Afghanistan
Afghan police pledge justice for Taliban stoning
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Caucasus
Russian Islamist wanted for Moscow blast: report
Iran
Iran’s deputy foreign minister reiterated Tehran’s peaceful intentions for its nuclear program. UK banks froze the account of Iran’s English news service, PressTV. A series of earth quakes hit Iran’s Kerman province.
Caucasus
Police eye Caucasus suspects in Moscow bombing
ISAF kills senior IMU leader in Afghan north
Nurullah Bai had close ties to al Qaeda and senior Taliban leaders in Takhar, and was involved in a drug trafficking network that operated between Badakhshan province and Tajikistan.
Russia
Four people were killed in a car bombing near a cafe in the Dagestani city of Khasavyur; no group has claimed credit for the attack. President Putin said Russia would not negotiate with terrorists and that previous attempts had led to two wars in Chechnya.
ISAF targets another IMU leader in Takhar
ISAF continues to pursue the leaders of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in the northern Afghan province of Takhar: In Takhar province, Afghan and coalition forces detained two insurgents and killed several armed combatants during their search for a high-ranking Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan senior leader. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader specializes […]
Pakistan
The Taliban in Pakistan: We’ve got a bigger problem now
AQAP kills 5 Yemeni troops, loots convoy
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ambushed a convoy escorted by Yemeni troops today, killing five soldiers. From the Yemen Post: At least five soldiers were killed and others injured in a suspected Al-Qaeda ambush in Yemen’s eastern Hadramout province on Wednesday. A security source was quoted by Almasderonline.com as saying that Al-Qaeda militants targeted […]
Caucasus
Bombing in Russia highlights discrimination faced by those from Caucasus
Afghanistan
Afghan officials want to prolong detentions
Afghanistan
Dispute with parliament leaves Afghan leader isolated
Italy
Protest in Rome against Pakistan’s blasphemy law
Russia
US video game inspired Moscow airport attack?
United States
Color-coded terror warnings to be gone by April 27
United Nations
Nuclear weapons risk spreading due to impasse: Ban
Afghanistan
Number of US troops killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan rose 60 per cent last year
Afghanistan
The lack of a vision for Afghanistan in the State of the Union
Afghanistan
President Obama said the US would begin drawing down forces in July 2011. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Ghazni, Wardak, Takhar, and Nimroz. Three Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in Nangarhar. Seven Taliban fighters surrendered in Baghlan.
Macedonia
BBC world service leaves the Balkans
Caucasus
Al-Qaeda hand in Moscow attack?
Sweden
Sweden ‘lacks tools’ to fight extremism: Akesson
Iraq
Insurgents killed two foreign ministry officials, a national security ministry official, an Awakening fighter in Baghdad, and a civilian in Mosul. Security forces detained 16 “gunmen” in Karbala and two more in Mosul.
‘Foreign trainers’ active in southeastern Afghan province
“Arabs, Chechens, and Pakistanis” are supporting the Taliban in Ghazni province, while Pakistani intelligence is sabotaging security.
Yemen
Five soldiers were killed and one more was wounded in an ambush on a military convoy in Hadramout province; al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is the prime suspect in the attack. Yemeni soldiers confessed to kidnapping four Czech tourists in Sana’a.
Somalia
Ten people were killed during yesterday’s fighting between Shabaab and the Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a near Guri El. A senior prosecutor in Galkayo was gunned down.
Ethiopia
Australia’s foreign ministry warns that terrorist groups may attempt to attack in Addis Ababa during the African Union summit next week. The foreign ministry said it has “credible information” that “extremists are planning to bomb unspecified locations.”
Russia
Russian intelligence believes members of the suicide team that attacked an airport in Moscow spent time in Pakistan and Iran. Female “Black Widows” are thought to be involved in the attack. Prime Minister Putin said it is unlikely the attack is linked to Chechnya.
Iran
President Ahmadinejad lashed out at his political rivals during a recent speech. Israel’s Vice President said Iran is taking Lebanon hostage by supporting Hezbollah in political upheaval. Germany sent senior diplomats to Iran to secure the release of imprisoned journalists.
Indonesia
Detachment 88, Indonesia’s counterterrorism unit, detained Roki Aprisdianto during a raid in the village of Waru in Central Java. Aprisdianto is accused of being a member of a “terrorist groupterrorist group from Sleman, Klaten and Sukoharjo.”