Iran
The US State Department is concerned over reports of Chinese firms aiding Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The British military intercepted weapons heading into Afghanistan from Iran.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 37 people in an attack at a funeral in Peshawar. A Pakistani general said US Predator strikes are killing terrorists and very few civilians. Security forces detained four Taliban operatives in Karachi.
Pakistan
250 clerics declare suicide attacks haram
Afghanistan
Eight weeks to face the Taliban
United States
US – Long arm of law reaches out to woo Muslims
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, US ‘civilian surge’ falls short in building local government
Shabaab
Testimony doesn’t match furor over US terror hearing
US Predators are killing ‘hardcore elements’ and ‘foreigners’ – Pakistani general
The commander of Pakistan’s 7 Division, which operates in North Waziristan, claimed that few civilians are killed in the covert US airstrikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Nangarhar, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in separate attacks in the south. Fifteen Taliban fighters in Kunar renounced the insurgency.
Libya
Government forces continued to press rebels in the towns of Zawiyah and Ras Lanuf in an effort to recapture key oil towns on the east coast. Seeking to prevent international action, Libyan envoys are meeting with EU, NATO, and Egyptian officials, while the imposition of a ‘no-fly’ zone is being debated.
Iraq
Insurgents killed the director of the air force training program and a civilian in separate attacks in Baghdad, and two civilians in a grenade attack near Fallujah. A bombing in the north shut down the Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline.
Yemen
Security forces killed one protester and wounded more than 80 in an attack at Sana’a University. Two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were reportedly killed in Sa’ada.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Islamist parties challenge weakening government
Egypt
Clashes between Copts and Muslims killed 13 people and wounded over 140 in Cairo. Coptic Christians are continuing to stage protests in the city over alleged systemic persecution and the recent burning of a Coptic church.
Pakistan
Most of those killed in drone attacks were terrorists: Pakistani military
Afghanistan
Putting Afghan plan into action proves difficult
Afghanistan
Petraeus sees military progress in Afghanistan
Libya
Libya: No-fly zone should not be led by US, says Clinton
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: 2010 bloodiest year for a decade, UN says
Pakistan
Pakistan faces educational ’emergency’, says government
Afghanistan
Official: Iran shipped powerful rockets to Taliban
Iran
P5+1 issued a joint statement to Iran expressing a willingness to re-engage in diplomacy. NATO troops found a major shipment of Iranian-supplied munitions in the Afghan province of Nimruz. Iran and Syria announced plans to establish a joint bank.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 37 at funeral in Peshawar
The Taliban claimed credit for the attack, which targeted members of an anti-Taliban militia in the Matni area. The Taliban have targeted the same militia in the past.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed 32 people in a bombing at a natural gas station near an ISI headquarters in Faisalabad. US predators killed five “militants” in an airstrike in North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders in Helmand, Kandahar, Khost, Paktika, and Baghlan. The Afghan government called on the UN to remove the names of five Taliban leaders from the blacklist.
Afghanistan
Gates sees war gains — but can Afghans hold them?
Iraq
Insurgents killed a soldier and a university professor in Mosul, and a son of an Iraqi who works for the Anbar provincial council in Fallujah. Security forces captured the finance minister for al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq.
Yemen
Suspected al Qaeda fighters killed a civilian in Shabwa. A protester was killed by pro-government forces in Ibb. A prisoner died in a riot in Sana’a.
Somalia
The defense minister claimed Omar Hammami, an American Shabaab leader, was killed. President Ahmed fired four senior security officials; Shabaab cited the dismissals as evidence the government is failing in its offensive. Ethiopian troops have joined a pro-government militia in the village of Berhuteye.
Pakistan
Pakistan maintains significant presence in FATA: Institute for Strategic Studies report