The Taliban killed 10 civilians in an IED attack in Arakzai. Security forces killed nine Taliban fighters in Chitral. Tribesmen and clerics in North Waziristan said polio vaccinations would be halted until the US ends drone strikes in Pakistan.
Security forces killed 25 Taliban fighters during operations nationwide. Nine Afghan soldiers and seven Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Helmand. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east and destroyed 22 NATO fuel and supply trucks in an attack in Samangan province.
The tribal leaders support Hafiz Gul Bahadar’s ban on polio vaccinations despite the fact that their own children are at risk.
Two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and an Army officer were killed in separate clashes. Police arrested members of an “Iranian spy cell” run by the IRGC. President Hadi urged Iran to cease interfering in Yemen.
Security forces killed 11 Shabaab fighters during clashes in Bardhare. President Sharif has been sheltering a wanted pirate leader, according to a UN report. President Sharif accused the UN group that issued the report of being “against peace in Somalia.”
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The Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa has freed two Spanish and an Italian hostage. The three aid workers were kidnapped in Tindouf, Algeria in October 2011. A man who was arrested in connection with the kidnapping was freed by the Algerian government.
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Police captured Hadjer Arasani, an Abu Sayyaf operative, during a raid in the city of Lamitan in Basilan province. Arasani was involved int he kidnapping of six Jehovah’s Witnesses and the murder of a police officer.
Two Islamist fighters, a soldiers and two civilians were killed during fighting in the Rueso district in Narathiwat province. The Islamist fighters attacked a military checkpoint in the district, but were repelled.
The attack took place in Samangan, where a suicide bomber killed 23 people, including top Afghan officials, in an attack just four days ago.
Both the “Brigade of Islam” and the Free Syrian Army claimed credit for the attack that killed the defense minister, his deputy, and President Assad’s national security advisor, and seriously wounded the interior minister and the chief of the national security office.
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Twelve Taliban fighters, four policemen, three civilians, and an ISAF soldier were killed in fighting. The Afghan soldier who murdered four French troops in Kapisa earlier this year has been sentenced to death. More than 100 Taliban fighters in Badghis reconciled with the government.
A soldier from Central Security was captured while smuggling an explosive belt into a military camp. The soldier was preparing to detonate it during a parade on July 17.
Ahmed Abdulrahman Sihab Ahmed Sihab is wanted for training “members of al Qaeda in terrorist tactics, techniques, and procedures.”
Security forces detained 10 suspected al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters during an operation in Dagana, a town along the Mauritanian border. Ten imams and students suspected of plotting terror attacks were detained in Matam.
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Shabaab claimed credit for yesterday’s attack that killed a former cabinet minister and member of parliament. Shabaab hit Ethiopian troops in Beledweyne with IED attacks.
A student was killed in a bombing outside of a government office in Jos. One person was killed in an attack outside of an Islamic school in Jos. Police found a bomb factory in Kogi.
The Taliban killed 10 Afghans in attacks in Kunduz, Ghazni, and Kandahar, beheaded three soldiers in Nuristan, and killed two ISAF soldiers in the south. The defense ministry is investigating claims of a truce between Afghan soldiers and the Taliban in Uruzgan.
Gunmen killed a prison director, his daughter, and two guards in an attack on a convoy in Taiz. Yemeni Salafists are seeking a greater role in the country’s political transition.