Russia
Tajikistan says Russia is main partner, rejects foreign offers
Yearly Archives: 2012
Pakistan
Bin Laden’s Family to Leave Pakistan Overnight
Afghanistan
NATO ministers to mull Afghan strategy ahead of alliance summit in Chicago
Afghanistan
Australia announced that it would withdraw its forces by the end of 2013. More than 140 schoolgirls were poisoned in Takhar province. The Taliban killed two Afghan soldiers in an IED attack in Nimroz. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Wardak, and Paktia.
North Korea
North Korea said it was no longer bound by an agreement with the US for a moratorium on missile and nuclear tests. The US said it was looking at “all options” to prevent North Korea from conducting more nuclear weapon tests. North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-un vowed to keep the ‘military first.’
Syria
The six-day-old ceasefire broke down as government forces renewed military offensives across the country. More than 50 people were reported killed.
Yemen
An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber killed three people in Abyan. AQAP threatened to kill the Saudi diplomat who was kidnapped on March 28.
ISAF troops kill Afghan soldier in south
The Afghan soldier was killed after he opened fire on an ISAF convoy.
Somalia
A suicide bomber attacked a security headquarters in Baidoa, killing one official. Shabaab claimed three Ethiopian soldiers and two Somali troops were killed in the suicide attack.
Sudan
South Sudan said it would hold its position in a contested oil field it seized from Sudan. Sudan it would not be deterred from recapturing the oilfield.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Ansar al Din is said to be planning to name al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb leader Yahya About al Hammam as the emir of Timbuktu. Hammam was recently spotted in Timbuktu with two other top AQIM leaders.
Syria
Syrian Regime Bleeding Cash as Cease-fire is Threatened
Nigeria
Soldiers from the Joint Task Force killed one Boko Haram fighter and detained 13 others during raids in the northern city of Maiduguri. Troops also found IEDs and weapons.
United Kingdom
The government chose not to appeal the European Court of Human Rights ruling that blocked the deportation of Islamist cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan. Home Secretary May said the deportation process would be resumed, however, as Jordan has assured her he will be treated fairly there. Authorities arrested Qatada today, but appeals against his deportation […]
China
US and China engage in cyber war games
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia bans ’emos’ from universities
Afghanistan
Insurgent assaults expose weakness in Afghan intelligence
Afghanistan
Clinton to continue to press Pakistan on Haqqani network
Afghanistan
Karzai Says US Coalition Failed as Kabul Cleans Up
Afghanistan
Afghan leader challenges Taliban brothers over attacks
Afghanistan
US prepares for last major Afghan offensive
Azerbaijan
Global military spending flattens as US cuts back, Russia adds
Afghanistan
Afghan Assaults Signal Evolution of Haqqani Network
Afghanistan
No evidence yet that Kabul attacks were planned on Pakistan soil: US CJCS Dempsey
Pakistan
Pakistan – EDITORIAL: Bannu jailbreak
Pakistan
Pakistan – CID proposes bounties worth millions on notorious militants
Afghanistan
Thirty-Six Taliban fighters, eight Afghan security personnel, and three civilians were killed during the Taliban’s coordinated assault in Kabul and three provinces. US and Afghan officials said the Haqqani Network was behind the attack. ISAF troops killed an Afghan soldier after he opened fire on a convoy in Kandahar.
Yemen
US drones killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike in Azzan in Shabwa province. AQAP is in control of Shabwa. Forty inmates were wounded during riots at a prison in Hajjah.
US Predators strike again in southern Yemen
Five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in an attack in Shabwa province. The strike is the fourth in Yemen this month.
Al Qaeda
Pakistani Prison Attack Raises Unsettling Questions