Afghanistan
ISAF said more than 200 Haqqani Network and Taliban commanders and fighters were killed and captured during operations in Kabul and eastern Afghanistan over the past week. The Taliban killed an ISAF solider in the south.
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Tunisia
Tunisian Islamist party claims election victory
France
France to help supply Kenyans fighting in Somalia
Iraq
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Yemen
Two Yemeni fighters and three “Islamist militants” were killed during clashes in the southern port city of Aden. Yemenis have described Aden as being under siege from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Somalia
Kenyan forces have taken control of the towns of Oddo and Kolbio on the Afmadow front, killing eight Shabaab fighters. Shabaab bases in Kismayo have been hit with naval fire and airstrikes.
Kenya
Fourteen people were wounded in a grenade attack at a bar in Nairobi. Shabaab is suspected of carrying out the attack after Kenyan forces invaded southern Somalia.
Suicide bomber attempts to assassinate Afghan interior minister
The attack took place in Parwan and is the second in the province in two months. The interior minister was not in the convoy.
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber attempted to assassinate the interior minister in Parwan. The Taliban killed 11 civilians in Wardak, four civilians in Herat, and an ISAF solider in the south. President Karzai said Afghanistan would back Pakistan if attacked, even by the US.
Tunisia
Islamists set for strong showing in Tunisia election
Iraq
Security forces detained 47 Baathists and terrorists during raids in Kirkuk and Diyala; 16 more Baathists were detained in Al Kut. US Defense Secretary Panetta said Iraq is capable of dealing with Iranian-backed militias.
Somalia
Shabaab killed one person in an IED attack in Mogadishu. The government presented four defected Shabaab fighters to the media.
Kenya
The US Embassy in Nairobi issued a travel alert for American citizens. The embassy said it has “received credible information of an imminent threat of terrorist attacks directed at prominent Kenyan facilities and areas where foreigners are known to congregate, such as malls and night clubs. ”
Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb kidnapped three aid workers, two Spaniards and an Italian, from a refugee camp near Tindouf. One of the Spanish hostages was wounded during the kidnapping.
Pakistan
Intelligence reports indicate that the Taliban are regrouping in Baluchistan province. The military is setting up checkposts in Dir to prevent cross-border attacks from Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east and executed three carjackers in Ghazni. US Marines are advancing on the Kajaki Dam in Helmand.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is said to have regained control of Zinjibar; at least on soldier was killed and seven more were captured. Twenty people were killed during clashes between pro- and anti-government forces in Sana’a.
AQAP regains control of Zinjibar: report
AQAP is doing what it said it would do last year: take control of the south and establish an Islamic caliphate.
Kenya
A court charged two doctors for “being members of al Shabaab” and “engaging in organized criminal activity.” The two doctors, Ali Omar Salim and Adan Hassan Hillow, were detained in the Eastleigh suburb, a Shabaab hotbed.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Crown Prince Sultan dies
Somalia
Shabaab claimed its forces killed more than 100 African Union soldiers from Burundi during a clash in the Daynile district in Mogadishu; the corpses were displayed for the media. The African Union denied the claims as Shabaab propaganda.
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Mauritania
A security official claimed that Teyeb Ould Sidi Aly, a wanted Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb leader, was killed two days ago in an airstrike in the Wagadou forest in Mali. Aly directed suicide attacks in Mauritania, including one that targeted the president.
Pakistan
Taliban regrouping in Balochistan, say intelligence reports
Afghanistan
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Philippines
The military has launched an offensive against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the south, threatening peace talks. MILF fighters killed four soldiers and three policemen in an ambush in Zamboanga Sibugay province.
Fighters from ‘Caucasus Mujahideen in Khorasan’ issue message to ‘brothers’ in southern Russia
A group of jihadists based in the Afghan-Pakistan region issued a videotape to their “brothers” in the Islamic Caucasus Emirate and their emir, Doku Umarov.
Shabaab claims killing of scores of African Union fighters in Mogadishu
Warning: The image shown is graphic. Shabaab displays the bodies of scores of men it claimed are African Union troops. The AU dismissed the claim as propaganda.
US to complete pullout from Iraq by end of year
President Obama also reiterated that US troops would leave Afghanistan by 2014.
Iraq
President Obama formally announced that all US combat forces will withdraw from Iraq by the end of December. Four Iraqis were killed in three bombings in Baghdad’s Sadr City.