Suicide bombers strike in southern Yemen
Twelve pro-government tribal fighters were killed in suicide attacks in Abyan province, where al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula remains entrenched.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Afghanistan
Interview: US Special Envoy Marc Grossman On India-Pakistan Relations And Afghanistan’s Future
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Tribal Area Reforms Too Little, Too Late
Afghanistan
Afghan Air Force Making Good Progress: US Military
Egypt
Nations Race to Defuse Crisis Between Egypt and Israel
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two soldiers in a bombing in Herat and executed a counterterrorism official in Kunar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Paktia, Logar, and Kunduz.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al Qaeda’s Islamic State in Iraq said that it would carry out “100 attacks” to avenge the death of senior leaders, including Osama bin Laden. “By God’s will, the campaign starts in the middle of the fasting month [Ramadan] and ends by God’s will after 100 attacks exactly,” the group said.
Iraq
Security forces detained 14 wanted men in Basrah, four members of an assassination squad in Baghdad, and a suicide bomber in Diyala. Insurgents killed a civilian in Anbar.
Yemen
The government claimed that dozens of fighters loyal to Ali Mohsen and Abdul Majid al Zindani were killed during an attack on a military base in Arhab. Security forces killed four al Qaeda fighters in Abyan.
Somalia
Officials claimed a “drone” crashed in at the Libyan embassy in Mogadishu. South Sudan said it would consider sending peacekeepers to Somalia.
Israel
Militants from Hamas and the PRC launched more than 50 rockets into Israel today, killing one person and wounding at least seven. Hamas’s military arm claimed responsibility for an attack on a home. Hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian leadership have escalated since the Aug. 18 attacks on Israeli civilians in Eilat.
Iran
Two US hikers who were arrested by Iranian forces and imprisoned in 2009 are said to have been sentenced to eight years in jail for allegedly entering the country illegally and spying. A third US hiker was released on bail last year.
3rd ‘Turban bomb’ attack rocks southern Helmand province
Another suicide bomber attacked a security function wearing an explosive-laden headdress. This is the third time this summer the tactic has been used.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Minister for policy review of war against terrorism
Sweden
Sweden’s military gaffe exposes large gap
Indonesia
US focuses ‘more attention’ on Islamic radicalism in RI
Al Qaeda
9/11: al-Qaeda didn’t act alone
Afghanistan
How Kabul British Council raid unfolded
Iraq
Panetta: Iraqis want some US troops to stay
Pakistan
In Pakistan, top media group wields clout amid controversy
Egypt
Egypt and Israel Ease Away From Sinai Crisis
Afghanistan
Afghan Counterinsurgency: When Everything Is Personal
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Face-to-face with IED, and its makers
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team killed nine people, including a New Zealand soldier, in an attack on the British Council in Kabul. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Paktia, and Uruzgan.
Nigeria
Gunmen burst into a home in Maiduguri and killed three policemen and a civilian. Police blame the Islamist Boko Haram group for the attack.
Cuba
11,604 terrorist attacks in 72 countries in 2010
Bangladesh
Counterterrorism forces from the Rapid Action Battalion captured the emir of the Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh and two operatives in the Kishoreganj district. Maulana Mohammad Yahiya took control of HUJI-B earlier this year.
Iraq
US Defense Secretary Panetta said Iraq is negotiating to have the US remain in the country beyond 2011. Insurgents killed one Iraqi civilian in Mosul.
Iraq
US defense chief says Iraq has consensus on extended US presence: report
Afghanistan
Kabul: a city of blast walls and razor wire