Afghanistan
Afghan official held for alleged aiding Taliban
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Afghanistan
Afghan villages abandoned before Nato-led operation
Iran
Iran plans major nuclear expansion over next year
Iran
On the eve of the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolultion, Iran announced plans to enrich uranium to 20 percent; the West vowed more sanctions. Iran opened two production lines for two unmanned aircraft, one of which will have strike capabilities.
Afghanistan
Afghans don™t let a white-knuckle highway slow them down
Iran
Iran – Shirin Ebadi’s interview
Taliban
Afghan women™s rights
Pakistan
The military claimed it took control of Damadola in Bajaur; seven Taliban fighters were killed during the fighting. Police arrested a Taliban commander and four fighters in Nowshera. The government will not negotiate with the Taliban, the chief minister of the NWFP said.
Somalia
Two people were killed during an exchange of mortar fire in northern Mogadishu. The commander of police in the Mudug region of Puntland escaped an assassination attempt. Kenya has completed the training of 2,500 Somali troops.
Al Qaeda
Drone attacks and US reputation
Al Qaeda
Interview: Anwar al-Awlaki
Iraq
Iraq panel reinstates election ban amid Shi’ite ire
Pakistan
Pakistan: 119 high-profile militants at large
Al Qaeda
Amnesty International is ‘damaged™ by Taliban link
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula cleric and recruiter Anwar al Awlaki said he supported the failed Christmas Day airplane bombing over Detroit but did not order the attack. Security forces in Sana’a arrested an al Qaeda operative thought to be behind threats against foreign embassies earlier this year.
Al Qaeda
Abu Yahya al Libi, a top al Qaeda ideologue and cleric, said the terror group does not have ties to Houthi rebels in Yemen. “We are neither Houthis, nor with them,” Libi said. “Our religious belief, doctrines, approaches and thoughts are totally different from theirs.” The Yemeni government has accused al Qaeda of supporting the […]
Iraq
Security forces detained 11 al Qaeda fighters in Touz Khormato, al Qaeda cell leaders in Sharqat and Diyala, the leader of an assassination cell in Mosul, and a terrorist in Baghdad. Insurgents killed a female candidate for parliament in Mosul and a civilian in Diwaniyah.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four policemen in an IED attack in Kandahar and two Swedish soldiers and an interpreter during a gun battle in Mazar-e-Sharif. Coalition and Afghan forces killed a Taliban fighter in Baghlan and detained the deputy police chief in Kapisa for supporting the Taliban.
Iran
Iran arrested seven people linked to Radio Farda, a station founded by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty and Voice of America. PressTV claimed two of those arrested were “CIA agents.” An Iranian Army Air Force commander claimed Iran successfully tested its first stealth airplane.
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Delays plague Somali offensive against Islamists
Pakistan
Pakistan – 119 high-profile militants at large
Iran
Iran makes new uranium enrichment challenge
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Taliban prepare defences against US and UK offensive
Afghanistan
Taliban urged to lay down weapons before major Afghanistan offensive
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda threat to US greater than Iran: Clinton
Yemen
No help for non-Somali asylum seekers in Yemen
Pakistan
Blasts probe yet to gather pace as toll rises to 33
Afghanistan
Special forces assassins infiltrate Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan
Iran
Hackers take Iran’s civil war online
Statement on Taliban site says they’ll talk, but…
A new statement posted to the Taliban’s Voice of Jihad web page [VOJ version here, PDF at non-terrorist site here] says the group will negotiate (the first time I’ve ever seen it in the past year): The Islamic Emirate has curtains goals to achieve. They are: 1. Complete independence of the country. 2. Establishment of […]