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Indonesia: Bomb probe slowed by lack of technological equipment
Monthly Archives: March 2011
India
India and Pakistan to establish counter-terrorism hotline
Al Qaeda
Intelligence on Libyan opposition shows “flickers” of al-Qaeda, says top NATO commander
Syria
Syrian president accepts cabinet’s resignation
Saudi Arabia
No votes for women in Saudi municipal elections
Libya
World powers raise pressure on Gaddafi to go
ISAF targeted Pakistani Taliban commander in Nangarhar
First time ISAF mentions the TTP being a target of a raid.
Northeastern Afghan district falls after Taliban assault
A large Taliban force attacked the district center in Waygal today and drove out Afghan police. The Taliban claim to have kidnapped 13 police and seized large amounts of weapons and ammunition.
Afghanistan
Russia, US have cooperation potential in Afghanistan: diplomats
Burkina Faso
Why Libya’s unrest could threaten the Sahel region
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Sherry Rehman stands alone after colleagues’ assassinations
Libya
US deploys low-flying attack planes in Libya
Iraq
Clashes fuel debate over US plan to leave Iraq
Pakistan
The Taliban killed 14 paramilitary troops in an ambush in Khyber, bombed two schools in Darra Adam Khel, and torched a NATO fuel tanker in Kalat. The Taliban and the Haqqani Network created the Lashkar-e-Khorasan to hunt down US spies in North Waziristan and surrounding areas.
Libya
Obama strongly defends US military action in Libya
Taliban kill 14 Pakistani troops in Khyber ambush
A colonel and a captain were among the Frontier Corps troops killed in an ambush in the Atakhel area of the Pakistani tribal agency of Khyber.
Afghanistan
Afghan elite borrowed freely from Kabul bank
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 20 road workers in an assault on a compound in Paktika province. The Taliban freed 19 of the 50 Afghan men kidnapped yesterday in Kunar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Nangarhar, and Logar.
Iraq
Insurgents killed six women and a young man in an attack on their home in Mosul. Three terrorists were killed when their car detonated prematurely in Baghdad. Kurdish Peshmerga forces withdrew from areas of Kirkuk.
Somalia
Seven people were killed in fighting between Shabaab forces and Somali and African Union troops in Mogadishu. The European Union is providing $93 million to the African Union mission in Somalia.
Hizb-i-Islami
In Afghanistan, spring could prove test of anti-Taliban effort
Taliban create Lashkar-e-Khorasan to hunt Predator spies
The group was established by the Haqqani Network and Hafiz Gul Bahadar to root out so-called US spies that aid in the US’ Predator campaign in Pakistan.
China
Peking University to screen students for ‘radical thoughts’
Libya
Libya – RAF planes hit ammunition bunkers
Argentina
Israel questions Argentina over Buenos Aires attacks
Egypt
Army says Mubarak, family forced to stay in Egypt
Yemen
A blast at a weapons factory in Jaar in Abyan province killed 78 people. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters looted the factory of truckloads of weapons and several armored vehicles prior to the blast, which is said to have been an accident.
Iran
Bahrain condemned Iranian meddling in its internal affairs; Qatar denied seizing Iranian ships. India will pay for Iranian oil through the German Central Bank.
Libya
Rebel forces, backed by NATO air cover, have taken control of Nawfaliyah and advanced to the town of Sitre, the home town of President Moammar Gaddafi. Qatar has recognized the rebels as the official representatives of the Libyan people.
Syria
Security forces opened fire on protesters in Duraa; casualties have not yet been reported. Security forces also arrested an American citizen and accused him of inciting protests against the Assad regime.