Pakistan
US Predators killed 25 terrorists in a pair of strikes in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed a security official in Khyber. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Swat. ISAF denied its helicopters crossed the border into Pakistan.
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Malaysia
Malaysia colleges a hotbed for militant recruiting
Pakistan
Militias stem Pakistani Taliban, but at what cost?
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed three people in Kandahar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Ghazni, Helmand, and Kapisa. President Karzai’s spokesman urged Pakistan to stop supporting the Taliban.
Iran
Iran corruption claims stoke political infighting
Pakistan
Necessity pushes Pakistani women into jobs and peril
Germany
Germany plans news cyber-warfare defence centre
Pakistan
Suicide bombings in Pakistan: the bloodiest year
Afghanistan
States of conflict: An update on Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan
Afghanistan
How one Afghan village fended off a Taliban advance
Iraq
Two suicide bombers killed 17 people in an attack on the provincial center in Anbar. Insurgents killed a police major in Diyala. Security forces detained 15 wanted men in Kirkuk, two suicide bombers in Samarra, an al Qaeda leader and several operatives in Tikrit, Kirkuk, and Khalis, and an Ansar al Sunnah leader and two […]
Iran
Iran’s intelligence minister admits hacking into opposition e-mail
Hezbollah Brigades
The Hezbollah Brigades threatened to continue attacks on US forces in Iraq unless the US fully withdraws from the country by the end of 2011, and called for the release of all captive fighters. The Hezbollah Brigades is supported by Iran’s Qods Force.
Indonesia
A court sentenced seven members of al Qaeda in Aceh to jail terms of up to eight years. The al Qaeda operatives were planning to carry out assassinations and attack Westerners in Mumbai-styled terror attacks in Jakarta.
Morocco
Police arrested six members of a terror cell who have expertise in manufacturing explosives and were plotting to carry out car bombings and other attacks. The cell is thought to be targeting Moroccan security forces and other targets in the country and abroad.
North Korea
Analysts: NKorean provocations to increase in 2011
United Kingdom
A court charged nine Muslim men for conspiring to carry out terror attacks in the United Kingdom. Twelve men were detained on Dec. 20 during raids in Birmingham, London, Cardiff, and Stoke-on-Trent; three others detained during the raids have been released.
US Predators kill 25 ‘rebels’ in pair of strikes in North Waziristan
The strikes are the first in 10 days, and the first in the Mir Ali area since the end of November.
Afghanistan
UN maps out Afghan security
Afghanistan
US troops battle to hand off a valley resistant to Afghan governance
Afghanistan
Taliban fighters appear quieted in Afghanistan
Nigeria
Christians and Muslims fought in the streets of Jos after attacks against Christians took place on Christmas Eve and Day. Buildings were torched and 95 people were reported to have been seriously wounded. A curfew has been imposed.
Russia
Russian Spetsnaz special operations troops killed eight terrorists during a raid in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan. Amir Magomed Sheikhov, a local terrorist leader, was among those killed.
Pakistan
The World Food Program shut down aid delivery in Bajaur after yesterday’s suicide attack. The Taliban killed a truck driver in Mastung who was transporting supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Gilani said US drone attacks in Pakistan are counterproductive.
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Ghazni, Kandahar, Khost, and Faryab. Four Turkish workers were kidnapped in Paktia.
Iraq
Security forces killed an insurgent and detained 11 more in Mosul, and detained seven more in Hillah. Insurgents nearly assassinated an interior ministry official in Baghdad.
Shabaab calls on al Qaeda to ‘expand the East Africa jihad’
Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage made the statement at a press conference in Mogadishu, where he formally announced the takeover of Hizbul Islam.
Iran
Interior Minister Najjar said that he still cannot confirm reports that Pakistan arrested Jundallah leader Abdul Rauf Rigi. Iran agreed to lift a three-week-long blockade of fuel tankers entering Afghanistan. A court sentenced an “Israeli” spy” to death.
Why 2011 is too early for drawdown in Afghanistan
This article from The New York Times on the Andar district in the southeastern Afghan province of Ghazni highlights some of the challenges that Coalition and Afghan forces face in tackling areas of the country that have been ungoverned for years. “And how long has it been since you’ve seen the governor?” the commander, Capt. […]
Pakistan
Pakistan to review blasphemy laws, official says