Six policemen and five Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Uruzgan. ISAF killed five Taliban commanders in an airstrike in Nuristan. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the west. The Taliban again poisoned more than 100 schoolgirls in Sar-i-Pul.
One of five suspects arrested for a church bombing led authorities to raid several locations in Medan, North Sumatra. The suspects, some of whom were IT experts, had assets of $848,000 that were allegedly used to fund terrorism. Indonesia’s antiterrorism chief said Medan was a financial hub for terrorist activity across the country.
Thirty-three members of the Syrian military and their families defected to Turkey. The EU condemned Syria’s downing of a Turkish jet aircraft but ruled out a military response.
The Yemen Executive Mine Action Center said that 25 people, including three engineers, have been killed in land mines that have been planted in Abyan province by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Engineering teams have blown up more than 2,400 bombs and shells left by AQAP.
The Minister of Defense said the government would expand operations against Shabaab in Somalia. A judge was gunned down in Las’anod.
Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, was declared the winner of the presidential election. Mursi began forming a new government.
Boko Haram fighters freed more than 40 prisoners after storming a jail in Yobe. An IED blast near a pub in Bauchi wounded nine people. President Goodluck Jonathan said the government is seeking “new tactics” to combat Boko Haram.
A court has ordered that Masoud Sedaghatzadeh, an Iranian linked to an explosion targeting Israeli diplomats at a house in Bangkok, be extradited to Thailand to face charges. Two other suspects linked to the plot are being held in Thailand, and two more are thought to have returned to Iran.
The Malakand Taliban, which are commanded by Mullah Fazlullah, reportedly crossed the border from Afghanistan and killed 17 Pakistani troops.
Zareen Ahmadzai, an Afghan who entered the UK illegally after fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan for three years, convinced an immigration court to allow him to live in the UK. He claimed he was now wanted by the Taliban and ANSF, and the court said he “believed that he was advancing the cause of […]
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A report indicates that a “mystery airstrike” targeted an AQIM convoy in northern Mali. US officials would neither confirm nor deny a strike took place.
The Interior Ministry said 20 Taliban fighters have been killed during operations. The Taliban killed two policemen in Nangarhar and an ISAF soldier in the south. Two ISAF soldiers and two Afghan civilians were killed in a road accident in Kandahar.
Two Yemeni soldiers and three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed during fighting in Marib province. The AQAP fighters were attempting to destroy a power line.
Ethiopia said it will extend its troop deployment in Somalia until the country ratifies its constitution and is capable of defending itself. Somalia will reportedly disband the transitional government in 60 days.
Police detained 15 Somalis who are suspected of being involved in a bombing in Mandera that wounded two policemen. Nine of the Somalis have since been released and six are still being held. Kenya denounced a recent US terror advisory as “economic sabotage” of Mombasa’s tourism industry.
The Joint Military Task Force killed four Boko Haram fighters during a raid in Kano; a car bomb was also seized in the raid. A bomb was detonated outside of a nightclub in Abuja; no casualties were reported.
Taliban fighters executed a fellow commander in Parwan province following accusations he had an “illicit relationship” with a local woman. In Nangarhar province, suspected insurgents detonated a music CD stall in Jalalabad City.
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