Afghanistan
Taliban condemn Afghan-US strategic partnership
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Pakistan
32 Britons could be killed in drone strikes, claims lawyer
Afghanistan
Drug Traffic Remains as US Nears Afghanistan Exit
Al Qaeda
Pakistan – Lawyers to challenge sentence: Afridi denied right to due process, says HRCP
United States
Kansas becomes latest US state to stop courts from using Sharia
Afghanistan
Next to US firing range in Afghanistan, a village of victims
Afghanistan
Residents of Ghazni killed 11 Taliban fighters in a local uprising. Five Taliban fighters and a civilian were killed in fighting in Helmand. The Taliban killed a British soldier in Helmand.
Iraq
Insurgents killed three soldiers in an IED attack in Badoush near Mosul. A Brigadier General in the Interior Ministry was gunned down in Baghdad.
Yemen
The military said it killed 62 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and retook key positions east of the city of Zinjibar. AQAP claimed credit for yesterday’s suicide attack that killed 12 Houthis in Al Jawf, and released a video of a captive Saudi diplomat.
Sweden
Swedish police hunt man for imam shooting
Somalia
Shabaab forces deserted the city of Afgoye, which is just outside of Mogadishu, without a fight. Somali and African Union forces entered Afgoye yesterday afternoon. A Shabaab spokesman described the withdrawal as a tactical retreat.
Kenya
Grenade attacks in two cities in the northeast wounded at least five people. Shabaab is suspected in the attacks, which targeted a school at a refugee camp in Garissa, and a hotel frequented by government officials in Wajir.
Iraq
Iraqi president calls for dialogue to solve crisis
Shabaab abandons Afgoye as Somali, African Union troops advance
The city served as a major base outside of Mogadishu and meeting point for top Shabaab leaders.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Logar Governor Says Western Strength Cannot Prevent Insurgency
4 ‘militants’ killed in latest US drone strike in Pakistan
The US has struck three times in the past five days in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
Pakistan – DPC warns against restoration of NATO supply routes
Cameroon
Maine – No Charges Against Woman Who Caused Flight to Be Diverted
Egypt
Likely Runoff Choices Represent Two Extremes Facing Egypt
Iran
Iran has enough uranium for 5 bombs: expert
Nigeria
Boko Haram is suspected of killing a Muslim cleric and a prison guard in Potiskum in Yobe state. The Joint Task Force said Boko Haram is plotting to conduct attacks on May 29 in Borno.
Mali
The al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine announced its merger with the secular Tuareg group National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, saying the accord will bring about an independent Islamic state under Islamic law. The two insurgent groups took over northern Mali following a military coup in March that weakened the central government. Two days ago, […]
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda affiliate urges Mali fighters to form Islamist nation
Pakistan
Pakistan – SC orders govt to compensate heirs of Lal Masjid victims
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed nine civilians in IED attacks in Helmand and Ghazni, two policemen in Uruzgan, and an ISAF soldier in the east. Security forces killed eight Afghan soldiers in Nangarhar.
Iran
Italian automaker Fiat halts sales to Iran
Iran
The UN’s nuclear inspection agency found evidence Iran had enriched uranium to a higher level than previously suspected. Following talks that failed to reach an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, the EU said it would go ahead with a planned embargo on imports of Iranian oil starting in July.
Syria
Violent clashes continued across the country despite the presence of 250 UN observers. A group of Lebanese Shia Muslims, kidnapped in Syria, was released three days after the group was abducted by Syrian rebels.
Egypt
Egypt’s ultraconservatives look to presidential vote as chance to plant seeds for Islamic path
Turkey
A suicide car bomb exploded at a police checkpoint, killing at least one policeman. Kurdish rebels, fighting for autonomy in southeastern Turkey, are suspected.