Afghanistan
Canada – Five years in Afghanistan: fighting a war within a larger war
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Al Qaeda in Iraq
The growing threat of al Qaeda in Yemen
Afghanistan
General Rod’s War
Afghanistan
US troop pullout points up Karzai’s woes
Pakistan
Pak takes land, air route to hunt Taliban on terror turf
China
Global race on to match US drone capabilities
Afghanistan
Departing US Envoy Sees Progress in Afghanistan, and Pitfalls Ahead
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Spies Tied to Slaying of a Journalist
Syria
AP Exclusive: Security Council to talk Syria nukes
Pakistan
Swiss hostages moved to tribal areas in Pakistan
Pakistan
The Pakistani military launched an operation against the Taliban in Kurram. The Taliban are reported to have launched an attack into Bajaur from Kunar in Afghanistan; one policeman was killed.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Zabul, Khost, Paktika, Nangarhar, Balkh, and Kunduz. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east. ISAF is searching for a missing British soldier in Helmand.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed only himself after detonating his vest in Haditha. Insurgents killed a civilian in a bombing in Baghdad.
Yemen
The defense minister said troops have been deployed around Aden to prevent the city from falling to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. An unnamed military official denied reports that 50 soldiers have gone missing in Zinjibar.
Italy
Italy deported Yamine Bouhrama to Algeria after his six-year-long prison sentence expired. Bouhrama was convicted of establishing an al Qaeda-linked terror cell in Italy.
Nigeria
Eight people were killed and 15 more were wounded in a bombing in Maiduguri. Police said the Islamist terror group Boko Haram is behind the attack.
Afghanistan
Petraeus: Afghan fight slowly shifting to east
ISAF searching for missing soldier in Afghan south
The body of the British soldier has been recovered in Helmand province.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Parliament wants to sever diplomatic ties with Pakistan
Afghanistan
Kandahar’s Zherai District Cleared of Militants
Germany
Germany Wants to Supply Battle Tanks to Saudi Arabia
China
WikiLeaks: Okinawa’s Pro-China, Anti-US Bent
Afghanistan
‘Mini-surge’ of US Special Forces to hit Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Deadly Shelling by Pakistan Into Afghanistan Is Stoking Tensions
Pakistan
Pakistani Military Still Cultivates Militant Groups, a Former Fighter Says
Afghanistan
US and Allies Cut Plans for Funding Afghanistan’s Forces
Pakistan
Scandals taint revered Pakistan military
Pakistan
The Taliban killed three policemen in an attack on a station in Shangla. “Gunmen” moved two kidnapped Swiss citizens from Zhob to South Waziristan. Police arrested the Taliban’s “intelligence chief” in Islamabad.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, Logar, and Kunduz. The Haqqani Network is purchasing suicide bombers from the Pakistani Taliban, according to the NDS.
Al Qaeda
Islamization A Catch-22 For Pakistani Military