Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso army mutiny spreads to fourth city
Monthly Archives: April 2011
ISAF captures IMU/Haqqani Network facilitators in Ghazni
One Haqqani Network commander “provided safe havens for foreign fighters traveling from Kunduz to Paktika province and Pakistan for tactical training and operations” while the other also worked for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
ISAF captures Taliban/Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander in Afghan north
The raids highlight the integration of the IMU into the Taliban and the establishment of suicide camps in the Afghan north.
Afghanistan
Pastor who burned Koran says he was duped into holding back
Pakistan
More attacks in Karachi feared
Afghanistan
Attack on troops shows Taliban danger
Syria
US secretly backed Syrian opposition groups, cables released by WikiLeaks show
Slain LIFG commander led Libyan rebel forces
More than 20 “Islamist” commanders hold leadership positions in the Libyan rebel forces.
Al Qaeda
Libyan rebel’s story shows links to Taliban, Al Qaeda, NATO
Al Qaeda
Gaddafi’s son: We will deal with terrorists first and then talk reform
Algeria
Algeria leader Bouteflika pledges constitutional reform
Afghanistan
Rebranding the Taliban
Egypt
Radical Islamist groups gaining stranglehold in Egypt
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers in the south. Seven Taliban and Hizb-e-Islami fighters were killed during clashes in Wardak. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Sar-i-Pul, and Baghlan.
Iraq
Insurgents killed five people, including a policeman, in separate shootings in Baghdad. An employee for the National Security Agency was killed in a bombing in Baghdad. Insurgents also killed a policeman in Mosul and a contractor in Kirkuk.
Somalia
A solider was gunned down in Galmudug. A prominent clan elder was assassinated near Dhusamareb. Security forces detained 14 men in Mogadishu.
Syria
Security forces killed three people and wounded dozens more after opening fire at a funeral in the town of Talbiseh. The funeral was held for a soldier who is thought to have been tortured and killed by security forces.
Libya
A Libyan Islamist linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban commanded the Omar Mukhtar brigade for the rebels in Ajdabiyah before he was killed six days ago. Rebels in Ajdabiyah are losing ground against President Gaddafi’s forces.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s transition can succeed — maybe
Afghanistan
Lack of trust among Afghans is major stumbling block to peace talks
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan’s south, signs of progress in three districts signal a shift
Afghanistan
Impoverished Afghans shouldering burden of health care
Libya
Libyan rebels say they’re being sent weapons
Yemen
Women irate at remarks by president of Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb killed 13 Algerian troops during an ambush in the Kabylie region. The attack took place near Tizi Ouzou, an AQIM stronghold in the east.
Pakistan
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Pakistan can not stop US Predator attacks and a diplomatic solution is needed. The Taliban bombed a NATO fuel tanker near Dera Murad Jamali.
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber who penetrated the police killed five US and and four Afghan soldiers in Logar. ISAF killed al Qaeda’s commander for Kunar province and five insurgents, including a commander, in Farah. The Taliban killed two children in an IED attack in Farah.
Al Qaeda
Report: Al Qaeda active in Latin America’s ‘Triple Frontier’
Tunisia
Patience is urged on Tunisia reform
Pakistan
US and Pakistan struggle with ‘unhappy’ alliance