Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Local Police Chief Arrested in Badakhshan over Tajikistan Unrest
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Iran
Panetta: US force option against Iran nukes
Afghanistan
UPDATE 1-NATO should finish job in Afghanistan, Putin says
Afghanistan
French hand over base in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Theocracy planned on Afghan-Tajik border
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – More than $1 Million Deposited into Finance Minister’s Accounts
Afghanistan
‘There Are No Buyers’– Kabul’s Housing Boom Goes Bust Amid Uncertainty
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed four soldiers and a civilian in an attack on a police station in Jaar. Seventeen people, including 11 soldiers, were killed during fighting outside the Interior Ministry in Sana’a.
Somalia
The Somali parliament approved a new constitution that is based on sharia, or Islamic Law; two suicide bombers were killed outside the building in Mogadishu where the vote took place.
Nigeria
Boko Haram claimed credit for suicide attacks on police stations in Sokoto and an assault on the vice president’s home in Kaduna. The Joint Task Force killed two Boko Haram fighters in Borno.
Israel
Egypt and Israel dispute ‘presidential letter’
Syria
Analysis: No happy outcome in Syria as conflict turns into proxy war
Bulgaria
Bulgaria makes image of suicide bomber’s face
Tunisia
Tunisia extends state of emergency
Pakistan
Pakistan – Nurses ‘poisoning’: Christians call for inquiry
Taliban deny media report that they seek split with al Qaeda
A report that the Taliban were prepared to sever ties with al Qaeda was written “without any confirmation by the cultural commission or an official of the Islamic Emirate,” the top spokesman said.