Yemen
“Tribesmen” kidnapped two American in the Haymah district. The government said it would continue to pursue al Qaeda and Anwar al Awlaki. The government also said it would be able to reintegrate al Qaeda operatives released from Guantanamo Bay.
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Taliban say (yet again) they’re not talking
More talk of talk between the Taliban (or other bad guy) elements and the Afghan government, this time in the Maldives: Rival Afghan figures have held a final day of unofficial talks in the Maldives islands, aimed at resolving the continuing crisis in Afghanistan. The meeting at the Paradise tourist resort island took place on […]
North Korea
Two Koreas snarl at each other as tensions rise
Iran
Unruly crowd interrupt Ahmadinejad speech in southern Iran
Pakistan
Pakistan – Vulnerable minorities
Afghanistan
Maldives Afghan talks inconclusive
Pakistan
Pakistan – Top army brass wants tenure extension for Kayani
Iran
Spat over Iran may further strain relations between allies US, Turkey
Iran
Opposition leader Mousavi is against the West’s new nuclear sanctions. Iran hanged Jundallah leader Abdulhamid Rigi in Sistan-Baluchistan province. Tehran will release an imprisoned filmmaker from Evin prison.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – US tries to reintegrate Taliban soldiers
Pakistan
Pakistani forces killed 70 Taliban fighters, including three commanders, and wounded 50 more in airstrikes in Arakzai. Security forces killed three Taliban fighters in Dir.
Pakistan hits Taliban in Arakzai
The military claims that more than 70 Taliban fighters were killed and 50 were wounded in airstrikes.
Afghanistan
UK – Top army bomb squad officer Col Bob Seddon resigns
Pakistan
Many disillusioned Pakistanis look beyond US for work, travel and education
Pakistan
Times Square plot: Pak detains one more for links with Faisal
Japan
Future of US bases bolstered in Japan
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Amateur sky watchers ‘solve mystery of unmanned US space plane’
Afghanistan
Into Kandahar, yesterday and tomorrow
Somalia
Twenty-six civilians were killed in heavy fighting in Mogadishu. Hizbul Islam ordered aid organizations to shutter operations in Hiran. A German security company will support a Somali warlord.
Iraq
A military spokesman said top al Qaeda leaders are in custody. Security forces detained 11 wanted men in Basrah and six more in Amarah, an al Qaeda operative in Mosul, and a Naqshabandiyah leader near Tikrit. A terrorist convicted of executing five Russian embassy personnel has been sentenced to death. Insurgents killed a US soldier […]
Al Qaeda
Jihadis make their way to Pakistan training areas
Syria
Syria defies Western pressure over Hezbollah
Russia
Russia gives US Afghan drugs data, criticizes NATO
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a district police chief in Ghazni and a tribal leader in Kunar, and bombed a school in Ghazni. The Taliban’s May 22 assault on Kandahar airfield forced the cancellation of a visit of top British ministers. Coalition forces detained a Taliban commander and an undisclosed number of fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, and […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Anwar al Awlaki, the radical US-born cleric for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, urged further attacks against US citizens against the US on a videotape released on the Internet. “Those who might be killed in a plane are merely a drop of water in a sea,” he said.
Iraq
Iraqi prime minister Maliki warns against rushing to form new government
Afghanistan
Afghanstan war: Convoy security deal to benefit Karzai’s brother?
Iran
Iran says US “hikers” spies, proposes prisoner swap
Al Qaeda
Militants fire mortars at Somali president’s palace
Iran
As tensions rise, Israel launches air raid drill