Pakistan
The US has ended negotiations with Pakistan to reopen NATO’s supply routes into Afghanistan. Two people, including an anti-Taliban militia leader, were killed in bombings in Khyber.
The US has ended negotiations with Pakistan to reopen NATO’s supply routes into Afghanistan. Two people, including an anti-Taliban militia leader, were killed in bombings in Khyber.
The Taliban killed five civilians in Sar-i-Pul, two women in Ghazni, and two intelligence officers in Farah and Kunar. Four Taliban fighters in Paktika died in a premature detonation.
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Twenty-eight al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and six soldiers were killed during fighting outside of Jaar. The military said it retook the Batis area and the October 7 factory in Abyan province.
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Russia’s foreign minister planned to visit Iran to discuss its nuclear program and the situation in Syria. Iran’s oil income plummeted due to economic sanctions and falling oil prices. The US exempted seven countries from sanctions on importing Iranian oil; China and Singapore did not receive an exemption.
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US pulls negotiators from Pakistan, no supply deal
Syrian Army helicopter gunships attacked the town of Rastan in northern Syria. Government forces shelled Homs, killing at least 35, and fighting continued in the capital of Damascus. Opposition leaders called for mass defections and a campaign of civil disobedience.
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Shabaab beheaded two young boys in El Bur, just one day after Ethiopian and Somali troops abandoned the town. The US may sanction Somali leaders who block the political roadmap.
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Afghans aim to defuse failed suicide bombers with Koran
Boko Haram claimed credit for yesterday’s suicide attack in Jos and shootings in Biu. Boko Haram targeted churches in both attacks, killing eight people and wounding dozens more.
Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri railed against the Ennahda Islamist party and called for them to support sharia, or Islamic law, to serve as the country’s constitution. Two Libyan operatives from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb were sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The father of the self-professed al Qaeda gunman Mohamed Merah is suing French authorities for murder. Officers from an elite police unit had entered his apartment after a 32-hour siege and killed him when he opened fire on them.
The US Supreme Court let stand an appellate court’s ruling that convicted al Qaeda “dirty bomb” plotter Jose Padilla could not sue US officials for violations of his constitutional rights. The court also rejected appeals by several longtime Guantanamo detainees.
Although Saudi government efforts have reduced open support for al Qaeda, current and former clerics still provide fodder for extremists.
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Ten people, including a soldier, were killed during fighting between the military and the Taliban in Wana in South Waziristan. Police arrested a Taliban operative in Karachi.
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Pakistan – ‘Militants’ pressure discourages conflict reporting’
The Afghan military said 47 Taliban fighters were killed during operations in Laghman, Parwan, Helmand, Uruzgan, Kabul, and Farah. ISAF said that seven Taliban fighters were killed in Nangarhar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.