Afghanistan
Gates in Afghanistan to assess troop withdrawals
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Iran
US Secretary of State Clinton appealed to Iran for information on a retired FBI agent who went missing in Iran several years ago. The Iranian military tested domestically-produced howitzer artillery. President Ahmadinejad seeks continued diplomatic cooperation with Kenya.
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda routing money to India via Europe: report
Afghanistan
A murder rattles German soldiers’ faith in Afghan allies
Egypt
Egypt revolt gave us back our lives: Hamas chief
Kenya
Police in the border town of Mandera arrested six Shabaab fighters, including a Pakistani and two Somalis who aquired American citizenship. Shabaab lost control of the town of Bula Hawa across the border in Somalia several days ago during clashes against Alhu Sunnah Wal Jama’a.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Capital witnesses mushrooming growth of fake organisations
Turkey
Why is Turkey arresting journalists?
United States
National focus on debate on Muslim radicalization
Pakistan
At Christian lawmaker’s funeral, Pakistan’s PM mum on blasphemy law
Afghanistan
US rebuilds Afghan village it destroyed
Thailand
Muslim terrorists killed two people and wounded five in Pattani province. Six gunmen killed a retired policeman in one attack, and two militants killed a young man on a motorcycle in another shooting.
Pakistan
Pakistan apologized for shelling Afghanistan six times over the past month. Security forces arrested three terrorists in Lahore. Gunmen opened fire on the car of Qatar’s consul in Karachi; no one was hurt.
Afghanistan
New militia brings security, and worries, to Marjah
ISAF, Afghan forces capture another HIG commander in Khost
Coalition and Afghan special operations teams captured yet another Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin commander, this time during a raid in the Sabari district in Khost province. From the ISAF press release: Afghan and coalition forces detained a Hezb-E Islami Gulbuddin commander and two suspected insurgents during an operation in Sabari district, Khost province yesterday. The commander is […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 12 civilians, including five children, in an IED attack in Paktika. Prsident Karzai rejected General Petraeus’ apology for the accidental death of nine Afghan boys in Kunar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, Haqqani Network, and HIG commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Baghlan, and Kunduz.
Iraq
Insurgents killed seven Iraqis at a train station in Basrah, two civilians in a shooting in Diyala, a policeman in Mosul, and a member of the Sunni Endowment in Baghdad. Soldiers killed a suicide bomber in Mosul.
Somalia
Alhu Sunnah Wal Jama’a took control of Bula Hawa from Shabaab and captured 48 prisoners; 25 people were reported killed during the fighting. Twenty-one people were killed during heavy fighting between Shabaab and Somali and African Union forces in Mogadishu.
Afghanistan
Pashtun boys’ video exalts suicide raids
Lebanon
Thousands protest against Lebanon’s sectarian system
Yemen
Suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed four Republican Guards soldiers in Marib province. The US urged its citizens not to travel to Yemen. The Netherlands urged 90 of its citizens to leave Yemen.
Iran
President Ahmadinejad said US and European firms are bypassing export sanctions. The IAEA is unlikely to take action against Iran and Syria’s nuclear programs.
Pakistan
ISI redefining terms of engagement with CIA
Jordan
Muslim Brotherhood sees opportunity in Jordan
Al Qaeda
Assassinated Pakistani minister ‘wasn’t afraid of being killed’
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, US shifts strategy on women’s rights as it eyes wider priorities
Afghanistan
Afghan prison an insurgent breeding ground
Doku Umarov vows to kill more civilians in ‘war’ with Russia
The leader of the Caucasus Emirate called for all Muslims to back the terror group and justified the deadly suicide attack at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow by saying the group is at “war” with Russia.
Norway
Norwegian trade and industry minister talks tough on pirates
Pakistan
Gunmen killed five policemen and a Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan leader and his son in separate attacks in Karachi. Two “militants” died in a premature detonation in Karachi. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Kurram. The Taliban bombed three schools in Khyber, Kohat, and Swabi.