Afghanistan
Caldwell provides Afghan training update
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Iraq
Insurgents killed seven workers at a factory in Bayji and a civilian in Baqubah. Security forces detained 11 al Qaeda operatives in Baghdad and an al Qaeda bomb maker in Ninewa. The Iranians shelled PJAK fighters in northern Iraq.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed 18 people in a suicide attack in a mosque in South Waziristan and seven people, including a pro-government militia leader, in an IED attack in Kurram, and wounded seven tribal leaders in a bombing near Peshawar. The US killed five people in a strike against the Haqqani Network in North Waziristan.
Pakistan
Terrorists regrouping outside Peshawar, says Iftikhar
Somalia
13 die in Somali fighting; militia declares ‘war’
Afghanistan
Biden delivers positive review on Iraq, Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
‘Al-Qaeda gang’ held over Iraq traffic police killings
Afghanistan
Afghanistan security force more than a year away
‘Foreign fighter’ networks targeted in Nangarhar, Paktia
An airstrike in Nangarhar killed an estimated 12 Taliban fighters, including Pakistani fighters from Waziristan. Two Haqqani Network fighters were killed in Paktia during a raid targeting a commander who runs camps in Khost.
Iran
Tehran started mass production of two lines of assault boats. The Nabucco pipeline consortium delayed plans to include Iran in the gas pipeline. Turkey removed Iran from its “red book” threat list.
Thailand
Insurgents killed two people and wounded four others in separate attacks in Pattani province. An assistant village chief was killed and two civilians wounded in one attack, and a former president of a local organization was killed in a separate attack. Two insurgents evaded capture when Thai authorities raided their forest hideout.
Ex-Gitmo detainee surrenders in Yemen
A former Gitmo detainee who rejoined al Qaeda after being repatriated surrendered to authorities in Yemen.
US airstrikes targets Haqqani Network, kill 17 in North Waziristan
One strike took place in the same town that hosts the Manba Ulom madrassa, the headquarters of the Haqqani Network in Pakistan.
Afghanistan
Petraeus says Taliban momentum halted in key areas
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai says he intervened to secure release of imprisoned aide
Caucasus
Inmates flee Tajik prison, kill guards in gunfight
Taliban strike at mosque and tribal leaders’ meeting in Pakistan’s tribal areas
Twenty-five people were killed in attacks on a mosque, a tribal meeting, and a convoy of a pro-government militia. The coordinated attacks took place in South Waziristan, Kurram, and near Peshawar.
Iraq
In Porn, A Story Of Iraq’s Politics
United States
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: the transformer
Afghanistan
No formal peace process with the Taliban: Karzai
Venezuela
More killings in Venezuela than in Iraq
Pakistan
Pakistanis say Taliban arrest was meant to hurt peace bid
United States
How WikiLeaks keeps its funding secret
Al Qaeda
Indian jihadis in Qaida™s Somalia arm?
Bangladesh
Bangladesh bars enforced Islamic dress code
7 foreign Shabaab fighters killed in explosion in Mogadishu
Three Pakistanis, two Indians, one Afghan, and one Algerian were among 10 Shabaab fighters killed during a mysterious explosion that mimicked an incident that almost killed Shabaab’s leader in May 2009.
Afghanistan
Karzai urges US taxpayers: end security contractors
Iraq
Insurgents killed a US soldier in Basrah and a civilian in Hillah. Security forces captured a “high-ranking” al Qaeda operative near Miqdadiyah. General Odierno said Iran continues to fund Shia terror groups operating in Iraq.
Afghanistan
Next US target: The birthplace of the Taliban
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed six policemen in Helmand, five civilians in Faryab, four US troops in the south and east, and two civilians in Helmand. Coalition and Afghan forces killed 12 Taliban fighters in Nangarhar, four in Baghlan, and three commanders in Kandahar; and detained fighters and commanders in Zabul and Kandahar. Four Taliban fighters were […]