Afghanistan
Pakistan is the Mother of Terrorism, Afghanistan the Victim: Afghan Analyst
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Nigeria
Nineteen people were killed during fighting between security forces and Boko Haram in Maiduguri and Kano. The heaviest fighting took place in the neighborhood of Lawan Bukar in Maiduguri, where explosions were reported yesterday.
ISAF detains al Qaeda facilitator in Afghan north
The al Qaeda facilitator, who was based in Takhar province, “served as a financier and liaison between al Qaeda leaders,” according to ISAF.
On drones and their ability to defeat al Qaeda
The drones are a tactic, not a strategy, and fail to address the key issues of radical Islamist ideologies, state support of terrorism, and al Qaeda’s ability to exploit ungoverned spaces.
Al Qaeda
Thousands of Yemenis caught up in fighting: ICRC
Pakistan
Panetta: Drone attacks will continue in Pakistan
Taliban kill 21 Afghans in double suicide attack
“The agents of Punjab have once again spilled the blood of innocent civilians,” Kandahar’s chief of police said, referring to Pakistan’s influence over the Taliban.
Afghanistan
What happens to all that military gear?
Al Qaeda
Abu Yahya al-Libi of Al Qaeda Said to Be Killed
Inter-Services Intelligence Agency
Pak security establishment planning to kill me: Rights activist Asma Jahangir
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 34 Taliban fighters in Nuristan, Kunar, Ghor, and Ghazni. Police in Takhar arrested seven members of “armed opposition groups” involved in poisoning schoolgirls. Sixty schoolgirls were poisoned in Takhar.
Yemen
The military said 26 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed during fighting in Zinjibar and Jaar. The military defeated an AQAP attempt to take the city of Attaq, the capital of Shabwa province.
Somalia
“Gunmen” killed four people in an attack on a bus in Mudug. A Shabaab spokesman denied reports that Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys surrendered to the government.
Syria
Rebels said they would no longer respect the terms of the UN peace plan. China and Russia agreed to oppose regime change or foreign intervention in Syria. Government troops and pro-regime militiamen seized control of Kfar Zita in Hama province. Fighting broke out in the coastal province of Latakia.
Kenya
Police arrested a suspected Shabaab operative as he attempted to cross the border in Busia from Somalia. The operative is thought to lead a cell that is plotting attacks in Nairobi and Kampala.
Nigeria
“Gunmen” killed a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police and two associates in Kano. Explosions and gunfire rocked a neighborhood in Maiduguri as security forces cordoned the neighborhood.
Syria
As EU and Russia talk, Syria slides ever closer to civil war
Abu Yahya al Libi killed in latest drone strike, US officials say
US officials have confirmed that al Libi was killed in yesterday’s drone strike in Mir Ali. Al Qaeda has not confirmed his death.
Guantanamo detainee releases audio message to Syrian people
An audio message from Guantanamo detainee Fayiz al Kandari to the Syrian people was reportedly released online. US officials have identified al Kandari as an al Qaeda propagandist who was close to Osama bin Laden.
Afghanistan
US apology needed to open NATO supply routes: Khar
United States
Sabirhan Hasanoff, an accountant and former Brooklyn resident, pled guilty to charges of conspiring to provide material support to al Qaeda. His dual US-Australian citizenship and “advanced computer knowledge” were thought useful to the terror group, whose technology he and co-conspirator Wesam El-Hanafi sought to “modernize.”
Afghanistan
We Prefer to Hold Talks with US: Taliban Leader
Al Qaeda
Yemen: Al-Qaeda starts suicide-bomber recruitment drive
Pakistan
US terminates funding for Pakistani Sesame Street
Afghanistan
Taliban leaders quietly freed without trial after paying off officials
United States
Special Ops Leader Seeks New Authority and Is Denied
Afghanistan
Top al Qaeda strategist may have been killed in Pakistan
China
US Navy hopes stealth ship answers a rising China
Somalia
Pirates making hundreds of millions in ransoms, as attacks intensify off Somali coast
China
China says US naval shift to Pacific ‘untimely’