Al Qaeda
Arrests in alleged Kabul bomb plot come as donkey bomb rocks Kandahar
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Pakistan
On Pakistani-Afghan border, some join Taliban to settle scores with relatives
Afghanistan
Italian medics accused of bomb plot are freed
Iran
US Defense Secretary Gates said that the news media mischaracterized his January memo on Iran that was leaked last week. US Secretary of State Clinton warned of “regional conflict” if UN sanctions are not imposed on Tehran. Iran’s nuclear summit urged Israel to abandon nuclear weapons. US Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen said diplomacy is the […]
Iran
Pentagon chief raises threat of attack as Iran taunts US with missile display
The Taliban
The Taliban denied reports that they would negotiate with the US and withdraw from Afghan politics. “Those who think we would leave this path of jihad are living in fool™s paradise,” spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.
Pakistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed seven people in an attack on a police station in Kohat. Security forces killed 13 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and three more in Swat, and detained terrorists in Islamabad.
Iraq
General Ray Odierno said the US plan to reduce forces to 50,000 troops by Sept. 1 is on target. Security forces detained 10 wanted men in Basrah and a top al Qaeda fighter in Ramadi. A US soldier died in a helicopter accident in northern Iraq.
Somalia
Twenty-three people were killed in clashes between the military and Islamist groups in Mogadishu over the past two days. Two soldiers and a civilian were killed in fighting between government forces in the capital. Hizbul Islam has imposed a tax on the khat trade. Turkish naval forces detained 13 pirates.
Yemen
Yemeni soldiers killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and detained another after a shootout at a checkpoint in the western province of Hudaydah. The al Qaeda fighters reportedly tried to use fake identification cards from the Central Security and National Security Directorates. Security has been raised at oil and diplomatic facilities after […]
Kyrgyzstan
Before Kyrgyz uprising, a dose of Russian soft power
United States
Gates says US is prepared on Iran’s nuclear plan
Taliban’s Mullah Omar ready to retire? Not so fast!
The UK’s Sunday Times threw this one out there this weekend: The supreme leader of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has indicated that he and his followers may be willing to hold peace talks with western politicians. In an interview with The Sunday Times, two of the movement’s senior Islamic scholars have relayed a message […]
Iraq
Top general says US withdrawal from Iraq on track
Iran
Iran expels dozens of Afghans daily
Al Qaeda
‘Osama Bin Laden’ Facebook page shut down
Afghanistan
US keen to continue strategic dialogue with Pakistan
Pakistan
Bhutto murder: Musharraf may sue UN panel
Syria
Israel warns Syria over Hezbollah attacks
Iran
Ahmadinejad extolls Iran’s military might
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Taliban say buildup under way
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in Baghlan province. The Taliban killed two Dutch Marines, an ISAF soldier, and a civilian in attacks in the south and Faryab. The Afghan government released three Italian aid workers implicated in a plot to kill the governor of Helmand.
Iran
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said the US has no policy to deal with Iran if it builds a nuclear weapon. A top general said the Iranian Army “is prepared to engage in asymmetric wars and is able to change regional equations to its benefit.”
Algeria
An 83-year-old entrepreneur kidnapped on March 23 has been released unharmed by Islamist fighters in Ait Koufi in the Kabylie region after residents refused to pay his ransom and called a general strike against the kidnappers. Traditionally an Islamist stronghold, residents have staged an unprecedented condemnation of the Islamist activities in an effort to get […]
Taliban
Taliban™s supreme leader signals willingness to talk peace
Russia
In Caucasus, two leaders vie for loyalty
Iran
Gates says US lacks policy to curb Iran™s nuclear drive
Pakistan
Two Lashkar-e-Jhangvi suicide bombers killed 42 people at a refugee camp in Kohat. Security forces killed 21 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and detained 12 more in Mohmand. The Taliban killed a Frontier Corps trooper and bombed two schools in Charsadda.
Iraq
Insurgents killed the wife of the leader of the Awakening council in Baghdad; the leader and his son were wounded. Security forces detained 11 smugglers on the border with Jordan and an IED cell leader in Hawijah. One of the top leaders of the Anbar Awakening said Iraqiya has a constitutional right to form the […]
Top al Qaeda leader linked to 5 Americans on trial in Pakistan
The five Americans detained in Sargodha while trying to link up with al Qaeda were in contact with HUJI leader Qari Saifullah Akhtar.