Algerian security forces have dismantled a terrorist cell that provided logistical support to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s El Ansar Brigade in Bordj Menaïel and that also provided information about the authorities’ movements in the region. El Ansar Brigade’s former emir and nine other fighters were sentenced in absentia to life in prison by […]
Security forces detained eight members of an Qaeda-linked terror group planning to carry out attacks in the capital of Baku. Several Chechens and Dagestanis were among those captured. The group was smuggling weapons from Georgia to conduct the attack.
Pakistan charges Americans with terrorism
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Police killed two suicide bombers in Helmand. Coalition and Afghan forces killed an undisclosed number of Taliban fighters, and detained two IED cell leaders and three fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Khost, and Paktika. The Taliban killed two British soldiers in an IED attack in the South and murdered a government official in Ghazni.
US officials said progress in Iran’s nuclear program has slowed, leaving room for continued pressure. Police and the Basij militia cracked down on the celebration of the “fire festival.” Iran asked OPEC to provide a $200 billion investment in its energy industry.
The US launched a strike in the village of Hamzoni and another in Datta Khel, the second there in two days.
Indonesian militants recruit fighters in video
Defense.gov News Article: CENTCOM looks beyond Iraq, Afghanistan, Petraeus says
Hamid Karzai held secret talks with Mullah Baradar in Afghanistan
Pakistan – Spy service using captives to create new Taliban links
India: Pakistan again using mafia links for terror strikes
The American Civil Liberties Union has followed up its Freedom of Information Act request that was filed in January seeking information on the US Predator program. Today, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the the Defense Department, the State Department, and the Justice Department, demanding enforcement of its January request for information on the program. […]
Success in Afghanistan achievable, Petraeus says
The US killed 11 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in an airstrike in North Waziristan. Police seized more than 1,000 pounds of explosives and detained 10 suspected terrorists in Lahore. The Lashkar-i-Islam killed two cricket players in Peshawar. A woman was killed in a bombing in Karachi. The US transferred 14 Cobra attack helicopters to […]
A video released at Ansar al Mujahideen forum website encouraged Nigerians to wage jihad against Christians. “The solution is jihad in the cause of Allah,” the speaker said. “Negotiations, dialogues and protests will not stop the advancement of the enemies and their massacres. Nothing will stop them but the sword and the spear.”
The Indian Mujahideen, a front group for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, was behind the bombing in Pune that killed 16 people, according to India’s home minister. “The handlers are the same, the set of handlers which was involved in Mumbai,” Home Secretary Gopal Pillai said.
Security forces detained two al Qaeda leaders, two facilitators, and explosives expert, and 15 al Qaeda fighters in Wasit, Kirkuk, Mosul, Sharqat, and Baghdad. Security forces also detained seven wanted men in Basrah and two insurgents in Tal Afar. Insurgents killed an Iraqi soldier in Mosul.
Most US forces in Afghanistan to be under NATO
Prosecutors charged an Algerian and a Libyan with the minor offenses of sending a threatening text message and immigration violations respectively. The two men were among seven arrested for involvement in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who drew a picture of the head of the Prophet Mohammed on a dog’s body. Five others […]
The Afghan government denied it was conducting talks with Mullah Baradar as he was detained in Pakistan. Coalition and Afghan forces detained a senior Taliban facilitator in Helmand and four Haqqani Network fighters in Khost. More than 1,000 police reinforcements will be sent to Kandahar. ISAF opened the Parwan PRT.
Reports shine light on nuclear weapons vigilance
Battle over Afghan peace talks intensifies
Paradise lost – here lie the remains of a school for teenage Taleban
Afghanistan confirms blanket pardon for war crimes
China is concerned about Iran’s nuclear program, but does not believe sanctions will resolve the problem. Iran described Western pressure on China to agree to sanctions as “ineffective.” Tehran plans to reduce “cultural relations” with Great Britain.
Two compounds were hit in Datta Khel, a known al Qaeda hideout.
US struggles to track arms in Afghanistan
Afghan women fear loss of hard-won progress