Pakistan
Pakistan – Taliban ‘reappear™ in Bajaur Agency
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban denies link to Pakistan™s ISI: report
United Kingdom
UK drug addict tells of Taliban recruitment
Iraq
Security forces detained 18 terrorists in Diyala, seven wanted men in Ninewa, three al Qaeda fighters in Wasit, and two al Qaeda operatives north of Baghdad. Insurgents killed an Iraqi soldier in an IED attack in Mosul.
Al Qaeda
Osama Bin Laden reportedly released a new, 90-second-long audiotape where he threatened to retaliate against the US if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was executed. “The day America takes this decision, it will have made a decision to execute whoever is taken captive by us,” he said.
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: in the city where death stalks the streets
Thailand
Insurgents killed a defense volunteer in a drive-by shooting in Narathiwat province and an army corporal on patrol outside a school. Three civilians and two soldiers were injured when a bomb planted in a motorcycle exploded in a market in Thepha district in Songkla province.
Afghanistan
General Petraeus’s pregnant pause on Afghanistan timeline
Afghanistan
The Taliban assassinated the district governor of Arghandab in Kandahar; and killed 10 civilians in Nangarhar, five policemen and five security contractors in Ghazni, two British soldiers in Helmand, and an ISAF soldier in eastern Afghanistan. Coalition and Afghan forces killed “several” Taliban fighters in Kapisa and detained three more in Logar and Kabul.
Taliban assassinate key district governor in Kandahar
Haji Abdul Jabbar, his son, and driver were killed in a bombing in the strategic Arghandab district, just north of Kandahar City.
Israel
Israel security chief warns lifting blockade risky
Afghanistan
No, the US didn™t just ‘discover™ a $1T Afghan motherlode
Malaysia
The police announced that 10 foreigners arrested over the past six months for attempting to recruit university students for the al Qaeda-linked, Indonesian-based terror group Jemaah Islamiyah have been deported. Between 20 to 30 students were monitored by police as they were approached by the extremist foreigners about joining the terror network.
Afghanistan
One million Afghan children busy laboring
Algeria
Three Algerian soldiers were killed in an ambush in a forest in Yakouren. The army patrol was attacked in Tizi-Ouzou province, a known stronghold for terrorist groups such as al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The Islamist ambush comes days after an army barracks was destroyed by an AQIM suicide bomber in Boumerdes province.
Pakistan
Scottish woman held hostage in Pakistan for 10 years returns home
Israel
Gaza crossing points opened as Israel bows to international pressure
China
One year later, China’s crackdown after Uighur riots haunts a homeland
Pakistan
Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and detained seven more in Bajaur. The Taliban killed two policemen in Bannu. The Mercy Corp charity shut down its offices after a driver was killed in Baluchistan.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Abdul Malik Droukdel, the leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, said his terror group still backs al Qaeda. “We inform you, O Emir Osama Bin Laden, that we are still faithful to you and are fighting with all our force,” Droukdel said in an audiotape.
Afghanistan
Setbacks cloud US plans to get out of Afghanistan
Syria
US deploys tech firms to win Syrian allies
Al Qaeda
Terrorism: Al-Qaeda’s ranks diversify
Pakistan
Pakistan – No victory in Orakzai despite hue and cry
Afghanistan
Taliban could become part of Afghan set-up: Obama aide
Kyrgyzstan
Manas transit center sends relief to southern Kyrgyzstan
Iraq
Insurgents killed two policemen in Baghdad, two Awakening fighters in Balad, and a civilian in Mosul. Security forces killed seven gunmen involved in the attack at the Central Bank in Baghdad and the assassin of an Iraqiya politician in Mosul. Civilian and Iraqi security forces deaths have dropped by more than half since 2009.
Kyrgyzstan
Russia may send troops to Kyrgyzstan to help put down ethnic violence between Kyrgyz and Uzbek populations that has resulted in 124 people killed so far. The violence has not caused US operations at Manas airbase to be shut down. Russia is reportedly working to have US operations in Manas shut down.
Afghanistan
New US intel push risks Taliban ‘propaganda bonanza™
Iran
Iran cleric wants ‘special weapons’ to deter enemy