Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Avoid killing civilian officials, Hikmatyar tells fighters
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Afghanistan
Karzai Calls on Taliban to Apologise to Afghans, Renounce Violence
Al Nusrah Front
In Syria, group suspected of al-Qaeda links gaining prominence in war to topple Assad
Afghanistan
Senior American Generals Meet Amid Afghan-Violence Crisis
Iran
Anger as Iran bans women from universities
Al Qaeda
Pakistan suspends phone networks to thwart attacks
Afghanistan
US general holds talks on Afghanistan ‘insider attacks’
Shabaab
Somali: MPs to be sworn in to historic parliament
Egypt
Egypt to send aircraft and tanks into Sinai: sources
Al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander killed in recent airstrike in Kunar
Yasir was involved in the Aug. 8 suicide attack in Asadabad, Kunar, that killed a command sergeant major and two staff officers for the 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, and a USAID foreign service officer.
Pakistan
US drones killed eight more “militants” in a pair of strikes in the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Khyber.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three New Zealand soldiers in an IED attack in Bamyan and two civilians in a bombing at a cemetery in Helmand. An Afghan policeman killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Four Pakistanis, two Arabs, and a Taliban commander were killed in an airstrike in Kunar. Police killed two Taliban after they […]
Russia
Seven policemen were killed in Ingushetia by a suicide bombing at the funeral of another policeman shot the day before. The explosion wounded 15 other people. In Dagestan, gunmen shot worshipers at a mosque who were celebrating the end of Ramadan, killing one and injuring seven. A bomb found at the mosque was deactivated.
Iraq
A senior Sunni cleric who sided with the government, denounced al Qaeda in Iraq, and sought to repair relations with the Shia community was badly wounded in an IED attack in Baghdad. Four of the cleric’s bodyguards were killed in the blast.
Yemen
A “crazed gunman” killed nine people in a crowd that gathered outside of a mosque in Al Dhale. A southern secessionist movement leader who was detained after returning to Yemen from exile has been released.
Hezbollah
Facebook removes Hezbollah sites
Free Syrian Army
In Syria, role of Kurds divides opposition
Lebanon
Lebanese hopeful their country won’t be a theatre of Syria’s civil war
Egypt
Egypt evolving along with Morsi’s relationship with military
Syria
Growing violence could leave Syria ungovernable
Syria
UN observers ended their mission in Syria. Fighting stalemated between government and rebel forces in Aleppo. German and British intelligence services aided Syrian rebels.
Egypt
Egypt’s government planned to cut the powers of the country’s judicial system. Hamas said it would cooperate with Egypt to restore order in the Sinai peninsula. Hamas arrested members of Salafist groups in Gaza.
Libya
Two car bombs exploded in Tripoli, one near a police college and the other close to the interior ministry. Two people were killed and several injured. Officials blamed Gadhafi’s loyalists.
Another ISAF soldier killed in green-on-blue attack in Afghanistan
Today’s attack is the eighth by Afghan forces on International Assistance Force troops within the past two weeks. The US government is pressing Afghanistan for solutions and the Taliban are ramping up their propaganda.
Syria
Scenarios For Syria: With Or Without Assad, Chaos Most Likely Outcome
ISAF kills Taliban district governor, ‘dozens’ of fighters in Kunar airstrikes
The Taliban reportedly gathered in Chapah Darah district to conduct a public execution when they were targeted in an airstrike. A second strike in Watahpur, a known haven for al Qaeda and the Lashkar-e-Taiba, killed “many” insurgents, including foreigners.
8 more ‘militants’ killed in pair of drone strikes in North Waziristan
The Predators and Reapers struck a vehicle in the Shawal Valley, and then followed up and hit the recovery operations. There have been three drone strikes in Shawal in the past 24 hours.
Shabaab
In Somalia, a new parliament and a presidential election, but no votes for ordinary citizens
Afghanistan
Ammonium nitrate fertilizer is being smuggled into Afghanistan for IEDs
Pakistan
US drones killed six “militants” in a strike in the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan. The Foreign Office issued a strong protest condemning the attack.