Afghanistan
Post-Osama, Pakistan warns US of supply line cut
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Pakistan
Pakistan – Security lapse seen in Shabqadar tragedy
US charges 6 Pakistani Americans, including 2 imams, with aiding Taliban
Two of the people charged, who are both imams, were arrested in Florida, and another person was arrested in Los Angeles. The other three are on the run in Pakistan.
Syria
Security forces killed three protesters in the border town of Tel Kelakh. Syrians are fleeing from Tel Kelakh into Lebanon as President Assad continues his crackdown on anti-regime elements.
United States
The US has charged six Pakistani Americans “with conspiring to provide, and providing, material support to a conspiracy to murder, maim and kidnap persons overseas, as well as conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, specifically, the Pakistani Taliban.” Three men, including two imams, were arrested in the US and three more […]
NATO
Pakistan must stand united with allies to tackle extremists: NATO
Al Qaeda
Be a ‘real’ ally in war against terror, Kerry tells Pakistan
Denmark
Terrorism trial poses test for strained Pakistan ties
Iraq
In Iraq, an internal Shiite battle may be key to US troop extension
Pakistan
US imams arrested for alleged Pakistani Taliban links
The Gitmo Files: 2 of Afghanistan’s most wanted hid leadership roles while in US custody
Two of the Taliban’s most senior commanders successfully hid their leadership roles from interrogators and analysts at Guantanamo. Both were subsequently transferred to the custody of the Afghan government but were freed and rejoined the Taliban.
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden’s death: new organization, leadership emerges
Why was key source on bin Laden’s courier freed?
The Pakistanis freed Hassan Ghul, a top al Qaeda operative who gave up vital intelligence on Osama bin Laden while in US custody.
Al Qaeda
Questions of motives in bombing in Pakistan
Al Qaeda
Pakistan – ISI admits ‘failure’ over bin Laden
Pakistan
The Taliban claimed a suicide attack that killed 75 Frontier Corps troops and five civilians in Charsadda. US Predators killed four “militants” in North Waziristan. The Taliban bombed five NATO fuel tankers in Khyber.
Afghanistan
Afghan intelligence officials broke up a Pakistani plot to assassinate the Indian attache in Jalalabad. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Badghis, Baghlan, Uruzgan, and Paktika. The Taliban killed an ISAF solider in the south.
Yemen
Security forces killed three protesters. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed five soldiers in an ambush in Marib. Qatar said it no longer backed the GCC initiative for President Saleh to resign.
Somalia
Shabaab displayed the body of a captured African Union soldier. Ten people were killed during heavy fighting in Mogadishu; another five were killed in Beletweyne. Shabaab’s spokesman threatened to attack Uganda.
Denmark
In a detailed confidential report on his interrogation by Indian authorities in Chicago in 2010, David Coleman Headley said he planned a terrorist attack on the Jyllands-Posten newspaper with the help of members of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Agency, including a high-ranking officer named “Major Iqbal.” Headley claimed to have worked with the Lashkar-e-Taiba, which he […]
Al Qaeda
Key bin Laden intel came from detainee later released
Al Qaeda
Pornography found in bin Laden hideout: officials
Al Qaeda
Taliban show resolve to fight on after bin Laden
Libya
Italy’s foreign minister said it is likely that President Gaddafi was wounded in a recent NATO airstrike and is no longer in Tripoli. The Libyan rebels are seeking recognition from the US.
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden: Pakistan spy chief spreads blame for intelligence failure
Somalia
Somali piracy costs $8.3bn a year, report says
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden dead: Robert Gates criticises handling of aftermath
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Signs of leadership void as al Qaeda pushes on
Taliban suicide bomber kills 80 at Pakistani Frontier Corps training center
“This was the first revenge for Osama’s martyrdom. Wait for bigger attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan,” a Pakistani Taliban spokesman said.
US Predators strike again in North Waziristan
The US has stepped up its Predator campaign after a lull in strikes that lasted several months. Today’s strike is the fourth in seven days.