Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a police chief in Herat. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Paktika, Logar, Ghazni, Zabul, Nimroz, and Kapisa.
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Pakistan
Security forces killed a Lashkar-e-Islam leader and an associate in Khyber. The Swat Taliban reportedly agreed to peace talks with the government. The Taliban bombed a school in Mardan.
Al Qaeda
The Abbottabad commission said that Osama bin Laden’s wives and children are allowed to return to their home countires after being questioned. Bin Laden’s compound will also be turned over to local officials.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
US Predators killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Abyan province. The parents of AQAP propagandist Samir Khan are “appalled” the US killed their son, and described him as a “law-abiding” US citizen.
Somalia
ICRC Begins Food Distribution In Somalia’s Islamist-Controlled Areas
Pakistan commission recommends treason charges for doctor who aided in hunt for bin Laden
Dr. Shakil Afridi ran a fake vaccination program in Abbottabad in an effort to help the CIA find Osama bin Laden.
US Predators kill 5 AQAP fighters in southern Yemen
The US is known to have carried out nine airstrikes in Yemen this year. The campaign is focusing on AQAP operatives who pose a direct threat to the US.
Afghanistan
Berlin Jihadi Fatih T. Killed in US Drone Strike?
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: The Not-So-Great Game
Afghanistan
Afghan intelligence arrested a six-man cell created by al Qaeda and the Haqqani Network that was assigned to assassinate President Karzai and carry out attacks in Kabul. US aircraft killed a senior Haqqani Network commander in Paktia. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Paktia, Wardak, and Nangarhar.
Al Qaeda
Samir Khan, American Jihadi
Pakistan
Pakistan seeks an update on Raymond Davis
Germany
Salafi Convert Was Soldier in German Military
Karzai assassination plotters part of Kabul Attack Network
The six-man cell included a medical professor, three university students, and a member of Karzai’s presidential bodyguard.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a soldier in Baghdad and two civilians in Mosul and Ramadi. Security forces captured a senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader in Mosul.
Yemen
Twelve Ansar al Sharia fighters were killed in Ja’ar, and four soldiers and three al Qaeda fighters were killed in Zinjibar. The military killed eight civilians during shelling in Taiz.
Somalia
Shabaab warned civilians to stay away from government institutions. “Somalis, we warn you: keep away from government buildings and the bases of their soldiers, more serious blasts are coming,” spokesman Ali Mohamud Rage said. Police claimed yesterday’s suicide bomber was a Kenyan.
Shabaab
Somalia’s al Shabaab vows more attacks
‘Good’ Taliban leader threatens suicide attacks against electric company
Maulana Abdul Khaliq Haqqani wants the power back on. Now, or else.
Egypt
James Jones, Ex-Obama Adviser: US ‘Paid a Price’ on Egypt
Haqqani Network commmander killed in airstrike on Pakistan border
Dilawar was the principal deputy to the top Haqqani Network commander in Afghanistan who was captured last week. He also was connected to al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Afghanistan
US Secretly Met Afghan Militants
Afghanistan
Taliban Using Modern Means to Add to Sway
Pakistan
Truck carrying fuel to NATO troops set afire in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistani military aid linked with ‘cooperation’, says US embassy
Pakistan
Pakistan: Backlash for judge who convicted Taseer assassin
Afghanistan
US cuts put pressure on NATO to boost cooperation
Iraq
Iraq’s Maliki wins backing for US trainers, but no immunity
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three Afghans in an attack in Kandahar and an ISAF soldier in an IED attack the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Zabul, Khost, Wardak, and Laghman.
Pakistan
“Gunmen” executed 13 Shia travelers at a market on the outskirts of Quetta. Eight Pakistanis working for a US charity who were kidnapped in Baluchistan have been freed. Afghanistan claimed Pakistan refuses to help investigate the assassination of the chief of the High Peace Council.