Afghanistan
Q&A: Ahmed Rashid on Pakistan’s Many Challenges
Monthly Archives: April 2012
United States
Panetta: Political dysfunction threatens security
Afghanistan
Brother of Ohio soldier: ‘We are a nation at war’
Egypt
Egyptian protesters rally to keep Islamist in race
United States
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 25 and 15 years for conspiring to obtain and use of antiaircraft missiles, attempt to kill Americans, and provide material support to a terrorist organization. In 2004 the US Treasury noted allegations that Bout had made $50 million by selling arms to the […]
China
China Says Wanted Militants Use Nearby Countries to Stage Attacks
Afghanistan
Three Cups of Tea author must pay $1m to his charity
China
China names six Uighurs on terror list
Hafiz Saeed involved in ‘de-radicalization and rehabilitation’ of jihadis, says Pakistani CT official
A Pakistani counterterrorism official wants you to believe the Lashkar-e-Taiba emir is on the side of the angels. Seriously.
Suicide bomber kills chief of Kunar’s peace council
The Taliban have carried out three major suicide attacks in the past week in northern and western Afghanistan.
China
For the first time since the enactment of anti-terror legislation last year, China designated specific individuals as terrorists and froze their assets. The designations consisted of six “core” members of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement.
Difa-e-Pakistan
Pakistani Lawmakers Criticize US Reward for Militant Leader
Thailand
Muslim militants in south Thailand growing stronger
Pakistan
City police beef up security in wake of Karachi attack
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Pakistan – US bounty on Saeed a wrong signal: PM
Egypt
The Islamist Spring
Turkey
Number of jailed journalists nearly doubles in Turkey
Muslim Brotherhood
Egyptian Islamists pin their hopes on Islamic law
Al Qaeda
An apparent cyberattack took down several of al Qaeda’s websites between March 23 and April 2. Announcing it was back online, Shamukh al-Islam, a main al Qaeda website, claimed the attack was the work of the “enemies of Allah” and said that instead of one network, al Qaeda has “tens of networks.”
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed three people in an attack in Karachi. The Foreign Office said Pakistan would not accede to US pressure to turn over Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed.
Afghanistan
Gunmen attacked an Afghan Local Police outpost in Farah, killing eight and capturing two more. In Badakhshan, a suicide bombing at a checkpoint killed an ALP commander and one other person; the blast outside a girls’ school also wounded 16 civilians. Intelligence operatives foiled an attempt to assassinate the governor of Parwan.
Taliban kill Afghan Local Police in attacks in west and north
The ALP have been the target of attacks and infiltration in the past week.
Philippines
Insurgents commanded by senior Abu Sayyaf leader Furuji Indama killed three militiamen and wounded seven more in an ambush on Basilan island. The militia was attacked as it patrolled a rubber plantation. One insurgent was also killed.
Syria
Syrian government troops launched a new round of assaults across the country. The Douma suburb of Damascus was also attacked. More than 20,000 refugees have fled to Turkey.
Yemen
Yemeni warplanes killed 10 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Abyan. AQAP claimed credit for the bombing of gas pipelines in Shabwa.
Somalia
One hundred African Union troops from Uganda and Burundi deployed to Baidoa. Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Ali Dhere vowed to step up suicide attacks in Mogadishu. Heavy fighting between Somali and Shabaab forces was reported near Bardera.
Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters opened fire at a crowded market in Maiduguri, killing seven people. The State Security Services arrested four people and seized 60 IEDs in Gombe.
Mali
Tuareg rebels from the MNLA declared a ceasefire and announced the establishment of their Azawad state in northern Mali. The Ansar Dine, which has allied with the MNLA, has called for the establishment of a sharia state in Mali.
Iran
Iran bars Reuters over ninja ‘assassin’ error
Al Qaeda
British couple in dramatic Timbuktu escape