Afghanistan
Pakistan was Aware of US-Taliban Talks, Pakistani Analyst Says
Yearly Archives: 2012
Al Qaeda
Lashkar-e-Taiba: Terror incorporated
Al Qaeda
Taliban eat into Afghanistan’s core
United Kingdom
Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
Kenya
The Pumwani Riyadha Mosque in Nairobi is suing Chase Bank Limited for being “subjected to suspicion and accusations that they are traitors who sympathise, aid and abet the terrorist activities of Al Shabaab.” The mosque said Chase provided the UN with documents that linked it to the Somali terror group.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Malik warns banned outfits
Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters killed four people during attacks on a police station and a bank in Kogi. The State Security Services said the captured Boko Haram spokesman is providing “very useful and verifiable information” during an “intense interrogation.”
Al Qaeda
US fears Irans links to al Qaeda: report
Egypt
Syria — It’s not just about freedom
Al Qaeda
UN Says Famine in Somalia Is Over, but Risks Remain
Iran
Israeli Says Iranian Missiles Might Threaten US
Free Syrian Army
Hezbollah’s secret war on Syrian rebels
Israel
Iran: We will help ‘cut out the cancer of Israel’
Afghanistan
Why Taliban are so strong in Afghanistan
Iran
Iran threatens retaliation over oil embargo
Afghanistan
Taliban modernizing, says former anti-vice enforcer
Denmark
In its first publicly disclosed terrorism risk report, the Danish security agency said Denmark remains a key target for Islamic extremists in 2012. Persons or entities linked to the Prophet Muhammad cartoons are most at risk, the report noted, and attacks by individual terrorists are an increasing concern.
ISAF captures senior IMU and Taliban military commander
“He represented both the Taliban and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan groups and was responsible for coordinating insurgent activities in Badghis and Faryab province,” ISAF stated.
Islamic Jihad Union details cooperation with Afghan Taliban
The al Qaeda-linked group claimed its fighters “help the Taliban in northern Afghanistan and provide them with military consultation” and are deployed in the Afghan provinces of Paktia, Paktika, Khost, Ghazni, Kandahar, Helmand, Nuristan, Badakhshan, Kunduz, and Balkh.
Al Qaeda
A look at major terror attacks in Southeast Asia
Pakistan
The Taliban killed three policemen in an ambush in Lakki Marwat. Security forces detained eight “militants” and seized a large cache of explosives in Khyber.
Afghanistan
US Defense Secretary Panetta said the US would end its combat role in Afghanistan in 2013. NATO officials are confused over Panetta’s statement.
Nigeria
Boko Haram killed six people in a series of bombings in Maiduguri. Security forces killed 11 Boko Haram members during a clash in Maiduguri.
Afghanistan
US tries to ease confusion over Afghan plans
IRGC
BBC Persian Reporter Interrogated Online By Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
Afghanistan
NATO ministers consider speeded-up Afghan drawdown
Did US drones strike in Pakistan yesterday?
It doesn’t appear so. Pakistani aircraft hit Taliban targets in the same location.
Egypt
Thousands demonstrated after 74 people were killed in rioting at a soccer match in the worst violence since Mubarak’s overthrow. Egyptian football organizers were sacked and authorities in Port Said, where the clash took place, have resigned. A famous Egyptian comedian was jailed for offending Islam.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
SPECIAL REPORT:Nigeria’s Boko Haram: between rebellion and jihad
Somalia
Kenyan troops seized Hosungow near the Kenyan border and took over the key southern town of Badhadhe, potentially cutting off Shabaab’s supply line from its coastal stronghold of Kismayo. The UK appointed an ambassador to Somalia and the UK foreign minister is visiting the country.