Afghanistan
Norwegian aid organization: ‘No Afghan pullout, just changes’
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, HIG, and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia, Logar, Nangarhar, Baghlan, and Sar-i-Pul. The Taliban killed four policemen in Farah and allowed cell phone companies to turn on the service in Helmand.
Afghanistan
Coalition forces in Helmand claim insurgents defeat
Egypt
Egypt’s military says no to extremists taking over
Haqqani Network
Why are peace deals so difficult to keep in Pakistan’s tribal areas?
France
Islam debate in France sparks controversy
Libya
Strikes destroy 30 percent of Libya military power: NATO
Afghanistan
Probe: No ‘causal relation’ between Army commander, Afghan killings
Germany
UN to probe delay in Afghan response
Al Qaeda
Ex-UK premier: al-Qaida threat from Mideast unrest
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Unrest in Yemen seen as opening to Qaeda branch
Iraq
Insurgents killed six members of a family in Baghdad and an Iraqi soldier in Kirkuk. Security forces captured a senior al Qaeda in Iraq judge in Diyala province.
Yemen
Soldiers loyal to General Ali Mohsen killed three soldiers in Sana’a loyal to President Saleh. Tribesmen in Abyan killed two soldiers for participating in a raid against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The spokesman for the anti-Saleh Joint Meeting Parties said a new government would oppose AQAP.
Venezuela
In a TV interview, Walid Makled, a drug lord captured by Colombian forces, intimated that Venezuela has provided support to both Hezbollah and FARC. Makled said he would only provide details to US prosecutors.
Somalia
Twelve people were killed in fighting between Somali forces and Shabaab in Mogadishu. Shabaab leader Hassan Dahir Aweys denounced UN talks on Somalia that will take place in Kenya in mid-April.
Egypt
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said that it would not permit an Iranian-styled theocracy such as the one in Iran. “The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces will not allow extremist factions to control Egypt,” the deputy defense minister said.
Libya
The rebel leadership rejected peace overtures from President Gaddafi’s sons. “Gaddafi has been waging a war on our people with the help of his sons’ militias and mercenaries, so we see no difference between them,” a rebel spokesman said. “There is no way to negotiate with this regime.”
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda acquiring weapons in Libya:Algerian official
Afghanistan
Afghan religious clerics slam attack on UN office
Sweden
Sabhi Zalouti, a Tunisian-born Swede, will be extradited to Denmark to face charges stemming from a plot to attack a Danish newspaper that had published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The 37-year-old suspect was arrested in Sweden in December 2010; three of his accomplices are being held in Denmark, where they were arrested.
Libya
Britain sends telecoms equipment to Libyan rebels
Pakistan
Unrepentant: Teen suicide bomber vows attacks in Pakistan
United States
The Obama administration will now try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Bin Alshibh, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmad al Hawsawi at a military court at Guantanamo Bay. The five al Qaeda operatives masterminded the Sept. 11 attacks.
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed eight people in an attack at a bus terminal in Lower Dir. Two of the failed suicide bombers from yesterday’s attack on a shrine in Dera Ghazi Khan are from North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
A border policeman killed two US soldiers in Faryab. The Taliban killed a civilian in a sucide attack in Helmand and an ISAF soldier in the east. Security forces killed and captured dozens of Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, Khost, Paktika, Logar, and Kunar.
Afghanistan
Karzai’s role in Koran burning protests again reveals divide with US
Lashkar-e-Islam
Pakistan – Tribal lashkar makes advances: copters continue to pound LI hideouts
Shocking! Sufi shrine suicide bombers from North Waziristan
The Pakistani military and intel services still don’t want to go into the tribal agency.
ISAF, Afghan forces kill Taliban suicide network leader in Kunduz
Shamsullah directed multiple suicide attacks in the Afghan north, including three large attacks since the end of February.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two US soldiers on April 3 in an indirect fire attack and two Iraqi policemen in Mosul. Iran shelled villages in the northern Iraqi province of Sulaimaniyah.