Afghanistan
Helicopter crash highlights instability near Kabul
Yearly Archives: 2011
Grenades, Molotovs, and mystery mortars in Sabari
A brief rundown on security in the Haqqani Network-influenced district in Khost province, Afghanistan.
Yemen
Seventeen al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and three soldiers were killed during fighting in Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province. Tribesmen in Abyan claimed the government is arming AQAP. The Islamist Islah party and the Shia Houthis signed a ceasefire agreement.
Syria
Syria warships have shelled the port city of Latakia, where anti-regime protesters have held protests. Tanks and artillery have also been used. Nineteen people have been killed.
Libya
Libyan rebels claimed to control more than 70 percent of the town of Zawiyah and are advancing on the town of Gharyan. Fighting also continues in Brega. Rebels claimed to have taken control of the town of Tawurgha.
Somalia
Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamoud Rage insisted that the group’s fighters remain in Mogadishu. One soldier was killed during fighting with the Ras Kamboni Brigade in Dhobley.
Taliban attack Pakistani Army in North Waziristan
Three soldiers were killed during a rocket attack that targeted a military parade on a base in Miramshah.
Algeria
A suicide bomber detonated his car bomb outside of a police station, wounding 29 people, including 11 policemen. The blast took place in Tizi-Ouzou, an area with a strong al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb presence.
Taliban suicide assault team kills 22 in central Afghanistan
Six suicide bombers launched a complex attack against the governor’s compound in Parwan province.
Al Qaeda
Why Is Pakistan The Center Of Gravity For Regional Insurgencies?
Afghanistan
On Turban Bombs And Female Bombers
Pakistan
Pakistan – Superintendents, doctor of prison suspended over militants escape
Afghanistan
Efforts on to legalise Afghan refugees’ stay in Iran
Shabaab
Somali Islamists thrive as children die in the dust
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s dysfunctional security agencies
Pakistan
Pakistan quizzes suspects over abducted American
Afghanistan
19 dead in attack on Afghan governor’s compound
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan’s Garmser district, praise for a US official’s tireless work
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s former spy chief: ‘Never trust the Taliban’
China
China commandos in Xinjiang worries Pak
China
China does U-turn on Pak terror links
Libya
Tribal Rifts Threaten to Undermine Libya Uprising
Pakistan
“Gunmen” kidnapped a US citizen from his home in Lahore. A military court convicted seven men for their role in the 2009 assault on Army GHQ. One Afghan child in South Waziristan was killed in mortar fire that was launched from Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda
Somalia wants humanitarian force to guard food convoys
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed five policemen and three Afghan intelligence officers in Wardak, and five civilians in Helmand. Five Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed in a clash in Herat. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Faryab, and Baghlan.
Lebanon
Five prisoners, several of whom are members of the al Qaeda-linked Fatah al Islam, escaped from the Roumieh prison near Beirut. Four of the prisoners are Lebanese citizens and one is a Sudanese citizen.
Somalia
Shabaab’s spokesman denied reports that the groups withdrew from Mogadishu due to splits in the leadership. Security forces found a large Shabaab weapons cache in the Bakara market.
Indonesia
Jemaah Islamiyah operative Umar Patek is cooperating with police since his extradition from Pakistan, officials said. Patek has admitted to his role in the 2002 Bali bombings and attacks on churches.
Afghanistan
Karzai, Obama talk strategic cooperation
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Political Crisis Within the Govt Hampers Peace Talks: Saleh