Afghanistan
The decline of counter-insurgency doctrine
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Shabaab claims American carried out suicide attack
Shabaab said that Abdullahi Ahmed was from Minneapolis. He would be the eighth American to carry out a suicide attack in Somalia.
Pakistan
Forty Pakistani security personnel and 45 Taliban fighters have been killed during clashes in Dir; 80 Pakistani troops may have been captured. The US and Pakistan are rumored to be forming a combined counterterrorism team.
India
ISI’s Major Iqbal sought progress report on Mumbai terror plot
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A fearless journalist who died in the relentless pursuit of news
Ireland
Ireland aims to be home of Islamic finance in Europe
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All Pakistan Newspapers Society president backs HRW claims on Shahzad’s murder
Afghanistan
India to strengthen Afghan security forces
Afghanistan
Obama prepares for Afghan exit
Al Qaeda
Syed Saleem Shahzad’s courage
Afghanistan
Petraeus vows to keep civilian deaths to minimum
Afghanistan
A poppy harvest in Helmand, undeterred
Al Qaeda
Slain Pakistani journalist’s Mumbai attack theories from beyond the grave
Burundi
Burundi peacekeepers in Somalia ‘unpaid’
Afghanistan
Security forces captured an al Qaeda leader in Balkh and killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, Logar, and Balkh. The Taliban killed a German soldier in Baghlan and an ISAF soldier in the south. Thirteen Taliban fighters reconciled with the government in Kunduz.
Iraq
Six people were killed in a series of bombings in Ramadi; officials blamed al Qaeda in Iraq. A tribal sheikh was murdered in Fallujah.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula took control of the city of Azzan in Shabwa province and declared it a part of its “Islamic emirate.”
Iran
Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was forced to leave Bolivia after Argentina attempted to enforce an Interpol warrant for his arrest for his involvement in the 1994 bombing that killed 85 people. Russia’s foreign minister said there is “no proof” that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.
Syria
Syrian security forces killed 41 people, including children, while shelling and launching sniper attacks on civilians in the town of Rastan. The Assad regime is attempting to crush anti-government protests.
Somalia
Shabaab claimed it killed nine members of a faction of the Ras Kamboni Brigade that joined the government. Two people were killed during fighting between Shabaab and government forces in Mogadishu.
Al Qaeda leader and bin Laden associate captured in northern Afghanistan
The al Qaeda commander, who was captured in Balkh province, was “a Pakistan-based attack planner” and accompanied Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 2001.
Nigeria
Boko Haram has claimed credit for a series of bombings and also said some were carried out by sympathizers and recruits in the military. The most deadly blast , which killed 14 people, took place at a barracks in Bauchi.
AQAP seizes 2nd city in southern Yemen
The city of Azzan in Shabwa province is now part of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s “Islamic emirate,” according to a report.
Al Qaeda
AP sources: US, Pakistan partnership on mend
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ISI scripted Mumbai attack, Qaida cleared it: Shahzad book
Pakistani military denies report of NATO incursion into North Waziristan
The ISPR said “there was no violation by any NATO helicopters in North Waziristan Agency” as reported on May 30.
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden raid gets little credence in conspiracy-minded Pakistan
Russia
Russian Federation acting upper house speaker concerned over expansion of terrorism
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Pakistan – Abbottabad commission ‘dies out’
Egypt
Dispute grows as Egyptian gas is still not flowing to Israel