Special operations forces kill IMU leader in Kunduz
ISAF and Afghan forces continue to target the leadership cadre of the al Qaeda and Taliban-linked group in northern Afghanistan.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Afghanistan
US and Taliban fight for key Afghan highway
United States
Navy grounds Fire Scout helicopter drones after 2 crashes
Libya
NATO Sees Flaws in Air Campaign Against Qaddafi
Pakistan
Militants attack Pakistan jail, over 300 escape: police
Pakistan
Death rains on Shias in Quetta
Pakistan
Pakistan – Creation of Seraiki province
Afghanistan
Security forces killed an IMU leader and several fighters in Takhar, and killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Paktia, Logar, and Wardak. The son of Burhuddin Rabbani has been named the new leader of the Afghan High Peace Council.
Egypt
Egypt disqualifies top Islamists, Mubarak VP from vote
Iran
Iran, the US, and five other countries began talks in Turkey over Iran’s nuclear program, the first such meeting in one and a half years. The first day’s meeting was described as “constructive,” “positive,” and “completely different” from the previous meeting.
US drones kill 21 AQAP fighters in separate strikes in southern Yemen
Seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in a strike in Baydah today, and 14 more were killed in a strike in Lawdar on April 11.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two Iraqi policemen in an IED attack in Khaldiyah in Anbar province. Two members of the election commission were detained on corruption charges.
Syria
Syria ceasefire: five potential stumbling blocks
Syria
The ceasefire held for a third day, although some shelling was reported. The UN Security Council approved a resolution to send an observer mission to Syria.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Weapon infiltration: Alert sounded on mobile phone guns
Afghanistan
Afghans march in Kabul to demand justice for women
Afghanistan
Afghan war whistleblower Daniel Davis: ‘I had to speak out – lives are at stake’
North Korea
Obama engagement policy ‘in tatters’ after North Korean rocket defiance
Yemen
US drones killed 21 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in two separate strikes on April 11 and today. Yemeni troops killed 28 AQAP fighters near Lawdar. Five soldiers and eight AQAP fighters were killed in Aden.
Somalia
Shabaab hit the airport and state house in Baidoa with mortars. US-born Shabaab commander Omar Hammami is rumored to have been executed by Shabaab.
Al Qaeda
Disaster looms for people of Mali as country is split by revolt
Sudan
Sudan’s army attacked the disputed town of Heglig in order to oust South Sudanese forces from the oil-producing area. The South Sudan army said it repelled the attack.
Afghanistan
Afghan government names son of slain ex-leader as Peace Council head
Nigeria
“Gunmen” killed two people near a soccer match in Potiskum just days after Boko Haram warned people not to attend such events. The spokesman for the Niger Delta Liberation Force said it would “resist violently” any attempt by Boko Haram to assassinate President Goodluck.
Canada
The justice minister ordered the extradition of Hassan Diab, an Ottawa sociology professor, who will face questioning in France about his alleged role in the bombing of a Paris synagogue in 1980 that killed four people. French officials have not yet brought charges against him.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda battles to create safe haven in Yemen
Afghanistan
US officials: Drone strikes will go on in Pakistan
Al Qaeda
Over 181,000 have fled recent NW Pakistan fighting: UNHCR
Afghanistan
Revisiting foreign policy: US ready to talk – but end to drone strikes unlikely
Afghanistan
French left preps NATO allies for fast Afghan exit