Afghanistan
Security forces killed 34 Taliban fighters in Nuristan, Kunar, Ghor, and Ghazni. Police in Takhar arrested seven members of “armed opposition groups” involved in poisoning schoolgirls. Sixty schoolgirls were poisoned in Takhar.
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Yemen
The military said 26 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed during fighting in Zinjibar and Jaar. The military defeated an AQAP attempt to take the city of Attaq, the capital of Shabwa province.
Somalia
“Gunmen” killed four people in an attack on a bus in Mudug. A Shabaab spokesman denied reports that Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys surrendered to the government.
Kenya
Police arrested a suspected Shabaab operative as he attempted to cross the border in Busia from Somalia. The operative is thought to lead a cell that is plotting attacks in Nairobi and Kampala.
Nigeria
“Gunmen” killed a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police and two associates in Kano. Explosions and gunfire rocked a neighborhood in Maiduguri as security forces cordoned the neighborhood.
Abu Yahya al Libi killed in latest drone strike, US officials say
US officials have confirmed that al Libi was killed in yesterday’s drone strike in Mir Ali. Al Qaeda has not confirmed his death.
Pakistan
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Pakistan
US drones killed fifteen “militants” in a strike in Mir Ali. Abu Yahya al Libi, al Qaeda’s second in command, is rumored to have been killed in the strike, but the report is unconfirmed.
Afghanistan
Mullah Abdul Salam Zakir, the brother of the Taliban’s military emir, and 25 of his fighters were killed during an ISAF and Afghan operation in Kajaki. Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in Paktika and three more in Logar. The Taliban killed two students in an IED attack in Kabul. NATO came to an agreement […]
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 26 Iraqis in an attack on the Shi’ite Endowment in Baghdad. Al Qaeda in Iraq had previously threatened to target Iraqi Shia in Baghdad and elsewhere.
Abu Yahya al Libi rumored killed in Mir Ali drone strike
US officials said that al Libi was the target of today’s strike, but his death has not been confirmed.
Suicide bomber kills 26 Iraqis in Baghdad
The attack targeted the Shi’ite Endowment, and was likely carried out by al Qaeda in Iraq, which has threatened to strike the Shia.
Yemen
An Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber killed four people in an attack against a pro-government militia in Abyan. Houthi rebels stormed a headquarters of the Islah party in Saada.
Nigeria
Boko Haram claimed credit for yesterday’s suicide attack on a church in Bauchi that killed 15 people. “Today God gave us victory by launching a suicide attack on a church in Yelwa neighborhood in Bauchi city,” that statement said.
Somalia
Shabaab is estimated to have 7,733 fighters, including 1,082 foreigners, in its ranks. The number is down from 14,426 in February 2011. Shabaab has been conscripting children in Galgadud. Police arrested two men involved in a recent IED attack in Galkayo.
Kenya
Anti-Terrorism Police detained seven men who were taking pictures of airplanes taking off and landing at Wilson Airport in Nairobi. The seven men, including two Somalis, claimed to be tourists.
Kenya
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Brother of Taliban’s military commission reported killed
Mullah Abdul Salam Zakir, the brother of the former Guantanamo Bay detainee who quickly assumed command of the Afghan Taliban’s military branch, is said to have been killed during a raid in northern Helmand province. ISAF has not confirmed Salam’s death.
US drones kill 15 in North Waziristan strike
The strike in Mir Ali is the third in Pakistan in three days, and the eighth in the two weeks since the US failed to get Pakistan to reopen the supply lines for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
ISAF launches airstrike against IMU facilitator
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator was targeted in the remote northeastern province of Badakhshan.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three civilians in Uruzgan, a policeman in Nangarhar, and an ISAF soldier in the south. Thirty schoolgirls were poisoned in Takhar. The top ISAF general in the north said the Taliban have been defeated there.
Yemen
Eleven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and two soldiers were killed during fighting in Zinjibar and Jaar. Yemeni troops are being transferred from Lawdar to Sharqa, which is under al Qaeda’s control.
Nigeria
A suicide bomber killed 15 people in an attack on a Christian church in Bauchi. The attack is the seventh suicide bombing in Nigeria this year.
Suicide bomber kills 15 at Nigerian church
The Nigerian terror group has lived up to its promise to “eradicate Christians.”
Latest US drone strike kills 10 ‘militants’ in South Waziristan
The drones targeted a group of Taliban and “foreigners” who gathered to note the death of one of Mullah Nazir’s commanders, who was killed in yesterday’s drone strike.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two policemen in Uruzgan and a British soldier in Helmand. Coalition and Afghan forces rescued two foreign and two Afghan aid workers in Badakhshan and killed four Taliban commanders in Badghis. Ninety-seven school girls were poisoned in Takhar.
Yemen
Several people were killed during fighting between Houthis and Salafists in the Kitaf district in Saada. Yemen and Iraq signed an agreement to share intelligence on terrorists operating in the region.
Syria
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US drones kill ‘good’ Taliban commander in South Wazirstan
Rahmanullah, “a key commander” for Mullah Nazir, was reported killed in today’s strike. Nazir considers himself an al Qaeda leader.
Afghanistan
US and Afghan troops killed 14 Taliban fighters who assaulted FOB Salerno in Khost. A suicide bomber killed five policemen in Kandahar. The Taliban killed two policemen in Nangarhar.