Pakistan
Women, kids among 17 dead in NW Pakistani bombing
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Pakistani military declares victory in Arakzai. Again.
Today the Pakistani Army claimed that the Taliban-infested tribal agency of Arakzai has been “cleared” of the Taliban. From Dawn: Operation incharge Brigadier Pervez, while addressing a press briefing, said that 90 per cent of the agency area has been cleared of militants during the operation, which was lasted for five and a half months. […]
Yemen arrests ex-Gitmo detainee who fought in Afghanistan and Kashmir
Jabir Jubran al Fayfi, a former Gitmo detainee who fought in Afghanistan and Kashmir, has been arrested in Yemen. Along with other former Gitmo detainees, al Fayfi joined al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Afghanistan
Taliban tries to stop the music in Afghanistan – again
Afghanistan
US offensive expected in home district of Afghan Taliban leader
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Japan reporter tricked captors into using Twitter
Pakistan
The Taliban killed 21 people in an attack on a police headquarters in Kohat and torched a girls’ school in Peshawar. The military killed two Taliban fighters in Swat and claimed the Taliban has been defeated and ejected from Arakzai.
Iraq
An Iraqi soldier killed two US soldiers after a dispute in Tuz. Five “gunmen” were killed after attacking a US base in Basrah. A news anchor for Al Iraqiya was gunned down in Baghdad.
Thailand
Insurgents killed two teachers, a husband and wife, in Narathiwat province. A Muslim villager was killed at his house and a school janitor was shot dead in Pattani province. A Muslim woman was shot to death on her way to mosque in Yala province. Authorities raided an insurgent camp that was abandoned just hours before […]
Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists in Borno State killed a retired police officer at his home in Bama and a trader during an attack on a district head’s house in Maiduguri. In the last month, 12 people, including seven police, have been killed by Boko Haram.
21 killed in blast at police station in northwestern Pakistan
The bombing in Kohat is the fifth this month, and signals that the Taliban have relaunched their terror campaign in Pakistan.
Suicide attacks a response to Predator strikes: Pakistani Taliban
Scores of children trained to become suicide bombers at a camp run by Qair Hussain Mehsud in Spinkai, South Waziristan, prior to its destruction in January 2008. Image courtesy of AfPax Insider. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan today claimed it carried out the recent suicide attack on a police station in Lakki Marwat […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a district governor in Baghlan and an ISAF soldier in the south. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Farah, Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, and Khost.
Iran
China to build $2bn railway for Iran
Lebanon
Lebanon PM Hariri withdraws accusation against Syria
Somalia
Six people were killed during clashes between government and Islamist forces in northern Mogadishu. Shabaab vowed to soon eject African Union troops from the capital. The military’s top general was fired after tons of weapons disappeared from military installations.
Netherlands
Dutch town of Delft is center of a new Iranian activism
Italy
Italy: President warns Iran against Sakineh’s stoning
Taliban
Pakistani Taliban threaten more suicide attacks
Iran
Iran claimed the right to choose UN inspectors to oversee nuclear efforts. South Korea is ready to impose modest new sanctions on Iran. Tehran criticized a Palestinian spokesman for speaking out against Ahmadinejad.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
A Saudi named Khaled Battarfi is the leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in the Yemeni province of Abyan. Battarfi, who is also known as Abu Miqdad al Kindi, took charge after his predecessor was killed during a March 14. airstrike.
The Taliban
The Pakistani Taliban took credit for yesterday’s suicide attack in Lakki Marwat that killed in 10 civilians and nine policemen, and said the attacks were to avenge US Predator strikes. “We will continue suicide attacks on security forces,” spokesman Azam Tariq said. “Civilians should avoid proximity with them.”
Al Qaeda in Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda’s political front, claimed it carried out the Sept. 5 suicide assault on an Iraqi Army base in central Baghdad. Iraqi troops repelled the assault, which resulted in 12 people killed.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Yemeni president urges religious clerics to fight al-Qaida ideology
Taliban
Women running for Afghanistan parliament now have tougher time
NATO
Afghanistan – Plan to woo Taliban soldiers stalls
Algeria
Three Tunisian nationals and four Algerians have been arrested by security forces for links to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The suspected AQIM operatives were arrested in Bordj Bou-Arr
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed nine policemen and 10 civilians in an attack on a police station in Lakki Marwat. US Predators killed five “rebels” in an airstrike in Datta Khel in North Waziristan.
United Nations
UN nuke agency warns monitoring of Iran hampered
Thailand
An insurgent bomb attack wounded three police officers and one soldier in Yala’s Raman district. Suspected insurgents wounded three people in a drive-by in Narathiwat’s Rueso district. Four locals were wounded in a bomb explosion in a market in Pattani’s Khok Pho district.