Afghanistan
Shooting to kill on the Iran-Afghan border
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Pakistan
Schoolgirls defy bombers in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan – Suspect in provincial governor’s death gets gifts, praise in jail
Afghanistan
Air Force’s ‘all-seeing eye’ flops vision test
Hezbollah
Protests as Hezbollah poised to form Lebanon government
Afghanistan
An uncharacteristically upbeat general in Afghanistan
Caucasus
Moscow airport bombings: hunt for three suspects
Afghanistan
Pakistan prisoners in Afghan jails despair
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Army poised over peace broker’s fate
Caucasus
Bombing at Moscow airport called terrorist attack
‘High profile’ Arab and Turk terrorists killed in Predator strikes
According to Adnkronos International, several “high profile” al Qaeda and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders were killed or wounded in the barrage of Predator strikes yesterday. No names have been released, however. And no word from my sources on this either, but this bears watching: The strikes in Pakistan’s northwest near the Afghan border allegedly […]
Afghanistan
ISAF says Taliban lead Afghan war from Pakistan and elsewhere using cell phones
Hezbollah
Hezbollah, allies to nominate new Lebanon premier
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured dozens of Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in Zabul, Helmand, Kandahar, Khost, Nangarhar, Logar, and Wardak. A man arrested for throwing acid on an Afghan journalist said he was ordered to do so by Iran.
Russia
A suicide bomber killed 31 people and wounded more than 130 in an attack at the baggage claim at an international arrival terminal at Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport. No terror group has claimed credit for the attack.
Iraq
Twelve Iraqis were killed and more than 150 were wounded in car bombings that targeted Shia pilgrims in Karbala. Insurgents also killed three soldiers and a woman in Mosul, two civilians in Kirkuk, and a high-ranking official in the prime minister’s office in Baghdad.
Yemen
Protests against President Saleh continue throughout Yemen as 21 activists remain in prison. President Saleh announced a raise and increased benefits for police and military personnel.
Somalia
A Somali warlord who served as a minister of defense and was once a member of the Islamic Courts refused to disarm his militia. A district commissioner in Mogadishu called for African Union forces to withdraw from the capital. Security forces detained 40 people in Mogadishu.
Afghanistan
Marines pay a price trying to secure an Afghan hot spot
35 killed in suicide attack at Moscow airport
The suicide attack took place at an international arrival terminal at Domodedovo International Airport. The al Qaeda-linked Islamic Caucasus Emirate is the prime suspect in the attack.
Iran
France is pushing for tougher sanctions on Iran after failed international negotiations. The US’ point man on he sanctions regime against Iran is set to retire. Law enforcement officials in Tehran announced the creation of a new cyber police force to monitor the internet.
Foreign fighters in the Afghan north
Syed Saleem Shahzad’s ‘Northern Lights’ series in the Asia Times on the Taliban’s strategy and operations in northern Afghanistan is a must read (click for part 1, for part 2, and for part 3). Below is an extended excerpt from part 3 that highlights the activities of al Qaeda and other “foreign fighters” in the […]
Pakistan
Girl electrocuted in Pak honour killing
Al Qaeda
Northern lights, Part 1: A shadowy new battlefield Northern lights, Part 2: Taking on the Taliban Northern lights, Part 3: Soft Sufi, hard-rock militant
Afghanistan
Russia ready to train Afghan police forces
Afghanistan
Taliban and Western forces focus on Afghan district
Pakistan
US Predators killed 13 “militants” in three strikes in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed three people in an attack on the former mayor of Hangu.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three children in attacks in Badghis and Helmand. Security forces killed 13 Taliban fighters in Nangarhar and detained 11 more in Khost and Farah.
The Taliban
The Taliban executed Sultan Amir Tarar, who is better known as Colonel Imam, in North Waziristan. Tarar is called the godfather of the Taliban for advising and training the group during its rise to power in the 1990s.
Iraq
Insurgents killed six Iraqi civilians and wounded 29 more in five car bombings in and around Baghdad. Security forces detained three wanted terrorists in Al Kut.