Afghanistan
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Somalia
Kenya sent a large number of troops into southern Somalia to battle Shabaab; a Kenyan helicopter crashed during the operation. The Somali government denied Kenya entered the south. Shabaab said it would carry out suicide attacks inside Kenya.
United States
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Kenyan forces enter the fray in southern Somalia
A large number of Kenyan troops have crossed into southern Somalia to take on Shabaab forces.
‘Good Taliban’ leader creates new death squad
Hafiz Gul Bahadar created the Saif-ul-Furqan after his last death squad, the Lashkar-e-Khorasan, has gotten out of control.
Afghanistan
Afghan police killed three Taliban suicide bombers who attempted to storm the governor’s compound in Paktia; a policeman and a civilian were also killed. The Taliban launched a radio station in Ghazni and banned travel at night in Nangarhar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Khost, Wardak, Nangarhar, and Baghlan.
Somalia
Shabaab forces withdrew from the southern city of Afamadow after fighting government forces and a militia in a nearby village. Shabaab closed schools in Marka after administrators refused to provide recruits.
Kenya
Security forces entered southern Somalia to pursue Shabaab fighters who have kidnapped aid workers from Kenya. The UNHCR has scaled back operations in Kenya after the kidnapping of foreign aid workers.
Nigeria
Four people were killed in a bombing at a police station in the state of Gombe in northern Nigeria. Boko Haram is suspected of carrying out the attack.
3 Egyptians killed in recent Predator strike in North Waziristan
Ahmed Omar Abdul Rahman, the son of the Blind Sheikh, may have been killed in the Oct. 14 strike in a village under the control of the Haqqani Network. Egyptians have been killed in the village in the past.
Afghanistan
A four-man Taliban suicide team was killed while assaulting the PRT in Panjshir. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Paktia, Paktika, Wardak, and Nangarhar.
Iraq
Insurgents killed an Interior Ministry official and an intelligence officer in Baghdad, and a civilian in Mosul. Security forces killed an “assassin” in Mosul and captured an Iranian-backed militia member in Wasit. The US is reportedly abandoning plans to keep US troops in Iraq after December 2011.
Yemen
An Egyptian named Ibrahim al Bana who served as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s media chief, and Abdul Rahman al Awlaki were among seven AQAP operatives killed in five US airstrikes in Shabwa. AQAP also blew up a gas pipeline in Shabwa.
Somalia
Abu Abdullah al Muhajir, an American al Qaeda operative, was seen distributing aid to famine victims at a camp near Mogadishu. Government forces captured a village close to Afmadow.
Shabaab
Somali forces capture Shabaab-controlled area
Kenya
UNHCR reduces Kenya aid operation after MSF abductions
Kenya
Security officials said they would step up operations against the al Qaeda-linked Shabaab. The officials said they would pursue Shabaab inside southern Somalia. The border with Somalia has been closed.
US Predators kill AQAP media emir: report
The Yemeni Defense Ministry claimed that Ibrahim al Bana, an Egyptian, was among seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives killed in Shabwa province.
Taliban suicide team strikes in Panjshir
The province is the most peaceful in Afghanistan, and until today, was free from suicide attacks.
Blind Sheikh’s son killed in US airstrike in Afghanistan
Ahmed Omar Abdul Rahman, the son of the spiritual leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group, was killed today, according to the terror group.
US Predators target ‘good Taliban’ commander in South Waziristan
Predators targeted a compound in Mullah Nazir’s territory. The strike is the fourth in Pakistan’s tribal areas in three days.
American al Qaeda operative distributes aid at Somali relief camp
Abu Abdullah al Muhajir, an al Qaeda “representative,” said he distributed the aid on behalf of Ayman al Zawahiri, and praised al Qaeda for waging jihad in Somalia for three decades.
United States
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Afghanistan
US Considers Shift to Guard Kabul
Egyptian Islamic Group
The Egyptian Islamic Group announced that Ahmed Omar Abdul Rahman was killed in a US airstrike while “on the frontlines in Afghanistan.” Ahmed is the son of Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman, or the Blind Sheikh, who is currently serving a life sentence in a US federal prison for his role in 1993 bombing at the […]
Pakistan
Jan Baz Zadran, a top Haqqani Network commander, was killed in yesterday’s US airstrike in North Waziristan. US Predators killed four “militants” in a strike today in the tribal agency. A senior Taliban leader was gunned down in North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three Afghan policemen in a suicide attack in Kandahar and two ISAF soldiers in attacks in the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters during raids in Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, Logar, Faryab, and Kunduz.
Afghanistan
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Al Qaeda
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