US Predators target Haqqani fighters in North Waziristan
Twenty-one Haqqani Network fighters and “Arabs and Uzbek nationals” were killed near Miramshah.
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Afghanistan
Picking Up The Pieces In Kandahar
Afghanistan
Kansas boy wants the world to recognize his fallen father
Afghanistan
NATO, Russia Work to Expand Afghan Supply Route
Afghanistan
Afghans’ Trust in Afghan Military Increasing: Report
Bangladesh
Report shows rise in restrictions on religion
Yemen
President Saleh vowed he would return to Yemen and continue to lead the government. “Gunmen” killed a soldier who was patrolling in Aden.
African Union
Somalia ‘needs more AU troops’ after al-Shabab pullout
Iraq
Security forces detained 16 wanted men in Basrah. Muqtada al Sadr again threatened to attack US troops if they remain in Iraq beyond the December 2011 deadline.
North Korea
North Korea says no way to opening up, or reform
Somalia
The government offered amnesty to Shabaab fighters. Three people were killed in a car bombing in Mogadishu. Security forces detained four suspect Shabaab fighters in the capital.
Haqqani Network is ‘enemy number one’ in Afghan east: General Allyn
An interview with Major General Daniel Allyn, the Commanding General of Regional Command East.
Afghanistan
President Obama pledges to press on in Afghan war
Pakistan
From Islamabad the beautiful to Islamabad the barred
Afghanistan
Soldier’s Afghan strategy: One village elder at a time
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, a Village Is a Model of Dashed Hopes
Al Qaeda in Iraq praises appointment of Zawahiri to emir
The spokesman for the terror group also said that foreign fighters continue to enter the country, and implored Sunnis to join al Qaeda.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Iraq’s Qaeda asks ex-fighters to return, threatens attacks
Afghanistan
Taliban use of IEDs reaches record high in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Ban on Pakistan Taliban too little too late
Al Qaeda
Buffalo transportation worker returns to job after heady tour as Somali prime minister
Afghanistan
More power to the Haqqani network
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, and Paktia. Afghans claimed ISAF troops killed two civilians in Ghazni. An ISAF helicopter made a hard landing in Paktia.
The Taliban
Tayyab Agha, a former aide to Mullah Omar, is said to have gone missing. ISAF and the Afghan government believe Agha has a mandate from Omar to conduct peace negotiations; the Taliban have denied this.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Next Handover Regions to be Slated in Two Months: ISAF
Hizb ut-Tahrir
Agencies struggle to dismantle Hizb ut-Tahrir network
Al Qaeda
Mogadishu celebrates Islamists’ withdrawal but fears grow of new ‘guerrilla’ offensive
Afghanistan
US helicopter ‘shot down in Taliban trap’
Afghanistan
RAF airman blogging from Afghanistan’s front line
Iran
A member of parliament said that Iran is again delaying the launch of the Bushehr nuclear power plant. Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad rejected recent reports that the fate of two Americans on trial in Iran for spying will soon be decided.