Afghanistan
Why Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has a major blind spot
Yearly Archives: 2012
Iran
Latest cyberattack on Iran targets oil export facilities
Afghanistan
Multiple Pakistan-Afghanistan border skirmishes in last year
Kenya
The US Embassy in Nairobi issued a warning to American citizens of “a possible attack on Nairobi hotels and prominent Kenyan government buildings.” The embassy said the plot ‘is in the last stages of planning.”
Death of al Qaeda Shura member confirmed by widow
Abu Miqdad al Masri’s widow confirmed his death as well as the deaths of two of their sons in a US drone strike in Darpa Danda Khel in North Waziristan on Oct. 14, 2011. The strike took place one day after senior Haqqani Network leader Jan Baz Zadran was killed in the same town.
Pakistan
Hindus in Pakistan accuse Muslims of kidnapping women as wives
Syria
Fears of extremism taking hold in Syria as violence continues
Ansar al Sharia
Militants and Politics Bedevil Yemen’s New President
Egypt
Egypt scraps Israel gas supply deal
United Nations
Crime one of the world’s top 20 economies – UN
Taliban, Haqqani factions attack tribal rivals in North Waziristan; 10 dead
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens injured after hundreds of Taliban fighters loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadur and Sirajuddin Haqqani clashed with local anti-Taliban tribesmen in the Shawa area of North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
US congressman refused entry to Afghanistan over criticisms of Karzai
Pakistan
Another courageous casualty in Pakistan, journalism’s most dangerous country
India
Knocking on neighbours’ doors: Energy-starved Pakistan looks to India for electricity
Pakistan
The Taliban bombed two schools and a medical clinic in Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan. Of the 384 prisoners who escaped from a prison in Bannu, 143 have either returned or been arrested.
Syria
Ending a one-day lull, government forces renewed their attacks. Army troops stormed a suburb of Damascus. The city of Homs was shelled.
Yemen
The military claimed that 20 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed during airstrikes in Lawdar and Samda. A Frenchman working for the Red Cross was kidnapped in Hudayda.
Somalia
Three people were killed in mortar attacks in Mogadishu. Shabaab is pressing dock workers in Kismayo to fight in their army. Seven pirates were killed during clashes between rival groups in Mudug.
Nigeria
Five Boko Haram fighters died in a premature detonation as they attempted to plant a roadside bomb in Biu. The district is one of five in the north under a state of emergency.
Sudan
Sudan said it had repelled a rebel attack on a strategic border town in its south. Sudan accuses South Sudan of backing the rebels.
China
Analysis: The Sudans put China in a policy bind
ISAF targets IMU commander linked to Kabul suicide plots
Coalition and Afghan forces have conducted seven raids against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan this month.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Taliban threaten Ghazni schools
Afghanistan
Nato Summit Requires Clarity from Karzai: Afghan Senators
Iraq
Kurds’ Displacement Tests Iraq’s Fragile Unity
Afghanistan
Russians Protest Plan for NATO Site in Ulyanovsk
Afghanistan
US and Afghanistan Reach Partnership Agreement
Al Qaeda
Western allies of MI6 ‘kept in dark’ over mosque sting plan
China
Chinese firm suspected in missile-linked sale to North Korea: US official
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a British soldier in Helmand. Security forces captured Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand and Khost.