Afghanistan
The US killed 49 Taliban fighters during an operation in the Pech River Valley in Kunar, and killed 13 more today in an airstrike in the Sar Kani district of Kunar. US troops also killed 18 Taliban fighters in Helmand.
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Iraq
In Baghdad, 30 prisoners escaped from the Tasfirat prison after battling with guards; most had been jailed for terrorism-related charges. In Basrah, security forces detained 10 wanted men.
Tajikistan
Tajikistan sees signs of rising extremism
Egypt
Egypt: Blogger released from jail
Iraq
Iraq: President urges Christians to seek refuge in Kurdish north
Al Qaeda
NATO, nuclear security and the terrorist threat
Somalia
Three people were killed in mortar exchanges between Shabaab and African Union forces in northern Mogadishu. The president of Puntland criticized the government for supporting the Sool, Sanaag and Cayn militia, which has attacked the government of neighboring Somaliland.
Iran
Russian President Medvedev told President Ahmedinejad to maintain a “peaceful Iranian nuclear program.” The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said the US must focus on “dialogue, engagement and sanctions” with Iran. Iran tested its home-made version of the Russian-made S-300 air defense missile.
Afghanistan
Germans deport Afghans to prevent refugee flood
Al Qaeda
Germany tells al-Qaida ‘You have no chance!’
Iraq
Iraqi Christians flee after violence
Al Qaeda
Terror verdict tests Obama™s strategy on trials
Al Qaeda
First conviction unlikely to help Obama shut Gitmo
49 Taliban fighters, 6 US troops killed during Kunar operation
A US platoon clearing the eastern part of the Pech River Valley engaged in a prolonged firefight with Taliban fighters on Sunday, killing scores and recovering significant weapons caches, while incurring several casualties.
Israel
Jemaah Ansar al Sunnah, a group that has sworn allegiance to al Qaeda, warned Jews to “leave the land of Palestine,” on a videotape released at jihadist websites. The tape was broadcast in Hebrew.
Germany
An Air Berlin flight bound for Munich from Windhoek, Namibia, was delayed after authorities found the time and detonator for a bomb in luggage at the airport. No explosives were found.
United States
A federal court acquitted al Qaeda operative Ahmed Ghailani of more than 280 charges related to the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Ghailani was convicted of one count of conspiracy to destroy US property.
Afghanistan
Taliban-placed IEDs threaten lives and stability in Kandahar, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
US appears ready to acknowledge a long haul in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghan auditor faces US inquiry
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, US turns ‘malignant actor’ into ally
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Al Qaeda
Germany tightens security after receiving attack threat
Al Qaeda
In Germany, evidence emerges of attack plans
Pakistan
Security forces killed killed three Taliban fighters in Shangla. Nine Taliban fighters were sentenced to 10 years in prison. Three people were killed in Karachi. Eighteen people were wounded in a shootout at a mosque in Khuzdar.
Afghanistan
Afghan handover could run past 2015 in areas: NATO
Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram members killed a Nigerian soldier and wounded another in Borno state. The two soldiers were eating at a restaurant in Maiduguri when men armed with Kalashnikov rifles fired at the soldiers from their motorbike.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed two Taliban fighters while they planted IEDs in Helmand, and detained several fighters and commanders in Kandahar, Helmand, and Kabul. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south and a civilian in Kunduz. Hizb-i-Islami said it would enter into a truce with NATO and the government if forces are confined to […]
Iraq
Security forces detained 13 wanted men in Diyala and two of Saddam Hussein’s bodyguards in Tikrit. Insurgents killed a civilian in a bombing in Diyala. President Talibani said he will not sign the execution order for former foreign minister Tariq Aziz.
Somalia
Twenty people were killed during clashes in Dhusamareb between Shabaab and a pro-government Sufi militia. Hizbul Islam fighters detained 4 “criminals” during operations in and around Burhakaba.