Afghanistan
US forces leave Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Afghanistan
British election issues: Frugality and Afghanistan
United States
US forces close outpost in Afghan ‘Valley of Death™
Al Qaeda
Officials say Iraqi forces foil 9/11-style plot
Philippines
The Army has sent elite, US-trained units to hunt the Abu Sayyaf fighters who launched the April 13 terror assault on the city of Isabela. Fighting broke out in the village of Tabiawan between Army and Abu Sayyaf units. Security officials believe Abu Sayyaf may carry out similar attacks, including in Manila.
Afghanistan
ISAF forces have completed the withdrawal from the Korengal Valley in Kunar province as part of “the requirements of the new population-centric counterinsurgency strategy.” Coalition and Afghan forces detained an undisclosed number of Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in Paktia and Ghazni province.
US strike kills 4 in Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan
The Predators struck the Taliban’s car as they stopped to pray. The attack is the second in three days.
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Gates: Internet video shows ‘soda straw™ view of war
Iran
US Secretary of Defense Gates said Iran is at least a year away from producing a nuclear weapon. The US intelligence community said Iran won’t be capable of a nuclear weapon for 3-5 years. Iranian military officials defied the clerical leadership over punishing anti-government protesters.
Taliban commander Qari Zia Rahman denies reports of his death
The powerful military commander spoke to the media and also denied that Hakeemullah Mehsud was dead. Qari Zia said he would concentrate his operations in eastern Afghanistan; ISAF has just pulled out of the Korengal Valley.
Pakistan
Violent protests over the renaming of the Northwest Frontier Province continue. The Taliban vowed to halt the return of the Mehsud tribe to South Waziristan and torched two NATO supply containers near Khuzdar. Two ANP leaders were killed in Swat.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan anti-Taliban push divides Afghan, US officials
United States
Summit agrees to protect nuclear stocks ‘in four years’
Afghanistan
Afghan city fears greater Taliban presence
Zazi case sheds light on US plot, Pakistan connections
Najibullah Zazi plotted to carry out suicide attacks on crowded New York City trains. He had been recruited by al Qaeda’s external operations branch in Pakistan after he traveled there to fight with the Taliban.
Iraq
Five Iraqis were killed in bombings in Baghdad and Basrah. Security forces detained 14 wanted men in Basrah, Mosul, and Kirkuk; four al Qaeda fighters in Touz Khourmato; and a “high ranking gunman” in Fallujah. General Odierno will step down as the US Forces Iraq commander at the end of the summer.
Philippines
Abu Sayyaf killed five Philippine Marines, a policeman, and five civilians in a terror assault on the city of Isabela. Five bombs were detonated in the city. Four Abu Sayyaf fighters were captured in the counterattack.
Taliban lies update: US troops as drug runners
Some great whoppers to share from one of the latest statements by the Taliban (pro-Taliban web page link here, non-terrorist site here). This time, an alleged Taliban commander in Kandahar calling himself “Tahir Afghan” is supposedly speaking to theunspokenmedia.com, a pro-Taliban web page carrying Taliban and other jihadi/terrorist statements. ‘US troops as drug runners’ (while […]
Russia
The Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus confirmed that Anzor Astemirov, a senior military commander who is known as Amir Sayfullah, was killed by Russian security forces in the city of Nalchik in Kabardino-Balkaria on March 24. Sayfullah’s death was confirmed in a martyrdom statement released on the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Forum.
Afghanistan
Four policemen and two soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Faryab province. Three women were killed in a Taliban mortar attack in Kapisa. Caolition and Afghan forces killed a Taliban sub-commander and two fighters, and detained six Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in Khost, Helmand, and Kunduz. The Taliban threatened to kill two […]
Afghanistan
18-year-old Afghan woman slain in campaign of fear
15 killed in Abu Sayyaf terror assault on Isabela City
Five civilians, five Philippine Marines, and a policeman were killed as Abu Sayyaf Group fighters attacked in the southern city. The brother of a known terror leader was among the four Abu Sayyaf Group fighters also killed.
Iran
Russian President Medvedev said the US Congress’ proposals for sanctions on Iran will not receive international support. China does not back additional sanctions on Iran. Defense Minister Vahidi said Iran has plans to develop a long-range missile defense system.
Al Qaeda
Obama: Risks of nuclear attack have risen
Al Qaeda
New arrest in plot to bomb New York City subway
Pakistan
Bootlegging, Pakistan-style
Al Qaeda
Gita Sahgal, who criticised Amnesty™s ‘pro-jihadi™ links, leaves job
India
India – Our installations need security, not dumb security
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida could get nukes from Pakistan: US
Al Qaeda
Pakistan airstrike kills 71 civilians: official