Pakistan
The Taliban killed three policemen in an attack on a station in Shangla. “Gunmen” moved two kidnapped Swiss citizens from Zhob to South Waziristan. Police arrested the Taliban’s “intelligence chief” in Islamabad.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, Logar, and Kunduz. The Haqqani Network is purchasing suicide bombers from the Pakistani Taliban, according to the NDS.
Al Qaeda
Islamization A Catch-22 For Pakistani Military
Afghanistan
Border strife in Afghanistan shows wider tensions
Iraq
Insurgents killed five policemen in Ramadi and another in Mosul, and two civilians in Baghdad. Police killed two al Qaeda fighters in Baqubah.
Yemen
Two civilians were killed in Yemeni airstrikes in Jaar in Abyan. An Army brigade said it is under siege in its base outside of Zinjibar.
Afghanistan
McCain: Afghan Drawdown ‘Unnecessary Risk’
India
Headley initially refused to entertain questions on Rana
Al Qaeda
Contest in Pak’s Punjab univ: An ode to Osama
Pakistan
ISI aids and abets terrorist sanctuaries in Pak: Ex-US general
Al Qaeda
‘Assassination of Pak minority affairs minister organised by Ilyas Kashmiri’
Afghanistan
In Kabul, Taliban videos hold allure
Hezbollah
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah rejected the indictment of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon that implicated four Hezbollah leaders and operatives in the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri. Nasrallah called the STL an Israeli plot and said the four operatives would never be arrested.
Pakistan
Security forces arrested a Turkish man as he tried to enter North Waziristan. NATO is attempting to shift up to 75 percent of its supplies from Pakistan to routes in northern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Anti-Pakistan demo held in Kabul
Afghanistan
An Elected Local Council Finds Democracy Tough In Afghanistan
Russia
Tajik Officials Decry Joblessness Among Returned Islamic Students
Afghanistan
Afghans infuriated by shelling from Pakistan
Afghanistan
China rebuffed US request to open route for Afghanistan war supplies, cables show
Afghanistan
US turns to other routes to supply Afghan war as relations with Pakistan fray
Iraq
Taking Lead, Iraqis Hope US Special Operations Commandos Stay
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Bin Laden document trove reveals strain on al-Qaeda
United Kingdom
Zardari underscores intelligence sharing with UK
Hezbollah
Analysis: Hezbollah poised to ride out indictments
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 13 civilians in an IED attack in Ghazni and an ISAF soldier in the west, and kidnapped a district governor in Kunar and three Turkish engineers in Jawzjan. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Khost, Paktika, Kunduz, and Balkh.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in Ramadi and kidnapped five Iraqis west of Ramadi. Security forces detained three wanted men in Kirkuk. Iran denied it is sending longer-range rockets to the Special Groups in Iraq.
Afghanistan
CIA operating drone attacks inside Pakistan from Afghan air bases now: Sources
Iran
Iraq Cracks Down on Iran-Backed Shiite Militias
Hezbollah’s military commander indicted by UN tribunal
Mustafa Badreddine, the mastermind of the assassination of Rafiq Hariri and brother-in-law of Imad Mugniyah, is now the commander of Hezbollah’s military wing.
Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood undergoing generational rift in Egypt