Suicide assault team kills 5 people in attack on UN office in Kandahar
A four-man suicide assault team hit the United Nations Refugee Agency in Kandahar city. The attack is the second of its kind in the city in five days.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Afghan-Indian agreement heralds a strategic shift in the region
Afghanistan and India have signed a strategic partnership agreement that calls for economic aid and assistance with training security forces.
Afghanistan
Afghan insurgency: A lethal legion
Boko Haram
Move over Boko Haram, Nigeria’s MEND rebels set to restart oil war in Niger Delta
Afghanistan
Taliban Hit Shows Grim Skill
Iran
Iran praises Iraq as US withdrawal nears
Afghanistan
Pakistan dismisses BBC claims on supporting Taliban
Pakistan
US Predators killed six “militants” in North Waziristan. The ISI spied on German police trainers in northern Afghanistan, and may have been passing information on them to the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Haqqani Network Sends Message With Kabul Attacks
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Nimroz, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, and Nangarhar. The Taliban killed an Afghan intelligence officer in Ghazni, an Afghan soldier in Laghman, and an ISAF soldier in the south.
Saudi Arabia
A member of the royal family increased the bounty for capturing an Israeli soldier that was offered by a Saudi cleric from $100,000 to $1 million. Prince Khaled bin Talal said he offered the bounty to secure the release of Palestinian prisoners.
Iraq
Security forces have rounded up 615 Baathists during sweeps over the past several days. Iraqi troops detained four members of an al Qaeda cell, including the cell leader, in Baghdad.
Yemen
Sanaa International Airport has been closed after four blasts destroyed two Yemeni fighter aircraft; the cause of the explosions has not been determined. Four people were killed when government forces shelled villages in Arhab.
Pakistan
US has no permission to launch drone strikes in Pakistan: PM Gilani
Somalia
Shabaab claimed that an American known as Cabdi Salaam al Muhajir was one of two suicide bombers who attacked an African Union base in Mogadishu yesterday. Twelve Shabaab fighters were killed in Kenyan airstrikes in Jilib. Security forces detained 20 Shabaab fighters in Gedo.
Morocco
A court sentenced nine men for their roles in the bombing at a Marrakesh cafe that killed 17 people. The cell leader was sentenced to death, his deputy was given a life sentence, and seven others received jail terms ranging from three to four years.
United Kingdom
Armed guards to protect British ships from pirates
Iraq
Iraq can’t defend itself fully before 2020: general
Caucasus
How Suicide Bombers Are Trained in North Caucasus
IMU claims Panjshir attack carried out ‘in cooperation’ with the Taliban
One Uzbek and four Afghans were part of the group that attacked the Provincial Reconstruction Team base on Oct. 15.
US drones kill 6 ‘militants’ in al Qaeda hub of Datta Khel
The attack in North Waziristan is the fourth in Pakistan’s tribal areas in five days.
Shabaab claims American involved in Mogadishu suicide assault
Shabaab released an audiotape from Cabdi Salaam al Muhajir, who they claimed is an American citizen. Al Muhajir is one of two suicide bombers who attacked an African Union base in Mogadishu.
Afghanistan
Yak’s milk hospitality in the remote Pamir mountains
Afghanistan
NATO should act against terrorists in Afghanistan: Gen Malik
Libya
Score-settling after Libya’s war casts shadow
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed eight civilian trainers, four US troops, a Canadian soldier, three Afghan civilians, and a policeman in an attack on an armored bus in Kabul. An Afghan soldier killed three Australian soldiers and an interpreter in Kandahar. A female suicide bomber wounded five Afghan intelligence officials in Kunar.
Iraq
US Plans Post-Iraq Troop Increase in Persian Gulf
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The Arab world: Crescent moon, waning West
Africa
US quietly assumes military posture in Africa
Yemen
Four soldiers were wounded in a bombing outside a security headquarters in Aden. The attack follows another in Aden on Friday, which killed a senior anti-terror security official.