Afghanistan
Radio Azadi Names Hindia d’Afghanistan ‘Person Of The Year’
Yearly Archives: 2012
Morocco
An estimated 40,000 Moroccans participated in a pro-Palestinian march in the capital of Rabat. The march was staged by Al-Adl Wal Ihsan, an Islamist group.
France
France – Prisons to blame for extremist indoctrination?
India
India concerned over security of Pakistan’s nuclear programme
Afghanistan
Pakistani Taliban forcing Nuristan residents from homes
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Insight: Iraq war over? Not where Qaeda rules through fear
Afghanistan
Taliban warn Pakistan lawmakers over NATO supplies
Taliban threaten Pakistani parliamentarians over possible reopening of NATO supply routes
NATO’s supply routes through Afghanistan have been closed for four months, and the Taliban want to keep it that way.
Nigeria
At least two Boko Haram fighters killed themselves while detonating their explsoives-packed car as security forces raided their home in Kano. Twelve women and children were present in the home when the car exploded.
France
Abdelkader Merah, a brother of Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah, was charged with theft, conspiracy to prepare acts of terrorism, and complicity in the murders of seven people and attempted murder of two more. The French security alert has been lowered from its highest level.
Pakistan
Seven Pakistani soldiers and 22 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in South Waziristan and Arakzai. The US said it would not discipline soldiers involved in the cross-border clash in Mohmand that resulted in the deaths of 24 Pakistani troops.
Afghanistan
US Plans No Disciplinary Charges in Strike That Killed 24 Pakistanis
French fighters training in North Waziristan
Pakistani officials claim that 85 Frenchmen have been training in the known terrorist havens of Datta Khel and Miramshah.
Tunisia
Tunisia ex-PM hits out at Islamists
Afghanistan
Resurgence of Afghan Taliban not in Pakistan’s interest: US general
Afghanistan
US withdrawal from Afghanistan; Pakistan wants closer ties with Tajikistan
Al Qaeda
UK warns of nuclear risk ahead of Seoul summit
Egypt
Egypt Islamists warn military over government backing
Afghanistan
Officials: Pakistani Taliban training Frenchmen
Austria
Europe bishops slam Saudi fatwa against Gulf churches
Afghanistan
General Allen said Pakistan’s ISI still supports the Taliban and the Haqqani Network. The Taliban killed a former member of parliament, a tribal elder, and two bodyguards in an IED attack in Uruzgan. Security forces detained two Taliban leaders in Helmand and Kunduz.
Syria
The Syrian army bombarded the cities of Homs and Saraqeb. Thousands demonstrated across the country. A high-level army defector announced that armed rebel groups have united under the Free Syrian Army. The Free Syrian Army killed two government soldiers and captured 18, in an attack near the Turkish border.
Syria
Iran helping Assad to put down protests
Syria
Fear enters Damascus as conflict nears
Egypt
Egypt began selection of a constituent assembly charged with drafting a new constitution. Islamists and secularists clashed over control of the process.
Afghanistan
Karzai Urges Taliban To Stop Attacking Schools
Iraq
Twenty-two policemen were arrested after 19 prisoners escaped from a jail in Kirkuk. Eleven of the prisoners were in jail with terrorism-related charges; one has since been recaptured.
Egypt
Egypt’s Election Victors Seek Shift by Hamas to Press Israel
African Union
African Union launches US-backed force to hunt Kony
France
France to resume election race after gunman’s death