Israel
One person was killed and 39 more were wounded in a bombing on a bus in Jerusalem. The bombing is the first in the city in four years. Police are searching for a suspect who is thought to have placed the bomb on the bus.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Logar, and Baghlan. ISAF said an airstrike in Khost killed two Haqqani Network facilitators; Afghan officials said four civilians were killed. The Taliban killed a policeman in Uruzgan.
Pakistan
Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Swat. The Taliban killed one person in a bombing in Peshawar and torched three NATO tankers in Bolan.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two civilians in Baghdad and a policeman in Mosul. Security forces captured an al Qaeda leader in Amiriyah. The Minister of National Reconciliation said five “armed groups” have laid down their arms.
Yemen
Parliament passed an emergency powers act, which calls for a 30-day state of emergency. Security forces killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in Abyan.
Afghanistan
Reconciliation to be based on Afghan Constitution
Libya
Norwegian PM announces Libyan engagement
Libya
Sweden freezes Qaddafi billions
Al Qaeda
Arab unrest: the al Quaeda dimension
Somalia
Four people were killed during fighting in central and southern Somalia. Seven Shabaab fighters surrendered to government forces. The UN said the recruitment of child soldiers by all sides of the conflict is on the rise.
Libya
Libyan forces continue to attack rebel positions in Misrata, Zintan, and Ajdabiyah as UN forces attack President Gaddafi’s ground forces. The US imposed economic sanctions against the state-controlled Libyan National Oil Corp.
Syria
Security forces killed six people during an assault at a mosque in the city of Duraa. Protesters have used the Omari mosque as a base of operations for demonstrations against President Assad’s regime.
Libya
4 Times journalists held captive in Libya faced days of brutality
Afghanistan
Russia endorses NATO success in Afghanistan
Jama’at-i Islami
Pakistan – ‘People to bring Islamic revolution,’ says JI chief Munawar Hussain
Pakistan
Terrorists trying to target Islamabad, says Malik
Libya
Turkey warns against coalition ‘hidden agenda’ on Libya
Libya
Hillary Clinton says Col Gaddafi is exploring options for exile
NATO
Germany withdraws from NATO naval patrols
Arab League
Libya – Arab wavering confounds mission
Afghanistan
Afghan president urges Taliban not to burn schools but to join peace talks
ISAF captures IMU leader who ran terror camps in Afghan north
The unnamed IMU commander ran “multiple IMU training camps and was involved with the facilitation and movement of fighters in and out of Samangan training camps, including fighters’ movement to Pakistan.”
Pakistan
The Taliban kidnapped 24 people in Kurram and wounded six security personnel in Khyber. Security forces arrested a terrorist plotting to attack Pakistan’s parliament.
Afghanistan
Central Asia stands to gain as NATO shifts supply lines away from Pakistan
Japan
Japan – Few were prepared for nuclear crisis
Afghanistan
President Karzai announced that Afghan forces will take control of the provinces of Kabul, Panjshir, and Bamyan, and the cities of Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif, Mehterlam, and Lashkar Gah. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, Haqqani Network, and IMU commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Khost, Balkh, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers […]
Iraq
Two police officers were killed in shootings in Baghdad. A policeman was killed during clashes with protesters in Halabja. Security forces arrested 10 wanted men in Basrah.
Somalia
Fifteen people were killed in fighting in Mogadishu. Shabaab killed two soldiers in Ba’ad and beheaded two people in Beletweyne.
Syria
Protests continue in Daraa and Nawa, where security forces killed five people and wounded 300 more. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Syria to launch a probe into the attacks on protesters.
Libya
A US F-15E fighter crashed in Banghazi; the two US pilots were rescued. NATO is feuding over who will take control of the no-fly zone after the US steps back. Pro-Gaddafi forces shelled Misrata.