This story bears watching. The Pakistani reaction to the US consular employee’s killing of two “gunmen” who attempted to attack and possibly rob him, and the subsequent death of a civilian struck by another consular vehicle coming to his rescue, has the potential to spark violent protests against US and other Western nations in Pakistan, […]
Nurullah Bai had close ties to al Qaeda and senior Taliban leaders in Takhar, and was involved in a drug trafficking network that operated between Badakhshan province and Tajikistan.
Four people were killed in a car bombing near a cafe in the Dagestani city of Khasavyur; no group has claimed credit for the attack. President Putin said Russia would not negotiate with terrorists and that previous attempts had led to two wars in Chechnya.
ISAF continues to pursue the leaders of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in the northern Afghan province of Takhar: In Takhar province, Afghan and coalition forces detained two insurgents and killed several armed combatants during their search for a high-ranking Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan senior leader. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader specializes […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ambushed a convoy escorted by Yemeni troops today, killing five soldiers. From the Yemen Post: At least five soldiers were killed and others injured in a suspected Al-Qaeda ambush in Yemen’s eastern Hadramout province on Wednesday. A security source was quoted by Almasderonline.com as saying that Al-Qaeda militants targeted […]
Number of US troops killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan rose 60 per cent last year
The lack of a vision for Afghanistan in the State of the Union
President Obama said the US would begin drawing down forces in July 2011. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Ghazni, Wardak, Takhar, and Nimroz. Three Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in Nangarhar. Seven Taliban fighters surrendered in Baghlan.
Insurgents killed two foreign ministry officials, a national security ministry official, an Awakening fighter in Baghdad, and a civilian in Mosul. Security forces detained 16 “gunmen” in Karbala and two more in Mosul.
“Arabs, Chechens, and Pakistanis” are supporting the Taliban in Ghazni province, while Pakistani intelligence is sabotaging security.
Five soldiers were killed and one more was wounded in an ambush on a military convoy in Hadramout province; al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is the prime suspect in the attack. Yemeni soldiers confessed to kidnapping four Czech tourists in Sana’a.
Ten people were killed during yesterday’s fighting between Shabaab and the Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a near Guri El. A senior prosecutor in Galkayo was gunned down.
Australia’s foreign ministry warns that terrorist groups may attempt to attack in Addis Ababa during the African Union summit next week. The foreign ministry said it has “credible information” that “extremists are planning to bomb unspecified locations.”
Russian intelligence believes members of the suicide team that attacked an airport in Moscow spent time in Pakistan and Iran. Female “Black Widows” are thought to be involved in the attack. Prime Minister Putin said it is unlikely the attack is linked to Chechnya.
Detachment 88, Indonesia’s counterterrorism unit, detained Roki Aprisdianto during a raid in the village of Waru in Central Java. Aprisdianto is accused of being a member of a “terrorist groupterrorist group from Sleman, Klaten and Sukoharjo.”
Suicide bombers killed 16 Pakistanis in Lahore and Karachi; the Fedayeen-e-Islam claimed the Lahore attack. Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters in Mohmand.
Al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan continue to maintain a strong presence in the northern Afghan provinces of Takhar, Kunduz, and Baghlan.
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured dozens of Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Ghazni, Nimroz, Paktika, Nangarhar, Wardak, Kunar, Kunduz, Takhar, and Faryab. The Taliban killed a British soldier in Helmand.
Insurgents killed a high-ranking interior ministry officer and a civilian in Baghdad, and a cleric in Fallujah. Police arrested 33 wanted men in Diyala.
Security forces detained five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters behind attacks in Lauder in Abyan province. Police freed a female human rights activist who advocates regime change.
Security forces arrested 19 al Qaeda operatives from Tunisia and Libya. The men were transiting Egypt to join al Qaeda in Iraq. The interior minister denied they had any link to the New Years Day suicide attack on a Coptic church in Alexandria.
Shabaab and the Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a clashed in the Galgudud region; no casualties were reported. Witnesses claimed African Union forces opened fire on Somali civilians near the airport in Mogadishu; three people were wounded.
Najib Mikati, the Hezbollah-backed candidate, has been voted by parliament as the new prime minister. Supporters of Saad Hariri, the former prime minister who was ousted by a Hezbollah walkout, have taken to the streets to protest.
Four people were killed and 14 more were wounded in a bus bombing in the capital of Manila. A senior military commander said al Qaeda-linked groups Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Sayyaf, Rajah Solaiman Movement, and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front are operating in the capital area.
Muslim insurgents killed nine civilians and wounded two more in a roadside bomb attack near the village of Padaeru in Yala province. The bomb is believed to have been detonated remotely using a cell phone.
The Fedayeen-e-Islam, a subgroup of the Pakistani Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Jaish-e-Mohammed, claimed credit for the Lahore attack.
According to Adnkronos International, several “high profile” al Qaeda and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders were killed or wounded in the barrage of Predator strikes yesterday. No names have been released, however. And no word from my sources on this either, but this bears watching: The strikes in Pakistan’s northwest near the Afghan border allegedly […]
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured dozens of Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in Zabul, Helmand, Kandahar, Khost, Nangarhar, Logar, and Wardak. A man arrested for throwing acid on an Afghan journalist said he was ordered to do so by Iran.
A suicide bomber killed 31 people and wounded more than 130 in an attack at the baggage claim at an international arrival terminal at Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport. No terror group has claimed credit for the attack.
Twelve Iraqis were killed and more than 150 were wounded in car bombings that targeted Shia pilgrims in Karbala. Insurgents also killed three soldiers and a woman in Mosul, two civilians in Kirkuk, and a high-ranking official in the prime minister’s office in Baghdad.