India
Australia, Britain issue travel warnings for India
Monthly Archives: April 2010
North Korea
South Korean ship sunk by crack squad of ‘human torpedoes’
Taliban
Afghanistan – Taleban defectors ‘are rejoining insurgency’
Afghanistan
Merkel seeks public support for Afghan war
Taliban deny kidnapping ex-ISI officers
The top spokesman for the Afghan Taliban and an unnamed commander denied any involvement in kidnapping Colonel Imam and Khalid Khawaja.
Iran
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei decried “atomic threats against Iranian people” which were allegedly made by the US president. The Pentagon said a military attack on Iran is “still on the table.” Defense Minister Vahidi said Iran has no plans to construct an ICBM capable of reaching the United States.
Somalia
Five Somalis were beheaded in Mogadishu. Both Shabaab and Ahlu Sunna Waljama claimed victory in the town of Godon. Shabaab also said it took control of the district of Elberde. Pirates hijacked three Thai ships with 77 crew members.
Iran
Iran – ‘Revolutionary Guards – terrorists’
Iran
Iran’s Shiite clerics predict deadly quake as punishment from God
Al Qaeda
Pakistan holding thousands in indefinite detention, officials say
Pakistan
Caught in the crossfire of Pakistan’s secret war
Pakistan
The top Taliban spokesman denied carrying out attacks in crowded cities and claimed Blackwater was behind the recent suicide strikes in Kohat and Peshawar. The Taliban warned shop owners and leaders to stop the “growing vulgarity.” Only four Taliban fighters were detained among 500 suspects rounded up in Swat.
Iraq
Iraqis make security progress as war winds down
Al Qaeda
On the run, Pakistan militants find new haven
Iraq
A limited recount will take place in Baghdad; the Iraqiya Party supports the recount. Prime Minister Maliki said talks with the Iraqi National Alliance failed. Security forces detained 21 wanted men in Baqubah, Basrah, and Wasit, and an al Qaeda leader and an associate in Mosul.
Afghanistan
ISAF apologized for killing four students in Khost; two of those killed were previously described as “known insurgents.” Afghan and Coalition forces killed six Haqqani Network fighters in Paktika. Two policemen were killed in a mine explosion in Kabul.
Thailand
Muslim insurgents killed a policeman and wounded 43 more in a grenade attack on a police station in Yala. A car bombing at the same location two hours later wounded 17 people.
Why the Korengal Valley matters
At The New York Times, Sebastian Junger shares what he knows about Kunar’s Korengal Valley, the region abandoned by US forces last week and now overtaken by the Taliban. Junger’s article should be read in full, but the two paragraphs below point out that the valley does indeed possess tactical significance. And the oft-repeated mantra […]
NATO
US and Europe rethink role of Cold War alliance
Afghanistan
Farewell to Korengal
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Govt under fire over Italian medics’ release
Algeria
The Algerian army has reportedly surrounded Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb emir Abdelmalek Droukdel in Bordj Bou Arreridj, a province of the Kabylie region. This is the third attempt by Algerian forces to capture or kill the infamous terrorist leader. The attempted ambush is part of anti-terror operations being conducted nationwide in an effort […]
Pakistan
Taliban No. 2 interrogations yield useful Intel: US
France
France moves towards banning Muslim veil in public
Iran
General James Cartwright said the US will not stop the Iranian nuclear weapons program without “boots on the ground.” The Revolutionary Guards will stage a three-day military exercise in the Strait of Hormuz this weekend. Turkey offered to mediate between the West and Iran.
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, poppy eradication pits Russia vs. NATO
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
The Italian couple released by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has described their ordeal to the press, commenting that, “we were treated well.” They urged the European governments to cooperate with African nations to find the two Spanish hostages still held. Four Saharan nations are opening a joint command headquarters in Tarnanrasset, Algeria, to […]
Pakistan
At top university, a fight for Pakistan™s future
Pakistan
The Taliban killed four troops in an IED attack in Kurram and three security personnel and a civilian in an IED attack in Hangu. The military killed three Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. Bajaur has been declared a “conflict free zone.”
Pakistan
Pakistan military fails to woo tribal allies under grip of Taleban