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Pakistan – Doctor arrested for blasphemy: police
Yearly Archives: 2010
India
Terrorists entered India via Nepal
Al Qaeda
Holder calls terrorism sting operations ‘essential’
Stockholm suicide bomber aspired to jihad
A jihadist website identified Taimour Abdulwahab as the Stockholm suicide bomber. Abdulwahab claimed he traveled to the Middle East to train for jihad.
Afghanistan
Man on a mission: US defence secretary Robert Gates is still hungry for the fight in Afghanistan
Taliban suicide bomber kills 6 US and 2 Afghan troops in south
The Taliban claimed the attack on a newly established combat outpost in Zhari district in Kandahar province. The Taliban have carried out three suicide attacks in Kandahar in two days.
Germany
Germany alleges Pakistan of airing terror for political gains
Al Qaeda
Former Afghan spy chief slams Taliban talks
Russia
Venezuela acquires 1,800 antiaircraft missiles from Russia
Afghanistan
Jailed Afghan drug lord was informer on US payroll
Pakistan
No Taliban or Quetta Shura in Balochistan – Frontier Corps official
Terrorist bombings in Stockholm kill 1, injure 2
A suicide bomber killed only himself in an attack today on a busy street in downtown Stockholm.
Al Qaeda
WikiLeaks: US concern about terrorism in Spain
Al Qaeda
Afghanistan, Pakistan get bleak intelligence brief
Pakistan
Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in Swat and four more in Mohmand. Police foiled a massive car bomb attack in Kohat. The Taliban killed two policemen in Peshawar.
Al Qaeda
Broadside fired at al-Qaeda leaders
Afghanistan
Agreement reached on Afghan-Pakistan gas pipeline
Afghanistan
NATO chief in Afghanistan seeks more AWACS planes
Afghanistan
Attacks kill Afghan civilians ahead of Obama review
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 15 people in an IED attack in Helmand. A suicide bomber wounded five soldiers and nine civilians in Kunduz. Security forces targeted the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan during a clearing operation in Kunduz.
Algeria
Algrian security forces launched a massive operation in the Kabylie region; more than 3,500 troops attacked an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb camp between the cities of Boumerdes and Tizi Ouzou. Ten AQIM fighters were reported killed.
Somalia
Shabaab and Hizbul Islam clashed in Burhakaba; Hizbul Islam claimed it took control of the city. Three people were killed in mortar exchanges between Shabaab and African Union forces in Mogadishu.
Yemen
A court in Hadramaut province sentenced eight al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives to jail terms of between four to seven years for sheltering al Qaeda fighters from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. A court in Sana’a upheld the sentences of seven al Qaeda operatives, but reduced some of the jail terms.
Iran
The US said sanctions against Iran may be ramped up further “as Iran avoids serious negotiations.” Iran’s interior minister claimed the CIA, Mossad, and MI6 were responsible for assassinations in Tehran.
Yemeni al Qaeda operative killed along Afghan-Pakistani border
Abu Abdulrahman al Qahtani was a veteran jihadist and propagandist who was close to the suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officials in a suicide attack in Khost, Afghanistan, late last year.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Hardline clerics launch hate campaign against Mughalpura Ahmedis
Al Qaeda
Facebook emerges as ‘terrorist recruiting ground’
Pakistan
Blasphemy trials in Pakistan reveal a broken justice system
Afghanistan
Rifles of advanced age remain in use in Afghanistan
Iran
US and allies plan more sanctions against Iran