Afghanistan
US repositions troops in eastern Afghanistan
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Pakistan
The Taliban executed four “US spies” in North Waziristan and killed three people in IED attacks in Mohmand. The Taliban also wounded 15 schoolgirls in an attack at a campus in Mardan. The Taliban torched a NATO fuel tanker in Wah.
Afghanistan
Security forces captured a Taliban commander in Helmand and six fighters in Kandahar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Afghan officials claimed an ISAF airstrike killed nine civilians in Kunar.
Somalia
Thirty-six people were killed during fighting between Somali forces and Shabaab fighters in Bula Hawo. Top Shabaab leaders Muktar Robow and Sheikh Fu’ad Shongole are attempting to recruit former Somali army officers to join Shabaab’s ranks.
North Korea
Myanmar, North Korea in missile nexus
Belarus
Swedish think tank in Qaddafi arms warning
Sweden
Sweden: Suicide bomb ‘may have been cannabis press’
Yemen
President Saleh accused the US and Israel of stoking unrest in Yemen and the wider Arab world. “There’s an operations room in Tel Aviv with the aim of destabilizing the Arab world,” he said. Saleh sent military reinforcements to Aden to deal with spreading protests.
Oman
Oman protests continue for a 4th day
Yemen
Outside Yemen’s capital, anger and grievances run deep
Iran
Iran: Repression is a ‘domestic’ affair
Libya
Libya – West ready to use force against Col Gaddafi amid chemical weapon fears
Tunisia
Tunisia legalises Islamist group Ennahda
Afghanistan
Private spies aid FBI in Afghan investigation
Taliban execute 4 tribesmen ‘spying for America’ in North Waziristan
“We killed them because they were spying for America, anyone who acts like this will face the same fate,” the Taliban statement read. The men were shot in the face multiple times.
Iran
Technicians removed nuclear fuel rods from the Bushehr reactor. Iran warned the West against military intervention in Libya. Iran and Syria signed an agreement for a joint naval training program.
HIG media emir’s capture leads to capture of 5 other commanders
Farid, the captured HIG media emir, was directly under the command of senior Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid.