Afghanistan
Twenty Taliban fighters, including five Pakistanis, were killed during an operation in Kapisa. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, Paktika, and Kunduz.
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Al Qaeda
The Al Fajr Media Center, al Qaeda’s internet propaganda arm, announced the establishment of the al-Fida’ forum. The new forum is to take the place of the Al Ekhlaas forum.
US Predators kill 12 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan
The attack took place in an area used by the Taliban to stage attacks across the border in Afghanistan.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two soldiers in Mosul, a police colonel in Tikrit, an Army officer in Al Kut, and a US soldier in the south. Iran threatened to attack bases of the PKAK, a PKK offshoot, inside Iraq.
Somalia
The UN’s high commissioner for refugees said that aid agencies should work with Shabaab to distribute food to those in need. Two people were killed as Somali soldiers fought amongst themselves in Mogadishu.
Suicide bomber kills 7 in northern Pakistan
The bomber targeted a political rally in Battagram, a district largely insulated from the worst of the Taliban violence.
Yemen
More than 30 people were killed during fighting between the Houthis and tribes in the north. Four “militants” and one soldier were killed during clashes in Zinjibar in Abyan province. Two Al Qaeda fighters were killed in airstrikes in Abyan.
Al Qaeda
Abdul Rahman Hussein, an Austrian known as “Driss,” is said to be a senior al Qaeda leader who commands Austrian, Belgian, and French fighters along the Afghan-Pakistan border region. Driss was a deputy to slain external operations chief Saleh al Somali.
Nigeria
The Army killed 11 Boko Haram fighters during a shootout in the city of Maiduguri. Fighting broke out after Boko Haram attacked a military convoy with a roadside bomb. Two people were killed in a bombing at a church in Abuja.
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami
The Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami threatened to attack the foreign office, the foreign secretary, Pakistan’s High Commission in New Delhi, and high commissioner Shahid Malik if Pakistan continues to share information with India about the terror group.
Afghanistan
The Taliban beheaded seven de-miners in Farah and killed a district governor in Badghis, three policemen in Kandahar, and three ISAF soldiers in the south and east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Khost and Ghazni.
Pakistan
Security forces killed 21 Taliban fighters in Kurram and Dir. The Taliban killed five people near Peshawar and the driver of a NATO fuel tanker in Dasht. Pakistan asked the US to share intelligence on the whereabouts of al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri.
Yemen
“Gunmen” thought to be associated with the Southern Movement killed three soldiers in an ambush in Aden. The government claimed tribal leaders have aided al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula with expanding its operations in Abyan. President Saleh may return to Yemen on July 17.
Iran
Senior al Qaeda leaders, including Saif al Adel, continue to use Iran as a sanctuary. A top Islamic Revolution Guards Corps official claimed Iran is behind the “Islamic Awakening” in the Middle East.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, Nangarhar, and Kunduz. An Afghan intelligence official killed an ISAF soldier and a civilian in Panjshir. A suicide bomber wounded nine people in an attack in Zabul. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the […]
Pakistan
The Taliban denied it ambushed a military convoy and killed three soldiers in North Waziristian. Three people were killed during a clash between the Lashkar-e-Islam and a tribe in Khyber.
Syria
Syrian security forces killed 15 anti-regime protesters and arrested more than 200 in the city of Hama. Syria accused the US of inciting violence after the ambassador visited Hama on Friday.
Hezbollah
Interpol issued a notice for Lebanon to execute arrest warrants for four Hezbollah operatives indicted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri. Among those indicted is Mustafa Badreddine, Hezbollah’s military commander.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two civilians in a shooting in Kirkuk and another civilian in a bombing in Al Kut. Security forces arrested eight wanted “terrorists” in Karbala.
Libya
President Gaddafi threatened to send hundreds of fighters to Europe to carry out attacks. “Hundreds of Libyans will martyr in Europe. I told you it is eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth,” he said.
Somalia
Shabaab ‘s former district commander of Dhobley was wounded while clashing with other Shabaab fighters. Shabaab is stopping people from leaving drought-affected regions and banned khat in the south.
Special operations forces capture IMU explosives expert
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan operative was the “lead insurgent explosives trainer in northern Afghanistan.”
Afghanistan
The police chief of Doab district in Nuristan was kidnapped in Laghman province. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, and Wardak.
Pakistan
The military said 42 Taliban fighters and eight soldiers were killed during fighting in Kurram. Eighty-eight people have been killed during political clashes in Karachi.
Somalia
Senior Shabaab leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys called on Arab countries to help Somalis afflicted by the drought. Kenyan police arrested six Somali clerics at a refugee camp in Dhagahley.
Polish war crimes trial impacts soldiers’ rules of engagement
Polish troops fear going “straight to Poznan” if they accidentally kill civilians in Afghanistan.
Pakistan ‘sanctioned’ murder of Saleem Shahzad: Mullen
Admiral Mullen said the Asia Times journalist’s death was ordered by the Pakistani government but had no evidence that the ISI executed the attack.
Afghanistan
An Afghan official said that 11 civilians were killed in an ISAF airstrike in Ghazni; ISAF is investigating the claim. The Taliban killed six Afghan policemen in Uruzgan. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia, Paktika, and Wardak.
Yemen
President Saleh made an appearance on Yemeni television. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed 10 soldiers in an ambush in Abyan. Security forces killed an AQAP commander and several fighters in Abyan.
Hezbollah
The US indicted Faouzi Ayoub for passport fraud. Ayoub, who was born in Lebanon and is a US citizen, tried to illegally enter Israel in 2000 to conduct a bomb attack for Hezbollah. Ayoub is currently missing.