Security forces killed two suicide bombers in Kabul, and killed and captured several Taliban fighters and commanders in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Paktia, Wardak, Logar, and Kabul. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south and denied its spokesman was captured.
Security forces killed three suicide bombers in Baghdad, and captured al Qaeda’s governors of Diyala and southern Baghdad. Security forces also detained 19 “terrorists” in Diyala.
Ten people were killed during clashes in al Jawf province between Houthis and members of the Islah party. Three French hostages kidnaped by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula have been freed.
Unconfirmed reports claim that Ahmad Godane Abu Zubayr, Shabaab’s spiritual leader and Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, a top commander, were killed in a massive blast in Afgoye.
Syria faces mounting international pressure. The Arab League suspended Syrian membership and is prepared to send a 500 observers to Syria. The EU applied more sanctions. Jordon’s King called on Syrian President Assad to stand down. Russia opposed new sanctions, China called on Syria to implement a peace plan. Pro-government mobs attacked the embassies of […]
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The Taliban said the documents were obtained “from two Ministries and from the special security corps of the government.”
Five members of a terror cell have links to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the public prosecutor’s office claimed. The cell planned to attack the Interior Ministry, the Saudi Embassy, and a causeway linking Bahrain to Saudi Arabia.
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Egyptian police arrested the head of al Qaeda’s branch in the Sinai. Mohammed Eid Muslih Hamad, who is also known as El Tihi, was captured in El Arish. He has been behind six bombings of a pipeline to Israel and Jordan.
The Taliban killed 16 people in a pair of bombings in Khyber, and bombed two schools in Swabi and Nowshera. The military has imposed a curfew in areas of North Waziristan.
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Hizb-i-Islam Khalis commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Paktika, and Logar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
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Insurgents killed an Iraqi Army officer in Tikrit, a policeman in Fallujah, and two civilians in Baghdad. The US turned over two radar installations to the Iraqi military. Iraq abstained from the vote that suspended Syria from the Arab League.
Security forces killed nine al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, including five Saudis, in Zinjibar. More than 1,000 AQAP fighters are reported to have arrived in Shaqra. AQAP flogged five boys for running drugs in Jaar.