Philippines
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front expelled a commander just hours before negotiations with the government began. MILF said it would not provide support to Ameril Ombra Kato, the leader of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Afghanistan
“Gunmen” assassinated a prosecutor in Helmand. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Paktia, and Wardak. The US may keep forces in Afghanistan until 2024.
Pakistan
Insurgents killed three policemen in Peshawar and two soldiers in North and South Waziristan. Four US officials reportedly dodged a police checkpoint in Peshawar and took refuge in the US Consulate.
Kashmir
Indian troops killed 12 terrorists who were infiltrating into the Gurez Sector of Kashmir from Pakistan. The Indian military did not identify which group the fighters belonged to.
United States
Coast Guard struggling to update its aging fleet
Afghanistan
Afghan shelter plan stokes controversy
Yemen
A pair of suicide bombers killed 12 pro-government tribal fighters in attacks in Abyan province. The first suicide bomber killed three people in Mudiyah; the second killed nine in Al Arqub.
Pakistan
Seven more butchered in Karachi
United States
Laser Advances in Nuclear Fuel Stir Terror Fear
‘They come from ISI’ – Afghan colonel on insurgent threat
Lieutenant Colonel Nasratullah Nasrat, the commander of Afghan forces in Sabari district in Khost, said that Pakistan’s intelligence service fuels the insurgency. He also believes US forces will not withdraw by the 2014 deadline.
Pakistan
From Prada to ‘purdah’
Hezbollah
Hariri suspect says Lebanon can’t arrest him: report
Hamas
Foreign funds for Hamas hit by Syria unrest: diplomats
Egypt
Gaza militants keep up rocket fire on Israel
Suicide bombers strike in southern Yemen
Twelve pro-government tribal fighters were killed in suicide attacks in Abyan province, where al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula remains entrenched.
Afghanistan
Interview: US Special Envoy Marc Grossman On India-Pakistan Relations And Afghanistan’s Future
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Tribal Area Reforms Too Little, Too Late
Afghanistan
Afghan Air Force Making Good Progress: US Military
Egypt
Nations Race to Defuse Crisis Between Egypt and Israel
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two soldiers in a bombing in Herat and executed a counterterrorism official in Kunar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Paktia, Logar, and Kunduz.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al Qaeda’s Islamic State in Iraq said that it would carry out “100 attacks” to avenge the death of senior leaders, including Osama bin Laden. “By God’s will, the campaign starts in the middle of the fasting month [Ramadan] and ends by God’s will after 100 attacks exactly,” the group said.
Iraq
Security forces detained 14 wanted men in Basrah, four members of an assassination squad in Baghdad, and a suicide bomber in Diyala. Insurgents killed a civilian in Anbar.
Yemen
The government claimed that dozens of fighters loyal to Ali Mohsen and Abdul Majid al Zindani were killed during an attack on a military base in Arhab. Security forces killed four al Qaeda fighters in Abyan.
Somalia
Officials claimed a “drone” crashed in at the Libyan embassy in Mogadishu. South Sudan said it would consider sending peacekeepers to Somalia.
Israel
Militants from Hamas and the PRC launched more than 50 rockets into Israel today, killing one person and wounding at least seven. Hamas’s military arm claimed responsibility for an attack on a home. Hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian leadership have escalated since the Aug. 18 attacks on Israeli civilians in Eilat.
Iran
Two US hikers who were arrested by Iranian forces and imprisoned in 2009 are said to have been sentenced to eight years in jail for allegedly entering the country illegally and spying. A third US hiker was released on bail last year.
3rd ‘Turban bomb’ attack rocks southern Helmand province
Another suicide bomber attacked a security function wearing an explosive-laden headdress. This is the third time this summer the tactic has been used.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Minister for policy review of war against terrorism
Sweden
Sweden’s military gaffe exposes large gap
Indonesia
US focuses ‘more attention’ on Islamic radicalism in RI