Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Uruzgan, Ghazni, Khost, and Logar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
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Pakistan
The military killed eight Taliban fighters in artillery strikes in Arakzai. The Taliban killed two soldiers in IED attacks in South Waziristan and Hangu. A US court summoned the Inter-Services Intelligence directorate and the head of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Iraq
Insurgents killed three civilians in an IED attack in Tal Afar and another civilian in a grenade attack in Mosul. An insurgent was killed in a premature detonation in Al Biaj northwest of Mosul.
Somalia
A Somali official said that NGOs are providing aid to Shabaab. Six African Union soldiers were arrested for opening fire on civilians in Mogadishu. A US court convicted five Somalis of piracy.
Yemen
Security officials claimed several Shabaab operatives have been detained in camps for Somali refugees in the south. Yemen’s Endowments Minister claimed Shia Houthis and al Qaeda were operating together to attack the state.
Iran
Supreme Leader Khamenei called the radical Basij militia a “clear, great and shining truth.” The EU urged the US to remove the People’s Mujahideen of Iran (MEK) from its list of terror organizations.
Taliban commander linked to Iran and al Qaeda targeted in Farah
Special operations teams have targeted al Qaeda-linked cells in the western Afghan province four times this month.
Pakistani minister ♥ the Taliban
Remember when, immediately after the Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out the terror assault on the city of Mumbai in November 2008, a Pakistani Army corps commander called Taliban leaders Baitullah Mehsud and Mullah Fazlullah “patriots” during a briefing with senior Pakistani journalists? We do. Sadly, that sentiment runs deep in Pakistani military and government circles. Yesterday, Maulana […]
Is Pakistan thinking of ending its support for Predator strikes?
According to The Nation (the Pakistani version, which is pro-military), the Pakistani military is considering cutting off its support for US Predator airstrikes in the tribal areas: In a major policy shift, Pakistan is likely to say ‘NO’ to the US over its CIA-operated drone strikes in North Waziristan Agency, thus bringing an end to […]
US designates Lashkar-e-Taiba’s charitable front as terror group
Falah-i Insaniat Foundation, its chief Hafiz Abdur Rauf, and two longtime members of Lashkar-e-Taiba were put on the US list of terror entities today.
Afghanistan
Coalition forces killed the Taliban’s top military leader in northern Helmand and 10 other fighters in an airstrike on Nov. 20. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Paktia, and Logar. The Taliban killed five village elders in Faryab and an ISAF soldier in the south. […]
Tajikistan
Security forces captured two Islamist fighters, including a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. The Islamists were detained in the Rasht Valley, where troops have been battling militants, on Nov. 14.
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Insurgents killed an Army brigadier and five civilians in attacks in Baghdad, Tikrit, Fallujah, and Mosul. Security forces killed two terrorists in Mosul and detained five Qaeda fighters in Khanaqin.
Somalia
The commander of African Union forces in Somalia apologized for the deaths of two civilians during mortar strikes that targeted Shabaab in Mogadishu. A British warship destroyed a pirate skiff off the coast of Somalia.
Yemen
A suicide bomber killed 17 Shia Houthis in an attack on a religious procession in Al Jawf province. The Houthis accused the US and Israel of masterminding the attack.
Suicide bomber kills 17 Shia in Yemen’s north
A senior tribal leader was among those killed by an al Qaeda suicide bomber.
Caucasus
Officer in Dagestan killed when bomb blows up his car
Shocking: Pakistan again delays North Waziristan offensive
This month’s winner of the coveted Captain Louis Renault Award goes to Pakistan’s military, which again delayed the elusive offensive into North Waziristan. The Pakistani military claims it doesn’t have enough resources to throw at the problem, and it is miffed at President Obama’s visit to India. From The Telegraph: But Pakistan military chiefs say […]
Pakistan
Ten people were killed in violence in Karachi. Security forces killed 14 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. ISAF denied reports that its helicopters crossed the boder into Pakistan.
ISAF denies helos crossed border into Pakistan
When US helicopters under ISAF command in Afghanistan attacked Taliban positions across the border in the tribal agencies of North Waziristan and Kurram earlier this fall, some observers thought a new, more muscular approach to Pakistan had been signaled. But the strikes quickly rankled the Pakistani establishment, causing it to cut off ISAF’s supply line […]
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured scores of Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Zabul, Farah, Kunar, Khost, Paktia, Paktika, and Logar. The Taliban killed a civilian in Herat. A suicide bomber prematurely detonated in Nangarhar.
The Taliban
ISAF and Afghan officials negotiated with an “impostor” who claimed he was senior Taliban commander Mullah Akhtar Mohammed Mansour, one of Mullah Omar’s top two deputies who ran the Quetta Shura. ISAF reportedly met with the impostor three times and paid him a large sum of money.
US captures Haqqani Network facilitator who was previously in custody
Today ISAF announced that it recently detained a Haqqani Network commander who had been in custody earlier this year. From the ISAF press release: Afghan and coalition forces captured a Haqqani Network improvised explosive device facilitator during an operation in Khost province yesterday. The facilitator, a top target for Afghan and coalition forces, was responsible […]
Iraq
Insurgents killed five civilians and an Iraqi soldier in attacks in Wasit, Baghdad, and Kirkuk. Insurgents also killed a US soldier in northern Iraq on Nov. 21. Security forces detained 16 wanted men in Basrah and two more in Mosul.
Kenya
Police arrested six Kenyans and a Nigerian holding a British passport for links to Shabaab in Somalia. The Nigerian is said to be the cell leader and was trying to send the six recruits to Somalia. The six Kenyans admitted to being recruited from a mosque in Majengo in Mombasa.
Somalia
African Union troops reportedly killed two civilians in mortar attacks in Mogadishu; several others are in critical condition. Shabaab fighters in Hiran flogged a young man and woman for eloping.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed a soldier in an IED attack in Lauder in the southern province of Abyan; fighting was reported between troops and AQAP after the blast. The UN said security is deteriorating in the north as fighting between government-backed tribes and Houthi rebels continues.
Europe
Police arrested 10 members of an “international jihadist terrorist group” plotting to conduct attacks in Belgium during sweeps in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. The suspects are of Belgian, Dutch, Moroccan, and Chechen origins.
NATO, Afghan officials negotiated with Taliban ‘impostor’
Afghan and NATO officials thought they were in peace talks with Mullah Akhtar Mohammed Mansour, one of Mullah Omar’s top two deputies who ran the Quetta Shura. The so-called leader turned out to be a fake.
Pakistan
The US killed five Taliban fighters in a Predator strike in North Waziristan; A Taliban commander was among nine killed in yesterday’s Predator strike strike in the tribal agency. Security forces killed two “militants” in Khyber. General Petraeus praised Pakistan’s counterinsurgency efforts in Swat and South Waziristan.