Afghanistan
Kabul Threatens to Expel Foreign Critics Over Report
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Al Salafiyya Al Jihadiyya denies jihadists responsible for deaths of 3 Egyptian policemen
In a statement posted on jihadist forums on Monday, Al Salafiyya Al Jihadiyya denied that jihadists were responsible for the recent killing of the three Egyptian policemen in the city of el-Arish in the North Sinai governorate.
Pakistan
An anti-Taliban commander was killed in Buner and an ANP leader was gunned down in Charsadda. Security forces killed five “terrorists” in Khyber. A suicide bomber killed only himself in Mohmand.
Israel
Israel announces plans to boost Iron Dome missile interceptor
cyberwar
The real Iranian threat: Cyberattacks
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Mali Islamist group under pressure to break with Al-Qaeda
The Haqqani Network
The US added Qari Zakir to the list of global terrorists. He serves as head of the Haqqani Network’s suicide operations in Afghanistan and the operational commander in Kabul, Takhar, Kunduz, and Baghlan provinces, and runs the network’s training program. The United Nations added the Haqqani Network to its sanctions list and added Qari Zakir […]
US adds Haqqani Network suicide operations chief to list of global terrorists
Qari Zakir is the head of the Haqqani Network’s suicide operations in Afghanistan as well as the group’s operational commander in Kabul, Takhar, Kunduz, and Baghlan provinces. He is considered to be a close advisor to Siraj Haqqani, and also runs the network’s training program.
Afghanistan
Afghan forces make tenuous gains in Helmand
Mali
More People Displaced By Turmoil in Mali Than Previously Estimated – UN Refugee Agency
Free Syrian Army
Libya the main funder of the Syrian opposition
Pakistan
Excessive internet bans worrisome for Pakistan
Afghanistan
Kandahar Ulema Council Chief Rejects Arrest Allegation
Afghanistan
Afghan Local Police are Effective, Not Subversive: Sultani
Al Qaeda
Storm: I wasn’t alone: Former PET double agent says that two other Danes joined him at al-Qaeda linked university in Yemen
Taliban
Pakistani Islamist politician claims Malala was not injured
Shabaab
Somali journalist on braving Mogadishu
Abdullah Azzam Brigades offers condolences for top Salafi leaders killed in Gaza
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades is the latest jihadist group to release a statement regarding the deaths of Abu al Walid al Maqdisi and Ashraf al Sabah.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three US soldiers in an IED attack in Paktia on Nov. 3. Two Afghan and two Pakistani Taliban fighters were reportedly killed during infighting in Ghazni.
Iraq
Security forces detained a senior al Qaeda leader and two of his aides in Ramadi, and 35 more al Qaeda members in Anbar province. A brigadier in charge of a prison in Tikrit was arrested after al Qaeda staged a jailbreak.
Syria
Twenty rebels were killed when government jets bombarded the northern town of Haram. Fighting raged in Damascus and Aleppo. A large car bomb hit a government post in Hama. Rebels claimed 50 regime fighters were killed. Palestinians fought over a border crossing to Turkey. Rebel commanders reorganized their forces into five fronts.
Kuwait
Security forces used tear gas to break up a demonstration against new voting rules for upcoming parliamentary elections. The government had previously banned all demonstrations.
Bahrain
Five bombs explored in two areas of the capital of Manama, killing two foreign workers. The government and activists accused each other of setting off the blasts.
Saudi Arabia
The Interior Ministry said that two border guards were killed in a clash with 11 al Qaeda fighters as they attempted to enter Saudi Arabia from the border with Yemen. Ten of the fighters are Saudis who were previously imprisoned and then released after being ‘rehabilitated.’
Iran
Iran denies suspension of high-grade uranium enrichment: lawmaker
Senior Haqqani Network leader again calls on Turks, Kurds to wage jihad in Afghanistan
Mullah Sangeen Zadran, the Taliban’s shadow governor for Paktika, asks that Allah “accepts the martyrdom of the Turkish, Kurdish and other brothers who die for this cause” in Afghanistan.
Pakistan
Media houses in Peshawar relocate following Taliban threat: Report
Pakistan
Pakistan – Growing unrest: Jirga stands united against school attack
Pakistan
Malala attack: ‘Uninformed’ comments land Lord Ahmed in hot water
Taliban claim over 20 insider attacks in 8 months
A Taliban official responsible for insider, or green-on-blue, attacks in Afghanistan’s southern and western provinces claims that Taliban infiltration is behind the great majority of attacks this year, and details the operations of the committee sponsoring them.