Indonesia
Indonesian military joins a local terrorism fight
Yearly Archives: 2010
Afghanistan
Inquiry finds guards at US bases are tied to Taliban
Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban killed eight people in a double suicide attack at a Sufi shrine in Karachi. US Predators killed four “militants” in North Waziristan; the foreign ministry said the strikes violate Pakistan’s sovereignty. The Taliban killed two troops in Mohmand. Police detained a Taliban commander in Peshawar. Arrest warrants have been issued for five […]
United States
Senate report slams Afghan security contractors
British, German jihadists involved in Europe plot killed in Predator strikes
A leader of the British cell and two German cell members were killed in Predator strikes in September. Abdul Jabbar was named the leader of the Islamic Army of Great Britain.
Somalia
Somalia’s AU peace force ‘gains ground in Mogadishu’
Russia
Trapping the lord of war: The rise and fall of Viktor Bout
Afghanistan
Security forces killed the Taliban’s shadow governor for Badghis and a top military commander. Combined forces also killed and captured several Taliban members in Kandahar and Takhar. A Taliban suicide bomber killed a German soldier in Baghlan.
Iraq
Insurgents killed an Awakening fighter and four civilians in attacks in Babil, Baghdad, and Mosul. Security forces detained six wanted men in Basrah and two more in Kirkuk.
Somalia
Hizbul Islam met with Sheikh Robow, a former Shabaab leader who quit the group, to discuss a merger. Uganda is willing to deploy 20,000 troops to Somalia; South Africa will not send troops. AMISOM denied reports that soldiers are missing. Shabaab forces withdrew from Beledweyne as Ethiopian forces entered the region.
Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram members killed two people and wounded others in the northern city of Maiduguri. Gunmen on motorbikes shot dead a police officer and a senior opposition politician. No one has been arrested in connection to the recent deaths of 15 people, including 10 police officers, in shootings blamed on Boko Haram.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives threatened a terrorism judge and the jury during their trial. “You will meet the same fate as those who plotted against the jihadists,” one AQAP operative told the judge.
Yemen
Security forces arrested seven Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suspects in the attack on the deputy British ambassador’s convoy in Sana’a. AQAP claimed it attempted to shoot down a Saudi prince’s plane over Sana’a last year. The US issued a travel warning for its citizens.
Pakistan
US military: Pakistan relief focus shifts from air to ground
Tajikistan
Six Tajik soldiers were killed in a mine attack during military operations against Islamist forces in the Rasht Valley. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan claimed credit for the attack. The attack took place in the same region where 28 soldiers were said to have been killed in a helicopter crash on Oct. 6.
Coalition kills Taliban’s shadow governor in Badghis province
Mullah Ismail, the Taliban’s shadow governor of Badghis province, and Abdul Hakim, a senior Taliban military commander in the province, were killed during a raid on Oct. 6.
Suicide bombers kill 8 in attack at Karachi shrine
Two suicide bombers detonated within minutes of each other at the shrine of the patron saint of Karachi.
Pakistan
Commentary: Pakistan’s extremists are carrying out their own decapitation strategy
Afghanistan
Dozens of Taliban killed as war enters 10th year
Afghanistan
Despite rising doubts at home, troops in one corner of Afghanistan see signs of progress
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz candidate warns of rent hike for US base
US Predators strike again in Mir Ali
The strike is the third in Mir Ali in four days; three of the past for strikes have hit targets in Mir Ali.
Al Qaeda
US tries to calm Pakistan over airstrike
Hezbollah
Stronger Hezbollah emboldened for fights ahead
Iran
Russia will return a $166.8 million down payment on the canceled shipment of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Iran. President Ahmadinejad thanked the Pope for condemning Koran burnings. The Iranian judiciary warned gold merchants to call off their anti-tax strike.
Taliban torch 35 more NATO tankers in Pakistan
The latest convoy was destroyed in Khairabad near Nowshera in Pakistan’s northwest. US officials believe the Pakistani military is spurring the attacks.
Al Qaeda
Radical Islam has outmanoeuvred West, says Blair
Iraq
US companies should make inroads in Iraq now, trade official says
Pakistan urges Taliban to step up attacks on Afghans, NATO
For the second night in a row, The Wall Street Journal has the story on US officials’ mounting frustration with Pakistan. According to the WSJ, US defense and intelligence officials and even Taliban commanders are now saying that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence directorate is urging the Taliban to step up the violence in Afghanistan: Members of […]
Turkey
Turkey rolls back university scarf ban