China
China bans military from blogging
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Pakistan
Lashkar and ISI united in pan-Islamic terror, Headley tells NIA
Canada
G8 leaders pledge to counter terrorism
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Gen. McChrystal allies, Rolling Stone disagree over article’s ground rules
Afghanistan
MarSOC helps train elite Afghan police
Pakistan
The US killed two Taliban fighters in a strike in North Waziristan. Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Four people were wounded in two low-intensity bombings in a market in Karachi.
Afghanistan
G8 gives Karzai Afghanistan deadline
Al Qaeda
Afghan overture to Taliban aggravates ethnic tensions
United States
The US will send Mohammed Odaini from the Guatanamo Bay detention facility back to Yemen after a federal judge ordered his release. The government will not oppose his transfer despite a ban on sending detainees back to Yemen due to the security situation.
Iraq
Insurgents killed an Iraqi soldier and a policeman in Mosul. Security forces detained 11 wanted men in Basra and Diyala, two Mahdi Army fighters north of Baghdad, and two al Qaeda operatives in Wasit. A US soldier died in a vehicle accident in Diwaniyah.
Afghanistan
Petraeus to face soldier complaints over war rules
Afghanistan
International community responsible for Afghan drugs: Karzai
Zimbabwe
Police arrested two Pakistanis traveling to South Africa to watch the World Cup. The men were identified as Imran Muhammad and Chaudry Parvez Ahmed. One of the men is said to be wanted by INTERPOL for terrorist activities.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters in Zabul; eight, including a commander, in Kunduz; and a commander in Logar. The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers in the south and three civilians in a suicide attack in Uruzgan.
Iran
The G8 members said its members “are profoundly concerned by Iran™s continued lack of transparency regarding its nuclear activities.” Three US hikers declared as spies may have been captured inside Iraq. The deputy oil minister said Iran would be able to fully refine its own gasoline by 2013.
Hamas
Israeli President Shimon Peres: US and other powers must engage Hamas on peace
United States
US to repatriate Guantanamo detainee to Yemen after judge orders him to be released
Afghanistan
UK – No timeline for British troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, insists Armed Forces Minister
Iran
Trial of Iran’s ‘blogfather’ begins in Tehran
Somalia
Rare haven of stability in Somalia faces a test
Afghanistan
Mullen visits Afghan leaders and Allied troops
Indonesia
Abdullah Sunata’s arrest has revealed that his terror cell was planning to attack the Danish Embassy in Jakarta and the police headquarters in Depok, West Java, on July 1st, the police forces’ 60th anniversary. Noordin Mohammad Top’s father-in-law is on trial for providing financial support and hiding terrorist members of Jemaah Islamiyah.
US airstrike kills 2 in North Waziristan
A Predator fired a missile at a compound near Mir Ali.
Iraq
Iraqi officials see US as neglecting the country
Afghanistan
Inside a crumbling Afghan coal mine
Al Qaeda
Islamist websites: McChrystal fired because Afghan war is lost
Pakistan
Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and detained a Taliban commander in Karachi. Eight Taliban fighters surrendered in Bajaur. The Taliban bombed two NATO fuel tankers in Peshawar. The US will ship three F-16 fighters to the Pakistan Air Force.
Afghanistan
UN needs evidence to delist Taliban leaders
Al Qaeda
Saudi Arabian mother becomes the First Lady of al-Qaeda
Iraq
Security forces detained an Iranian man and a Sudanese man who were “wanted” in Mosul, and six al Qaeda operatives in Mosul and near Baghdad. Insurgents kidnapped two oil ministry employees in Jalawlaa.