Security forces killed and captured several al Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, Paktika, Nangarhar, and Wardak. The Taliban killed an Afghan soldier in Baghlan. President Karzai urged Pakistan to attend the Bonn conference.
Pakistan blocks BBC World News TV channel over critical documentary
Norway – Breivik deemed not sane
13-Pound Baby Named ‘Jihad’ Born in Germany
ISAF appears to have been hunting the al Qaeda operative for seven months. The operative “served as a courier between Afghanistan and Pakistan and delivered supplies to insurgents.”
Insurgent intimidation remains strong in eastern Afghanistan.
Violent protesters in Tehran broke into the UK embassy during a demonstration against sanctions imposed by Britain. Militant students removed the British flag, burnt it and replaced it with Iran’s flag. In the second British diplomatic compound, in Tehran’s north, between 100 and 300 protesters burst in and occupied the property. The state news agency […]
US officials claimed the Taliban may have provoked the incident, but Pakistan has shown no interest in getting to the bottom of what happened.
US Error Puts Afghanistan’s Counternarcotics Progress at Risk
The Brigades of Abdullah Azzam, a militant group linked to al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for an overnight rocket attack from southern Lebanon against Israel. Two buildings in Israel’s western Galilee area were damaged by the attack.
A court has sentenced to death a Tunisian man accused of throwing an explosive device at the French embassy in Mali’s capital in January. Mali has stepped up security in Timbuktu and other tourist destinations after three Europeans were kidnapped and another was killed in Mali last week.
Ongoing clashes between Shabaab and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a, a Sufi militia, left scores dead in the Galgadud region. Britain will seek to build consensus to tackle instability and piracy in Somalia, when it hosts a major international conference on Feb. 23. Aid groups warned of disaster in Somalia if the Shabaab ban against aid […]
Afghanistan – IDLG chief opposes forced poppy eradication
40,000 Troops to Leave Afghanistan by End of 2012
Rival brigades pose most pressing Libyan problem, UN envoy says
Iraq Car Bombings Raise Death Toll
Pakistan boycotts Afghanistan conference
US suspects NATO forces lured into deadly raid
Haqqani Militants Use Death Squads in Afghanistan
Mystery explosion rocks Iran city
US official: Pakistan was called before NATO fired
Pakistan border fire provoked NATO raid: Reports
Egypt elections: arguments rage in Cairo ahead of poll
Tahrir protesters don’t speak for all in anxious Egypt
Syria’s neighbors may soften sanctions blow
NATO Ceding More of Afghanistan to Government Control
Egypt election: Long queues in first post-Mubarak vote
Fire from Pakistan Prompted Nato Attack, Afghan Officials Say
In peace talks with the Pakistani government, the Taliban have demanded that the government close down the NATO supply lines, end the Predator strikes, and sever ties with the US.
A suicide bomber slammed a car packed with explosives into the gate of al-Hout prison north of Baghdad, killing at least 19 people. In central Baghdad, an explosion in a car park at Iraq’s parliament killed at least one person and wounded several others, including a politician.