Afghanistan
The military claimed that 35 Taliban fighters were killed during an operation in Herat. Ten Taliban fighters reconciled with the government.
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Iraq
Wathiq al Batat, the leader of the newly formed Mukhtar Army, a Shia militant group, threatened to attack the Mujahideen-e-Khalq, an Iranian terrorist group. Camp Liberty, where MEK is sheltering, has come under rocket attacks over the past few weeks.
Emir of Ansar Dine added to US, UN’s terrorist lists
Iyad ag Ghali, the leader of Ansar Dine, threw in his lot with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the Movement for the Oneness and Jihad in West Africa to take over northern Mali.
US adds Mullah Nazir Group, subcommander to terrorism list
After sheltering and supporting al Qaeda for nearly a decade, the South Waziristan-based Mullah Nazir Group and one it its deputy leaders, Commander Malang, have finally been added to the State Department’s terrorism list.
United States
Texas students dress in burqas, taught to call Muslim terrorists ‘freedom fighters’
Pakistan
Security forces killed four Taliban fighters and three Lashar-e-Islam members in operations in Khyber. One security official was killed in a blast at a paramilitary camp in Khyber.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two policemen and four civilians in IED attacks in Helmand and Uruzgan province. ISAF said there is no evidence that US Special Forces are involved in war crimes in Wardak province.
Iraq
Security forces killed two al Qaeda fighters near Haditha in Anbar province. Insurgents killed two Iraqi soldiers and a child in an IED attack in Rubaia.
Al Nusrah Front claims suicide attack on Syrian defense factory
The suicide attack killed scores of civilian workers at a munitions factory near Hama. Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria has now claimed credit for nine of the 10 suicide attacks that have been reported in Syria so far this year.
Afghanistan
President Karzai ordered US Special Forces to leave Wardak after accusing them of war crimes. The Taliban launched four suicide attacks against NDS and ANCOP installations in Kabul, Logar, and Nangarhar; four suicide bombers, two NDS officers, and two policemen were killed.
Yemen
The Southern Secessionist Movement announced that it has begun armed opposition to the government in Sana’a. A senior security official and his bodyguard were gunned down in Baydah province.
Taliban launch 4 suicide attacks in 3 provinces
Three of the suicide bombers targeted the National Directorate of Security in Kabul and Nangarhar; the other suicide bomber attacked a headquarters for the Afghan National Civil Order Police in Logar.
Somalia
Eleven people were killed during tribal clashes in the former Shabaab-held city of Kismayo. African Union and Somali troops took control of two towns in Bay. Tens of thousands of Somalis protested against Shabaab in Garowe.
Afghanistan
Police killed 17 Taliban fighters in operations throughout the country. The Taliban killed a policeman in Laghman. An Afghan intelligence officer claimed that former Pakistani Taliban commander Faqir Mohammed planned to kill senior officials.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed two Taliban fighters and several Pakistani jihadists in Laghman. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in an IED attack in the south.
Iraq
Insurgents killed seven Awakening fighters in an attack on a checkpoint in Tuz Khumato. A civilian was killed in a car bombing in Baghdad.
Mali jihadists launch 5 suicide attacks in 2 weeks
The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa has claimed credit for three previous suicide attacks. Five people were killed in suicide attacks in Tessalit today.
Pakistan arrests Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader Malik Ishaq
The al Qaeda-linked leader has dodged numerous murder convictions by killing and intimidating witnesses. The Pakistani government released Ishaq from prison in 2011.
Pakistan
Police arrested a Taliban fundraiser and four “militants” in Karachi. Pakistan requested that Afghanistan extradite former Taliban commander Faqir Mohammed. Police have initiated a blasphemy probe against Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US.
Iraq
“Gunmen” killed four Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in Duluiayah. Police captured 12 al Qaeda fighters near Mosul. The Army shut down three tunnels to Syria in Al Qaim.
Somalia
Six people were wounded in a grenade attack in the Bakara Market in Mogadishu. Shabaab commander Hassan Dahir Aweys denied any involvement in the killing of a prominent cleric in Puntland.
Kenya
“Gunmen” killed seven people in the village of Malele near the Somalia border. A Kenya official claimed they were shot inside a mosque, but a witness said they were killed inside their homes.
Somalia
African Union and Somali forces battled Shabaab fighters in Janaale. Shabaab claimed it killed 25 “kuffar invaders” and lost three of its own fighters.
Chechen commander leads Muhajireen Brigade in Syria
Omar al Chechen is a key leader in the Muhajireen Brigade, a jihadist group that fights alongside the Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant against the regime of President Bashir al Assad.
Iraq
Insurgents killed an Iraqi Army officer and three family members in Mosul and an Awakening leader in Madin. Security forces five al Qaeda fighters in Anbar and seven more in Ninewa.
Former Taliban emir Faqir Mohammed reported captured by Afghan intel
Faqir, who led the Taliban in Bajaur, is said to have been captured in Nangarhar province.
Somalia
African Union troops secured the Johwar airport after Shabaab forces fled. Shabaab claimed it killed five members of a militia in Bardale and sentenced to death another militia fighter captured in Jilib.
Afghanistan
The NDS reportedly arrested Faqir Mohammed, the former deputy emir of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, and four others in Nangarhar. ISAF killed two Taliban commanders in Kunar who were involved in planning and executing green-on-blue, or insider, attacks against ISAF personnel.
Al Nusrah Front detonates 50 IEDs in massive ambush
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria demolishes a Syrian military convoy by blowing up dozens of roadside bombs in a single shot.
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed credit for yesterday’s attacks in Baghdad that killed at least 37 Iraqis and wounded more than 130. Al Qaeda also warned Sunnis not to work with the Shia-dominated government.