Two men believed to have been co-conspirators in Najibullah Zazi’s plot to bomb the New York subway system have been formally indicted on those charges. Adis Medunjanin and Zarein Ahmedzay pled not guilty to conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction.
A Fedayeen-i-Islam commander may have been killed in a US strike in North Waziristan. Security forces captured a Taliban commander in Karachi. The Taliban bombed a NATO fuel tanker in Peshawar.
Qari Mohammed Zafar is reported to have been killed in a recent strike outside of Miramshah. Zafar was involved in serveral major attacks in Pakistan, including the 2002 suicide attack on the US Consulate in Karachi. The US has a $5 million bounty out for Zafar.
Fortunately, the debate about Rashad Hussain seems to be winding down. His long-time friend Josh Goldberg has weighed in with a strong defense of Hussain’s character and ideas, and Marc Lynch has written an important piece on the matter for Foreign Policy. Plainly, this debate is no longer dominated by claims that Hussain is an […]
Third Army using many routes to get supplies to Afghanistan
Terrorism lingers over India-Pakistan peace talks
Officials puzzle over millions of dollars leaving Afghanistan by plane for Dubai
‘Indian networks’ behind terror attacks in India: Pak
The government is hoping to revive tourism in the western province of Hadramaut, an al Qaeda stronghold, by providing security at tourist sites and conducting uplift programs. Houthi rebels claimed the military will not lift its siege of Sanaa.
Twenty Taliban fighters and two Afghan soldiers were killed during fighting in Kunduz. The Taliban killed a British solider in Helmand. The Afghan government raised the flag over Marja. An Interior Ministry spokesman demanded Pakistan turn over Mullah Baradar, Mullah Omar’s deputy. South Korea will send 350 troops to Parwan.
Police detained four suspected terrorists during a raid on a training camp in the province of Aceh. More than 50 terrorists were thought to be training at the camp, which has been linked to al Qaeda affiliate Jemaah Islamiyah. Police found weapons, uniforms, and terrorist propaganda at the camp.
What lies behind Pakistan’s Taliban arrests?
Tehran said the IAEA’s new report on Iran’s nuclear program is misleading and biased. A senior Russian diplomat warned the West not to enact paralyzing sanctions against Iran’s energy and banking sectors. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak pushed for “severe sanctions” on Iran, during a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Much has been written about whether the West can effectively sanction the Islamic Republic of Iran. For policymakers, sanctions remain an attractive option for either deterring or slowing the progress of Iran’s nuclear program. While there is disagreement over the effectiveness of sanctions, there are many creative ways the West can put the pinch on […]
US sells arms to South Asian rivals
Q&A: Afghan journalist in Helmand
Australia to use face-scanning and fingerprints to combat terrorism
CIA and Pakistan work together, but do so warily
A US airstrike in North Waziristan killed eight Haqqani Network and foreign fighters. The Taliban beheaded three “US spies” in North Waziristan. Security forces detained a Lashkar-i-Taiba leader and 34 followers in Nowshera. The Lashkar-i-Islam publicly executed a murderer in Khyber.
Insurgents killed a policeman and a woman in Mosul. Security forces detained an al Qaeda cell leader and five accomplices in Baghdad and Abu Ghraib, three Mahdi Army fighters north of Baghdad, and three wanted men near Al Kut. The Iraqi Army foiled an attempt to blow up a bridge that connects Al Kut to […]
Rehman Malik, Pakistan’s Interior Minister, quickly backed away from reports by an Afghan official that Pakistan will turn over Mullah Baradar, Mullah Omar’s deputy, to the Afghan government. From CNN: However, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik told CNN there is no agreement to hand over Baradar as part of a prisoner swap and Afghanistan has […]
US authorities have arrested and charged a Virginia man with trying to help nearly 300 Somali people illegally enter the United States. Unidentified gunmen killed a deputy commissioner in the Mudug region in central Somalia. Shabaab™s spokesman in Mogadishu, Sheikh Ali Mohammued Raghe “Ali Dhere,” blamed Hizbul Islam for recent explosions in Shabaab strongholds including […]
Iraq: Vatican voices concern at Christian attacks
Pakistan: Scholar confirms link between Israelites and Pashtuns
First, the disclaimer up front: I have not been able to confirm this and have been told by several sources to proceed with caution on this report. The Christian Science Monitor is reporting that four additional members of the Afghan Taliban’s Quetta Shura have been captured. And one of them may be none other than […]
Pakistan – Swat attack
The Taliban executed the provincial director for culture and information for Kandahar. Security forces detained an IED maker and an undisclosed number of Taliban fighters during raids in the Nad Ali district in Helmand.
Pakistan helped Iran nab Jundallah chief
Regional group leaves out US and Canada
Malian authorities have former hostage and French national Pierre Camatte in their possession after exchanging him for four Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb members. The exchange was made before the AQIM deadline for Camatte’s execution expired. Algeria and Mauritania have withdrawn their ambassadors in protest at Mali™s actions in heeding to the demands of […]