Al Qaeda releases video of American captured in Pakistan
The videotape is the first real proof that al Qaeda is holding Warren Weinstein, who was kidnapped in Lahore in August 2011.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
NATO
Pakistan – US refused proposal of joint drone attacks: Mukhtar
Afghanistan
Pakistan to attend Afghan summit in US amid tensions
Pakistan
Pakistan – Deadline for military operation in Shaloober tribe area extended
Pakistan
The Taliban killed nine Pakistani soldiers in an ambush in Miramshah, two men in an attack on an anti-Taliban elder’s home in Kurram, and one person in a bombing in Dir. The Taliban also bombed schools in South Waziristan and Mohmand.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed six Afghan soldiers in Badghis and an ISAF soldier in the south. An Afghan soldier killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed two Taliban commanders and three fighters in Badghis, and killed several fighters in Helmand.
Yemen
The US killed senior al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Fadh al Quso in a drone strike in Shabwa. The government may deport two Belgians who are accused of plotting terror attack. The interior minister expects a kidnapped Saudi diplomat and a French teacher should be released within 48 hours.
Syria
The Free Syrian Army used a bomb-rigged car to target a car wash in Aleppo allegedly used by a government militia, killing at least three people, including a child, and wounding 21. Two bombs exploded in downtown Damascus. UN monitors in Syria now number 50 out of a planned 300.
Afghanistan
Reports Say Taliban Attacks Paktika Province
Nigeria
Special forces stormed a suspected Boko Haram hideout in Kano, killing four terrorists and arresting a dozen more. In Maiduguri, a clash between insurgents and soldiers that broke out at a Boko Haram wedding killed three civilians. Boko Haram is suspected in a jailbreak in Borno state, and a cattle raid in Potiskum in which […]
Taliban kill 9 Pakistani troops in North Waziristan ambush
The Taliban ambushed a convoy near Miramshah, inflicting “heavy losses” on Pakistani troops.
USS Cole bomber killed in US drone strike in Yemen
The Yemeni Embassy said Fahd al Quso was killed in an airstrike in Shabwa province. A US intelligence official told The Long War Journal that Quso was the target of a strike.
Al Nusrah Front claims another suicide bombing in Syria
The al Qaeda-linked group said a suicide bomber targeted a large group of Syrian soldiers on April 20 in Hama.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – New Commission to Protect Taliban Who Wish to Negotiate
Afghanistan
Citing security, US abandons consulate site in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
Taliban stronger than before US troop surge: lawmakers
Al Qaeda
Residents: Al-Qaida-linked group attacks tomb classified as UNESCO site in Mali’s Timbuktu
Another ‘green on blue’ attack in Afghanistan
Afghan security personnel have killed 20 ISAF soldiers this year.
Mali
Security officials said that al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb “occupies a dominant position in the three areas of northern Mali.” The officials said that AQIM is working through Ansar al Dine, and Tunisian, Libyan, and Moroccan fighters are entering the theater.
Morocco
A “terrorist network” active in several cities and linked to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb was broken up, a Moroccan security official said. The leader of the “Mujahideen of Morocco,” who has links to AQIM’s network in other countries, was detained.
France
The finance ministry froze the assets of Mohammed Hammami, a radical Tunisian cleric whom France seeks to deport for making “violently anti-Semitic remarks” and advocating that women who commit adultery be flogged to death. The interior ministry is in the process of deporting other radical Islamist clerics as well.
Pakistan
US drones killed 10 militants in North Waziristan. Pakistan’s parliament condemned the US strike and said such attacks are “a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.” Sixteen Taliban fighters surrendered in Kurram.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed five policemen in Nangarhar and a teacher in Wardak. ISAF killed a Taliban commander and six fighters in an airstrike in Wardak and five more in an airstrike in Faryab.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda’s revenge in Bajaur
Afghanistan
US intelligence, military at odds on Afghanistan: congressman
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda Calls for PA-Style Arson in America
Afghanistan
Despite Pakistani condemnation, US to continue drone strikes: Panetta
Afghanistan
Karzai blames rebels for closing Ghazni schools
Afghanistan
Afghanistan to Receive 20 Warplanes When US Troops Leave
United Kingdom
Border checks on drugs and guns ‘dropped’ at Heathrow