Pakistan
US, Pakistan to ink new deal on NATO supply routes
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Afghanistan
Mullah Omar could be Afghan president, Hamid Karzai says
Afghanistan
Days after woman executed, Karzai asks Taliban to enter politics
Pakistan
The Taliban killed eight policemen in an attack on a police training center in Lahore. Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Bajaur.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 13 Taliban fighters. The Taliban killed a reporter and another man in Helmand. Sixteen Taliban fighters in Herat defected and joined the government.
Iran
As Western oil sanctions take effect, Iran began shutting down oil production. Government censors warned Iranian media not to report negative economic news. To counter an Iranian threat to close the Gulf of Hormuz, the US deployed a floating operating base, mine sweepers, and sea drones to the Persian Gulf.
Syria
Government troops fired artillery into a rebel-occupied district on the outskirts of Damascus and then attacked with troops and armored vehicles. Syria’s ambassador to Iraq defected to the opposition and called on Syrian soldiers to turn their guns on the Damascus leadership.
Yemen
Security forces are searching for three bomb makers from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Dagestan who are believed to be attempting to travel to Idb or Dhale. Officials increased security in Sana’a one day after 10 people were killed in a suicide attack.
Somalia
Three aid workers, two Kenyans and a Somali, were kidnapped in the Ba’adweyne district in Puntland. Police blamed Shabaab fighters for the kidnappings.
Kenya
Shabaab fighters wounded two policemen during an ambush in the Arabia area along the Somali border near Garissa. The Shabaab fighters escaped.
Syria
Arms deliveries to Syrian rebels delayed
Iran
Ex-Republican Guards general reveals dissent within elite Iranian force
Bin Laden loyalist transferred from Guantanamo to Sudan
Ibrahim al Qosi served Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda for years in a variety of capacities. Leaked and declassified files portray him as an experienced combat veteran who fought in Chechnya and Afghanistan. As a courier, he may have delivered money to the operatives who attempted to kill Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in 1995.
Afghanistan
ISAF asked to deploy local police to Nangarhar
United Kingdom
Arab spring took British intelligence by surprise, report says
Ennahda
Islamists reassure Tunisians of democratic goals
Mali
France’s foreign minister said that the use of force against Islamist groups in control of northern Mali is likely. “In the north, at one moment or another there will probably be the use of force,” Laurent Fabius said.
Taliban kill Pakistani policemen in Lahore
The Taliban claimed credit for today’s attack as well as another in Gurjat three days ago that killed six soldiers and a policeman.
Egypt
Egypt: TV channel with only fully-veiled women ‘is part of fight against discrimination’
United Kingdom
Olympics security not compromised, Theresa May says
Kenya
Kenya’s Dadaab camp: Aid agencies make appeal
Egyptian jihadist killed in fighting in Syria
Abu al Bara’a was among hundreds of jihadists to escape from Egyptian prisons in early 2011. He fought in Libya prior to being killed in Syria this month.
Afghanistan
Alleged Taliban Execution Shatters Image Of ‘Taliban-Free’ Province
Afghanistan
NATO Hands Over Security Of North Afghan Region To Local Forces
Afghanistan
Peace caravan travels to North Waziristan border
Afghanistan
Afghan Exit More Costly, More Difficult Than Iraq: Pentagon
Afghanistan
Attacks on Afghan Forces on the Rise: Azimi
Libya
Analysis: New Arab Spring triumph eluding Islamists in Libya
Al Qaeda
Mali: how the West cleared the way for al-Qaeda’s African march
Al Qaeda
Northern Mali risks starvation thanks to al-Qaeda, drought and no aid