all those we have arrested. If there is any big target, I will show the nation,” Malik said. “If the New York Times gives […]
Iran
US Secretary of State Clinton said the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is supplanting clerical and civilian leadership in Tehran. President Ahmadinejad said that the West will “regret” any decision to move forward with further sanctions. The Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tehran fully supports nuclear disarmament in the Middle East.
Afghanistan
Taliban commander Mullah Baradar ‘seized in Pakistan’
Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban’s second in command captured in Karachi
Afghanistan
Afghan suicide attacks seen as less effective
India
Unknown Pak group claims responsibility for Pune blast
Afghanistan
Half of town™s Taliban flee or are killed, Allies say
Taliban
Secret joint raid captures Taliban™s top commander
Afghanistan
Afghan offensive proceeds, in battle and broadcasts
Afghanistan
US curtails use of airstrikes in assault on Marja
India
India signals change of tack by agreeing to talk despite Pune
Pakistan
A US airstrike in North Waziristan killed four Taliban fighters. Security forces killed three Taliban fighters in Bajaur and detained four more during a raid on a madrassa in Shangla. General Kiyani said the military objectives have been achieved in South Waziristan.
Afghanistan
Taliban step up attacks in besieged Afghan town
Somalia
Four Somalis were killed in an assassination attempt against Somali’s state minister for defense in Mogadishu; a suicide bomber and two IEDs were used in the attack. Three people were killed during clashes between Islamists and government forces in Mogadishu.
Iraq
Security forces killed an al Qaeda leader and detained seven IED cell members in Baghdad and Mosul, and detained 30 wanted men in Thi Qhar, Kirkuk, and Anbar. Insurgents killed an Iraqi soldier and two civilians in attacks in Mosul.
Al Qaeda
Ilyas Kashmiri, the head of al Qaeda’s Shadow Army, threatened to attack India. “”We, the mujahideen of 313 Brigade, vow to continue attacks all across India until the Indian Army leaves Kashmir and gives the Kashmiris their right of self-determination,” he told The Asia Times.
Afghanistan
Sporadic fighting continues during the third day of fighting in Marja. The Taliban killed two British soldiers, including a counter-IED specialist, in attacks in Helmand province. Security forces detained two Taliban commanders and a fighter during separate raids in Kandahar province.
Afghanistan
Taliban fighters said to flee under Coalition pressure
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s government seeks more control over elections
Afghanistan
Operation Moshtarak: Gen Stanley McChrystal visits subdued former Taliban capital
Mullah Baradar, the Afghan Taliban’s deputy commander, reported captured in Karachi
Pakistani and US intelligence services captured the deputy leader and operational commander of the Afghan Taliban during a raid in Karachi, US officials told The New York Times. A Taliban spokesman denied the report.
Iran
Clinton: Iran is becoming a military dictatorship
Suicide bomber targets Somali state minister for defense
Four Somalis were killed in the assassination attempt against Sheikh Yusuf Mohammad Siad, a former ally of Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, in Mogadishu.
Australia
Five Sydney men have been sentenced in Australia’s longest and most high profile terror case. The sentences ranged from 23 to 28 years in prison for plotting jihad on Australian soil. The men had been stockpiling chemical explosives and other weapons to carry out the attacks.
Iran
During a visit to Doha, US Secretary of State Clinton said Iran was “drifting towards a military dictatorship.” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu visited Moscow to garner Russia support for isolating Iran.
US strike kills 4 in North Waziristan
Unmanned aircraft targeted a vehicle in the Taliban-controlled region. The attack is the second in 24 hours.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Swat diary: ‘No more a battlefield’
Taliban’s mastermind of suicide attacks is alive
Qari Hussain Mehsud spoke to the media to take credit for last week’s suicide attacks that killed policemen in Bannu. The Pakistani government had claimed that Qari Hussain was killed along with Hakeemullah Mehsud.