Somalia
UN refugee agency warns of crisis ‘of unimaginable proportions’ in Somalia drought
Monthly Archives: July 2011
North Korea
Pakistan’s nuclear-bomb maker says North Korea paid bribes for know-how
France
Israel set for Gaza aid ‘flytilla’ as boats blocked
Taliban step up cross-border attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan
The latest attacks in Kamdish in Afghanistan and Dir in Pakistan highlight the Taliban’s ability to carry out large attacks in remote areas of both countries.
Afghanistan
US Afghanistan drawdown begins slowly, 800 Marines out in fall
Afghanistan
Taliban Fighters Attack Afghan Police Posts
Afghanistan
Slow Withdrawal Plan for British Troops in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pakistan – Sunni Tehreek stages protest against govt’s failure to arrest terrorists
The Taliban
The Taliban refuted reports that it sought to engage in negotiations with the West over a peaceful settlement of the Afghan war. “The rumor about negotiation with America is not more than the talks aimed at the exchange of prisoners,” the Taliban said in a statement emailed to the media.
Pakistan
Memories of Taliban still haunt Pakistanis in Swat
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al Qaeda advances in Yemen’s hidden war
Afghanistan
Forty Taliban fighters, 23 policemen, and five civilians were killed during fighting in Nuristan. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia, Wardak, Sar-i-Pul, and Kunduz. The Taliban kidnapped 24 de-miner workers in Farah. Nine members of a flight crew were killed when an Ilyushin IL-76 […]
Iraq
Two policemen were killed in a suicide attack in Baghdad. Security forces detained 13 wanted men in Baqubah, five terrorists in Basrah, and several terrorists involved in yesterday’s suicide attack in Taji.
Somalia
An Afghan who served as a senior Shabaab commander may have been killed in last month’s Predator strike near Kismayo. Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu are blocking humanitarian aid from reaching drought-affected Somalis. Shabaab fighters killed one boy while opening fire on a group of soccer players.
Australian al Qaeda commander reported killed in Predator strike
The commander, Saifullah, is described as “a key supporter of Osama bin Laden.”
India
Dawood Ibrahim, LeT in Russia’s list of terror financiers
United States
TSA warns airlines of explosive implants
Pakistan
US should slap sanctions on ISI officials: Riedel
Alleged Shabaab operative to stand trial in New York
A Somali man named Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame was transferred to New York where he will stand trial for allegedly providing material support to both Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The unsealed indictment in his case follows a series of reports connecting Shabaab to AQAP.
Indonesia
Detachment 88, the national antiterrorism force, arrested five suspects in Jakarta and two in Surabaya who were allegedly engaged in terrorist activities in the two cities as well as smuggling weapons into Indonesia from the Philippines.
Afghanistan
Taliban is still capable and resilient fighting force in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Takeover is the Taliban plan for Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Spectre of collusion hangs over deadly Kabul hotel attack
Afghanistan
Suicide bomber was sold to terror network, Afghanistan says
Afghanistan
Taliban again refute claims of peace talks with West
Iraq
Weapons prove Iranian role in Iraq, US says
Afghanistan
Canadian forces leave Afghanistan as mission ends
Al Qaeda
Pakistan inquiry orders Bin Laden family to remain
Taliban, Pakistani troops clash in Miramshah
The fighting is not related to a much-anticipated Pakistani offensive in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, a US intelligence official said.
Afghanistan
Militants enter Pakistan, attack border villages