Pakistan
Karachi shut down after killing of exile Imran Farooq
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Afghanistan
Karzai urges Afghans to vote, ignore Taliban
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In the 10th Year of War, a Harder Army, a More Distant America
Iran
Iran’s foreign minister said his country is not hiding information from IAEA inspectors. Ayatollah Rafsanjani said Iran’s nuclear program is legal. US Secretary of Defense Gates said recent sanctions on Iran are more effective than expected.
United Kingdom
Britain facing a new wave of terrorist attacks, MI5 warns
Taliban
What™s inside a Taliban gun locker?
Afghanistan
Once wary, Obama relies on Petraeus
Taliban
Taliban vow to attack Afghan elections on polling day
Afghanistan
Afghanistan harbors elements terrorising Pakistan – Pakistani interior minister Malik
Afghanistan
Karzai says Pakistan to play role in talks with Taliban
Coalition continues pursuit of IMU commanders in the Afghan north
A Taliban district commander with links to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan was among eight killed in a strike in Kunduz.
Iraq
Security forces killed two insurgents in Mosul and arrested 35 wanted men in Diyala, Basrah, Karbala, and Kirkuk. A suicide bomber killed two Awakening fighters in Samarra. A US airman died during an accident while exploding ordnance in Balad.
Thailand
Four insurgents killed a father and son in front of their home at a local village checkpoint in Narathiwat province. Insurgents killed a security guard working at the front office of the Chairat Parawood Company in Yala™s Raman district. A couple working at a university in Pattani was shot and wounded by an insurgent.
Philippines
Abu Sayyaf Group fighters killed three soldiers in the town of Tipo-Tipo, Basilan. Ten Abu Sayyaf fighters ambushed an army patrol, which was unable to pursue the fighters into territory controlled by the MILF. Formal peace talks between the government and MILF are set to resume in November.
Mauritania
A suspected Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb member has been arrested in eastern Nouakchott. The unidentified man is linked to the attack and killing of soldiers in 2007 and 2008 that were blamed on AQIM. The arrests come a week after 35 convicted Islamists were pardoned of their prison sentences by authorities on Eid.
Somalia
Shabaab ordered three aid agencies – Mercy Corps, Med-Air, and Horn Relief – to be expelled from Mogadishu as they “propagated Western ideology.” Iranian President Ahmadinejad blamed “colonialist governments” for the violence in Somalia.
Niger
Five French nationals and two African nationals working for the nuclear company Areva and a subcontracter of the French construction company Vinci have been kidnapped from their companies staff compound in the northern town of Arlit. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb-linked mercenaries are being blamed for the abductions. Taureg rebels have kidnapped French workers […]
Afghanistan
UN evacuates a third of staff ahead of Afghan vote
Russia
North Ossetian protesters demand better security
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban, Haqqani Network, and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, Kunduz, Paktika, Khost, and Logar. ISAF troops killed an armed man who attempted to enter a base in Uruzgan during a protest. The Taliban killed three ISAF troops in attacks in the […]
Why has the US ramped up attacks in North Waziristan?
In a report at the Christian Science Monitor that attempts to explain why the US has ramped up Predator/Reaper attacks in North Waziristan, there is a great description of the strength of al Qaeda and allied groups in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency: According to US estimates, there are about 2,000 Al Qaeda militants in the […]
Afghanistan
Afghan partition a recipe for civil war: NATO
Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyrs’ Brigade claims suicide attack in southern Russia
Banner of the Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyrs’ Brigade, posted on Kavkaz Center’s website. Emir Adam, the leader of the Caucasus Emirate forces in Ingushetia, recently claimed that the suicide teams of the Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyrs’ Brigade executed the Sept. 9 suicide attack in Vladikavkaz that killed 18 people. Adam, who was one of two top commanders to come […]
Russia
Emir Adam, the leader of the Caucasus Emirate forces in Ingushetia, said the Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyrs’ Brigade carried out the Sept. 9 suicide attack in Vladikavkaz. “Our immediate goal is expulsion of invaders, the return to Muslims of the lands of the Caucasus and establishment of the Islamic rule on them,” Adam said.
Afghanistan
Karzai calls on Pakistan to help destroy militant bases
Denmark
Police found 40 kilograms of explosives at the home of Lors Doukaiev, a Chechen national who lives in Belgium. Doukaiev was arrested in Copenhagen after what appears to be a letter bomb detonated prematurely and he was injured in the Sept. 10 blast.
Afghanistan
Staying the course in Afghanistan
Taliban
Taliban issue boycott call on Afghan elections
Taliban
Afghan officials promise security for elections
United States
Aid to fight Qaeda in Yemen divides US officials