Harakat-ul-Mujahideen chief lives in open near Islamabad
Fazle-ur-Rahman Khalil, the man Osama bin Laden consulted before issuing his infamous fatwa against the US, lives comfortably near Islamabad.
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Taliban launch another attack from Afghanistan into northwestern Pakistan
Five people in Bajaur were killed in the latest Taliban attack that was launched from Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda appoints Ayman al Zawahiri successor to bin Laden
In an official statement released by As Sahab, al Qaeda’s media arm, Zawahiri was named emir. Al Qaeda said it would continue to fight with the Taliban in Afghanistan and support jihad in theaters across the globe.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan arrests for CIA help are reality: Gates
Pakistan
US Predators killed 15 “militants” in strikes in North and South Waziristan. The military denied an Army major was among five CIA informants who were arrested for providing information on Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts in Abbottabad.
Afghanistan
Taliban suicide bombers killed 11 people in attacks in Wardak and Paktia. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, and Kunduz. Twenty-seven US senators called for a significant draw-down of US forces.
Iraq
US helicopters opened fire on insurgents in Basrah, killing one and wounding three. Insurgents killed two Iraqi soldiers in Mosul and two more in Baghdad.
Somalia
Nine people were killed during fighting in Garbaharey. Security forces rounded up 100 people after a government official was assassinated in Bosaso. Somalia’s prime minister has refused to resign.
Jordanian al Qaeda fighter killed in US airstrike in eastern Afghanistan
Mahmoud Hamdan Nizal was killed while fighting for al Qaeda in the Bermel district in eastern Afghanistan.
US Predator strike kills 15 ‘militants’ in South and North Waziristan
The unmanned aircraft hit a vehicle and a compound in an area administered by “good Taliban” leader Mullah Nazir, and a vehicle in an area run by the Haqqani Network.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Logar, Wardak, Khost, Paktika, Nangarhar, Kunduz. Fifteen Taliban fighters reconciled in Herat after their commander was killed. The government officially requested that Pakistan turn over top Taliban commanders in their custody.
Iraq
An al Qaeda suicide assault team dressed as policemen killed nine people in an attack on the Diyala provincial council in Baqubah; Iraqi troops killed the five attackers. Insurgents killed a government employee in Baghdad and a policeman in Mosul.
CIA to target AQAP in Yemen with Predators and Reapers
The US is stepping up efforts to carry out “a sustained campaign of drone strikes.”
Yemen
The CIA plans to target al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula using unmanned Predator and Reapers aircraft. Airstrikes against AQAP had previously been conducted by the US military.
Iran
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman warned the US against launching “a military intervention in any country of the region, including Syria.” China is encouraginging Iran to continue negotiations over its nuclear program.
Syria
Syrian forces are continuing the crackdown on anti-regime elements in the north. Six people were killed in the town of Ariha near east of Jisr al Shughour, while tanks and armored vehicles have been deployed around the town of Albu Kamal.
Somalia
Three people were killed during fighting between Shabaab and government forces in Garbaharey. Shabaab detained 10 civilians in Elbur for “committing deeds against the religion of Islam.”
Al Qaeda in Iraq suicide assault team targets Diyala provincial center
Al Qaeda in Iraq carried out a coordinated assault in Baqubah, but it was ultimately defeated by Iraqi and US troops.
Indonesia
Police arrested 16 “terrorist suspects” over the past five days who were involved in the shooting of policemen. The suspects were detained in Pekalongan, Kutai Kertanegara, Jakarta, Central Sulawesi, and Bandung.
Zarqawi aide returns to Afghanistan to wage jihad for al Qaeda
Salahuddin al Maqdisi, the brother of Abu Mohammed al Maqdisi and a former aide to slain al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi, was released from Iranian custody and has recently returned to Afghanistan.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed three Pakistani troops in an attack in South Waziristan and bombed seven fuel tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces. A suicide bomber killed one person in a failed attack in Islamabad.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Wardak, Khost, Paktika, Nangarhar, Kunduz, Balkh, Baghlan, Jawzjan, and Sar-i-Pul. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south. Thirty-five Taliban fighters reconciled in Balkh.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed three policemen and a civilian in an attack outside a police headquarters in Basrah. Insurgents killed an Iraqi soldier in Mosul and an imam in Balad.
Yemen
“Islamic militants” killed a colonel and two soldiers in Zinjibar in Abyan province. Three “Islamic extremists” were killed in airstrikes in Jaar, also in Abyan. More than 40,000 have fled the fighting in Abyab.
Somalia
A Shabaab fighter killed a woman after opening fire on a group of teenagers playing soccer in Mogadishu. AMISOM vowed to take control of the Bakara market in Mogadishu.
Al Qaeda
The Al Tahadi jihadist forum purportedly published a video, supposedly produced by As Sahab, that announced that Hamza bin Laden, Osama’s son, was appointed the new leader of al Qaeda. The video was quickly removed from the forum.
Pakistan
The Taliban denied it carried out yesterday’s deadly bombing at a market in Peshawar that killed 39 people. Three people were wounded in an IED attack in Islamabad. Security forces detained a suicide bomber in Karachi.
Afghanistan
Afghan officials claimed Pakistan will target sanctuaries of Taliban leaders who refuse to engage in peace talks with the Afghan government. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Ghazni, Helmand, Wardak, and Badghis. The Taliban killed two school boys in Paktia.
Afghanistan
Silence envelops eastern Afghanistan’s biggest city as zealots wage war on music
Russia
In an attack in Baksan, “militants” killed the colonel in charge of the Counter Extremism Center of Kabardino-Balkaria’s Interior Ministry. In Dagestan, security forces killed three Caucasus Emirate operatives, including the commander in charge of a failed Moscow attack.