Afghanistan
Taliban says attacked British, U.N. offices in Kabul
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Egypt
Attacks in southern Israel kill 8, wound 40
Militants kill 8 in complex assault on Israeli civilians
A brazen midday attack on Israeli citizens and soldiers by Palestinian militants near the southern Red Sea resort town of Eilat has left eight dead and dozens injured in the worst attack the country has seen since 2008.
Afghanistan
Pakistan says it can bring Haqqani to peace talks
Pakistan
Five soldiers and six Taliban fighters were killed during fighting in Kurram. Police released a sketch of one of the men who kidnapped a US citizen in Lahore.
Afghanistan
NATO shifts training focus to Afghan needs
Afghanistan
Insurgent Attacks Take Toll on Afghan Civilians
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 24 civilians in a pair of bombings in Herat. Suicide bombers killed two security guards at a base in Paktia. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and HIG commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Logar, Nangarhar, and Faryab.
Iraq
Security forces killed four terrorists in Baghdad and detained 11 terrorists in Kirkuk and four insurgents in Mosul. Insurgents killed two policemen and three civilians in Anbar, Tarmiyah, and Mosul.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters took control of the coastal city of Sharqa in Abyan province. The Houthis accused the US of carrying out a car bombing that killed two people in Al Jawf.
Israel
Terrorists killed seven Israeli citizens in attacks along the Egyptian border. Israeli troops clashed with the gunmen after they shot up a bus and fired an anti-tank missile at a car. Officials said the terrorists infiltrated from Gaza via the Egyptian Sinai.
Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed credit for the Aug. 14 suicide bombing at a police station in Tizi Ouzou that wounded more then 30 Algerians. AQIM claimed 35 “apostates” were killed.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Return of Kurram IDPs from Aug 25
Pakistan
Pakistan – ‘De-radicalisation’ plan under study
Pakistan
Pakistan amends tribal laws said to fuel militancy
Germany
Berlin Loses Sleep Over Car Arson Attacks at Night
United States
Chat downs: how security officials plan to identify terrorists
In Pictures: US troops search for insurgent recoilless rifle team
Embedded in Afghanistan: The search in Sabari district, Khost province, ended in a grenade attack that wounded six US soldiers.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Army waiting for ‘uprising’ against foreigners in NWA
Al Qaeda
Islamist Threat in Nigeria Grows With Qaeda Help
Pakistan
The Taliban killed an anti-Taliban militia leader and his son in an attack at a checkpoint in Bajaur. A Taliban leader who was captured in Karachi was freed on bail.
Another Yemeni city reportedly falls to AQAP
The coastal city of Shaqra is the third to fall to AQAP since late May.
Operation Badr: tracking the Taliban summer offensive in Jawzjan province
The Taliban have expanded the insurgency in northern Afghanistan.
Russia
The Islamic Caucasus Emirate confirmed that Abdullah Magomedaliev, who is also known as Emir Daud, was killed along with six fighters by Russian security forces in Dagestan last week. Daud was involved in the planning and execution of suicide attacks.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed eight people in a bombing at a market in Uruzgan. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Wardak, Paktia, Nangarhar, and Kunduz.
Afghanistan
What cut? US continues to fund Pakistan military
Iran
Iran is the biggest threat to Iraq’s security, says Pentagon official
Egypt
Salafists defend right to be part of new Egypt democracy
Shabaab
Contractors Are Accused in Large-Scale Theft of Food Aid in Somalia
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed an engineer in Diyala by strapping a bomb on his body and detonating it. Security forces detained five members of a cell thought to have executed the deadly bombing in Al Kut. The Promised Day Brigade claimed it executed eight attacks against US troops in six provinces.