Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Paktika, Kapisa, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed two civilians in Helmand and an ISAF soldier in the south.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Pakistan
US Predators killed four “militants” in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. The Taliban torched 19 tankers in Baluchistan that were carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Afghans brace for economic fallout of US exit
Pakistan
Pakistan – To defeat terrorism sports academies in KP, FATA planned
Brazil
Islam takes root in land of bikinis and Carnival
Arab League
Arab League calls for global pressure on Israel
Iraq
Insurgents killed a police officer in Mosul. “Gunmen” kidnapped a Navy officer in Basrah. Security forces arrested 20 members of an assassination gang in Baghdad.
Libya
No NATO bases after Gaddafi: Rebel envoy
Afghanistan
Drone collision in Afghanistan sparks debate on US availability
Iran
Iran has begun to transfer uranium enrichment centrifuges from the facility in Natanz to an installation in Fordow, near Qom. The IAEA said the move was a “further deviation” from UN Security Council sanctions.
Somalia
Thirty people were killed during fighting between Shabaab and Somali forces in Buzar. Shabaab forces looted eight trucks carrying food to famine victims south of Mogadishu. A military official said the government would launch an offensive against Shabaab in Lower and Middle Jubba.
Elite Afghan force destroys insurgent explosives cache
Security for the Lashkar Gah district in Helmand was transitioned from NATO to the Afghan government in May.
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden’s wife and five children still imprisoned in Pakistan
Afghanistan
New Zealand PM defends role of special forces in Afghanistan after soldier’s death
Afghanistan
Seeking a Functioning Parliament, Afghan Panel Upends Vote Results
Spain
Police arrested Abdellatif Aoulad Chiba for plotting to poison water supplies. Chiba, a Moroccan, obtained manuals to make poisons and explosives on Islamist web forums.
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.
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