Pro-Taliban Pakistani Islamist leader targeted in suicide attack
Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the former emir of the Jamaat-e-Islami, was unhurt in the suicide attack, which took place in the tribal agency of Mohmand.
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Afghanistan
The Taliban killed eight Afghan soldiers and an ISAF soldier, and a civilian accused of spying. Security forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in Faryab. Security guards robbed the Central Bank branch in Nuristan.
Iraq
Security forces killed al Qaeda’s emir for Baqubah and detained four Ansar al Islam fighters near Kirkuk. Insurgents killed a senior Awakening leader and three aides near Mosul.
Yemen
A Political Security Organization officer was gunned down in Sana’a. Iraq released seven Yemeni prisoners; Yemen hopes others will be transferred home to serve their prison sentences.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in Badakhshan and detained a Taliban commander in Kandahar. The Afghan High Peace Council wants immunity, and sanctions lifted for senior Taliban leaders.
Afghanistan
Taliban group accidentally reveals their email list
Iraq
Insurgents killed seven people, including three Iranian pilgrims, in an IED attack in Balad. Iraqi clerics issued a fatwa prohibiting Muslims from marrying or doing business with members of terror groups.
Yemen
Security forces detained a suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighter during a raid in Ibb province. The suspected AQAP fighter is thoguht to have fought for the terror group in Zinjibar and Jaar.
Kenya
Police arrested “dozens” of suspected Islamists during a series of raids in Garissa. The Islamists are thought to be involved in the killing of two policemen in Garissa on Nov. 16.
Pakistan ‘frees’ dangerous Taliban commander as part of Afghan reconciliation process
Anwar ul Haq Mujahid is the commander of the Tora Bora Military Front, a Taliban subgroup based in Nangarhar province that has been behind numerous attacks on Afghan and Coalition forces as well as civilians. His father was close to Osama bin Laden.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 17 civilians in an IED attack in Farah, four policemen in an ambush in Badakhshan, and two ISAF soldiers in the east. The US added the Taliban shadow governor of Helmand to its narcotics kingpin list.
Iraq
The government freed Hezbollah commander Musa Ali Daqduq. Insurgents killed three Iraqi policemen in Mosul. Security forces arrested al Qaeda’s commander for Karma.
Yemen
An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber killed three pro-government tribesmen in Zinjibar. A spokesman for the Houthis accused the US of killing hundreds of Yemenis in drone strikes.
US adds Taliban shadow governor of Helmand to narcotics kingpin list
Mullah Naim Barich, the Taliban’s leader for the southern Afghan province, was added “for the significant role he plays in international narcotics trafficking,” Treasury stated.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Uruzgan and a Taliban commander in Ghazni. The Taliban is thought to have assassinated the former Hajj and Islamic Affairs director for Nimroz. Germany will withdraw more than 1,000 of its 4,800 soldiers out of the country in 2013.
Iraq
Security forces killed three al Qaeda in Iraq fighters and found four IEDs during a raid on a safehouse in Taji. Insurgents killed a reporter in a bombing in Baqubah.
Somalia
Shabaab called on Muslims to support the Palestinians against Israel after airstrikes killed Hamas’s military commander. The FBI added American citizen Omar Hammami to its list of most wanted.
Kenya
Explosion rocks Eastleigh, Kenya
Tanzania
Tanzanian Muslim cleric pleads not guilty to incitement
Sudan
Sudan’s Islamists need new blood: vice-president
Nigeria
The Joint Task Force claimed it killed Ibn Saleh Ibrahim and several of his lieutenants during a series of raids in Maiduguri. Ibrahim commanded Boko Haram forces in the city and is said to be responsible for killing a general.
Al Nusrah Front claims 2 suicide attacks, joint operations with jihadist groups in Syria
The al Qaeda-linked group claimed it carried out joint operations with the Ahrar al Sham Brigades and Suqur al Sham. Al Nusrah has now claimed credit for 34 of the 42 suicide attacks that have been recorded in Syria since December 2011.
Pakistan
Security force killed five Taliban fighters near Wana in South Waziristan. Police arrested five Taliban fighters in Punjab province. Teh government is considering the release of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Baradar.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two ISAF interpreters in Logar. Security forces captured several Taliban weapons facilitators. Pakistan is handing over several mid and low-level Taliban operatives to the Afghan peace council.
Iraq
Insurgents killed at least 20 people in a series of bombings in Kirkuk, Mosul, Bayji, Baghdad, Hillah, and Al Kut. Security forces arrested five al Qaeda fighters in Hawijah.
Somalia
The parliament approved the prime minister’s cabinet. Iran said it would open an embassy in Mogadishu. Shabaab claimed to have killed dozens of Ugandan and Kenyan troops.
Libya
AFRICOM commander General Carter Ham said that al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is thought to have been linked to the Sept. 11 assault on the US consulate in Benghazi. “Extremists” have attempted to kill the head of a Sufi center and his sons for opposing Salafists and speaking out against the destruction of shrines.
Tunisia
Clashes broke out between Salafists and other students at Monastir University as the Salafists demanded male and female students dine in separate rooms. Security forces had to break up the fighting.
Al Nusrah Front claims suicide attack in Hama
The al Qaeda-linked terror group has claimed credit for 32 of the 40 suicide attacks in Syria that have taken place since December 2011.
Pakistan
Two Frontier Corps troops were killed in an IED attack in Quetta. Security forces detained four Lashkar-e-Jhangvi operatives in Karachi.