Afghanistan
US envoy tries to patch up ties with Pakistan
Monthly Archives: April 2011
The most wanted Taliban commanders in Afghanistan
A look at some of the Taliban leaders who are at the top of the special operations groups’ target list.
Afghanistan
War pulls apart Afghan families
Hamas
Palestinians to tell West they ready for statehood
Afghanistan
Karzai says West had role in bank crisis, wants US ties reviewed
Afghanistan
Asif Ali Zardari: Afghan war ‘destabilising Pakistan’
United Nations
World Bank shifts focus to security in poor nations
Arab League
Arab League to ask UN for imposing no-fly zone over Gaza
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Disputed cases pending at Landikotal tehsil office
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Arab earthquake disrupts US counter-terror effort
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kapisa, and Logar. The Taliban killed three tribal elders in Farah and an ISAF soldier in the south. Afghan investigators said clerics and “reformed” Taliban instigated the attack on a UN office in Mazar-i-Sharif.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in Mosul and a government worker in Baghdad. Security forces arrested six Mujahideen-e-Khalq members in Diyala.
Shabaab
Omar Hammami, the American Shabaab military commander, released a nasheed glorifying death, and said he hoped to die as other senior al Qaeda leaders have died. Hammami’s tape refutes reports of his death from Somalia’s defense minister.
Yemen
Security forces killed an anti-government protester in Taiz and wounded hundreds more in Sana’a. Dozens of protesters were also detained in Sana’a.
Syria
Armed men loyal to President Bashir Assad opened fire on anti-government protesters in Banias. Security forces also deployed to the oil refinery in Banias, one of two in the country.
Libya
NATO airstrikes destroyed 11 government tanks outside Ajdabiyah, preventing Gaddafi’s forces from taking the town, and 14 more on the outskirts of Misrata. The African Union hopes to mediate a settlement between Gaddafi and rebel forces.
India
South Asia’s looming arms race
India
Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, a deterrent against India, but also United States ?
Afghanistan
Afghan forces prepare to retake district in Nuristan
France
British Muslim radical banned from France ahead of burka ban
Libya
Heavy fighting flares across eastern Libya as delegation arrives
Egypt
Former Egyptian president Mubarak addresses nation, denies corruption
Hamas
Israel to Palestinians: We’ll stop shooting if you do
American Shabaab commander Omar Hammami releases tape that mocks reports of his death
In Hammami’s latest rap-nasheed, he asks to die in a Predator strike, special operations raid, air strike, or cruise missile attack, like other top al Qaeda commanders.
Al Qaeda fighter properly detained at Gitmo, court finds
The DC Circuit Court affirmed a district court’s decision to deny Guantanamo detainee Yasein Khasem Mohammad Esmail’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Esmail was trained at a notorious al Qaeda camp, studied at an al Qaeda-run school for martyrs, and fought at Tora Bora.
United States
Officials: Serious lapses in security on JFK airport shuttle
Hamas
Israelis conducting global war on Hamas
Pakistan
Pakistani media still seen as on a tight leash
Lashkar-e-Khorasan executes 3 ‘US spies’ in North Waziristan
The US Predator campaign is on hold after the controversial March 17 strike in Datta Khel.
Pakistan
Pakistan – War on terror: 10 parties plan rallies