Afghanistan
Afghanistan Mullahs in London to bridge cultural divide
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Afghanistan
Afghan leader Karzai under fire from Kandahar elders
Afghanistan
‘Insurgents enter Afghanistan from Pak™s borders™: governor of Kunar province
Russia
The second female Black Widow suicide bomber who carried out the March 29 attack in Moscow’s metro has been identified as a teacher from Dagestan. A bomb placed on a railway track derailed a freight train. Two bombs placed in an Orthodox cemetery in Ingushetia were defused.
Pakistan
Security forces killed 40 Taliban fighters after they attacked a military outpost and a convoy in separate attacks. Twenty-eight Taliban fighters surrendered to security forces and vowed to remain loyal to the state. The Taliban bombed a school in Mohmand.
Somalia
Seventeen people were killed during fighting between Shabaab and the pro-government Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama™a militia in Rage Ele; both sides claimed victory. Pirates hijacked a South Korean tanker with a crew of 24 and freed two Indian ships with 26 sailors.
Iraq
Forty-one Iraqis were killed and more than 250 were wounded in a triple suicide attack that targeted the Egyptian, Iranian, and German embassies in Baghdad. No foreign embassy personnel were reported killed. Three Iraqis were killed and 37 were wounded in a car bomb attack in Mosul.
Afghanistan’s president threatens ‘to join the Taliban’
Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s beleaguered president, fired yet another shot over the bow of the West during a meeting with members of the Afghan parliament. From The New York Times: At the meeting, Mr. Karzai stepped up his anti-Western statements, according to a Parliament member who attended but spoke on condition of anonymity. “If you and […]
Afghanistan
President Karzai again attacked the West for its involvement in Afghanistan and threatened to join the Taliban. The Taliban killed three policemen, two civilians, and a British soldier in attacks in Helmand. Afghan and Coalition forces captured a Haqqani Network facilitator and an undisclosed number of Taliban fighters in Paktia, Kandahar, and Helmand.
Iran
An Iranian nuclear scientist who defected to the US after disappearing in Saudi Arabia last year said the CIA’s efforts to disrupt the program have showed progress. The current sanctions regime have had no impact on Iran’s bottom line. A former vice president and opposition leader has been re-arrested.
Afghanistan
Karzai rallies tribes, distances self from West
Iraq
Iraqi Christians under fire
Afghanistan
British army dog finds Taleban explosives cache in Operation Moshtarak
Terror attacks near embassies rock Baghdad, kill 41
Three suicide bombers targeted the Egyptian, Iranian, and German embassies one day after an al Qaeda assault team attacked just south of the capital, killing 25.
India
India satisfied with progress on access to Headley
Caucasus
Blasts derail Russian train in Dagestan
Iraq
Baghdad suicide blasts target embassies; 32 dead
Algeria
Islamists killed seven security contractors and one soldier during an ambush in Kabylie, near Bejaia. The security guards were killed when their vehicle came under fire, and a remotely detonated bomb killed one soldier and wounded two others investigating the attack. The security guards are contracted by Sonelgaz.
Pakistan
Thirty Taliban fighters and six Frontier Corps troops were killed during clashes in Arakzai. Eight criminals and three policemen were killed in a shootout in Khyber. Security forces established 16 checkpoints in Peshawar to block the Taliban from entering the region.
Iraq
Al Qaeda fighters disguised as US troops murdered 25 people, including soldiers, Awakening fighters, and women, in a nighttime attack in Arab Jabour. Insurgents killed four people in bombings in Baghdad and Kirkuk. Police captured an al Qaeda operative in Fallujah.
Somalia
A top Hizbul Islam leader welcomed Osama bin Laden and urged foreign jihadists to fight in Somalia. More than 20 people were killed in fighting in Mogadishu. Shabaab said it would capture Mogadishu.
Hizbul Islam spokesman invites bin Laden to Somalia
Moallim Hashi Mohamed Farah welcomed bin Laden and foreign jihadists to Somalia and asked them to fight against the government and African Union forces.
Iran
President Ahmadinejad taunted the US and warned that sanctions will strengthen its nuclear program. Iran used a Chinese firm to obtain nuclear equipment. A senior cleric said Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful. The Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Pakistan held the US responsible.
Afghanistan
German troops accidentally killed six Afghan soldiers in a friendly-fire incident in Kunduz. The Taliban killed a senior police official and a civilian in attacks in Kunduz. The upper chamber of parliament approved President Karzai’s decree that he would appoint the members of the election commission.
Caucasus
Hometown of Russian suicide bomber rattled
Pakistan
Pakistan – Orakzai operation will take a load off Peshawar, settled areas
India
No reaching out to Taliban, says India
Afghanistan
Afghan upper house backs Karzai election decree
Venezuela
Criticism of Chávez is stifled by arrests
Iran
Iran nuclear ring probed