Ahrar-ul-Hind suicide assault team attacks courthouse in Islamabad
The jihadist splinter group has vowed to continue attacks in Pakistan regardless of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s negotiations with the government.
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Pakistani military to end airstrikes against Taliban
Pakistan’s interior minister announced the halt after the military killed five “militants” in airstrikes in Khyber.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed six women and a child in Baladruz, and four policemen and two soldiers in Ramadi. The military killed seven ISIS fighters near Ramadi and a “terrorist” in Ninewa. The UN estimated that 704 Iraqis were killed in February.
Pakistani Taliban announce ceasefire with government
The announcement took place the same day that 11 tribal policemen and civilians were killed in attack that targeted a polio vaccination team in Pakistan’s northwest.
Iraq
An Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham suicide bomber killed the head of the Awakening in Haditha and six of his fighters. The ISIS also killed three policemen in Mosul and three civilians in Khalis. Security forces killed 15 ISIS fighters in Ramadi.
Yemen
Twenty-four people are reported to have been killed during clashes between Salafists and Yemeni troops on one side, and Shia Houthi rebels on the other. The fighting took place in Hizm, the provincial capital of Jawf.
American jihadist in Pakistan partially identified
Abdullah al Shami was born in the US but left the country at a young age. US officials would like to target the American, who targets US troops in Afghanistan with IEDs, in a drone strike.
Afghanistan
The military claimed it killed 50 Taliban fighters in Nangarhar over the past five days. The Taliban killed three Turkmen border guards, and an Afghan intelligence officer in Helmand. NATO defense ministers said they are prepared to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 53 people in bombings in and around Baghdad; 42 of them died in a motorcycle bombing at a market in Baghdad’s Sadr City. Security forces killed seven ISIS “snipers” in Karmah, 10 ISIS fighters near Kirkuk, four jihadists near the Syrian border, and three “gunmen” in […]
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia deputy leader reportedly in Syria
Kamel Zarrouk is said to have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham after fleeing security forces in Tunisia.
Shabaab suicide bomber kills 12 in Mogadishu
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia has launched three major suicide attacks and assaults in the Somali capital since Feb. 14.
Boko Haram continues its rampage in Nigeria
The Islamist group attacked three villages in Adamawa state, killing at least 37 people.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula gunned down a general in intelligence in Mukallah, the capital of Hadramout. The UN Security Council approved sanctions against those who prevent the political transition in Yemen; no one has been named to the list, however.
Syrian troops, Hezbollah fighters kill foreign jihadists in ambush
More than 170 Islamist fighters from the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front are reported to have been killed in an ambush outside of Damascus. “Most of them [were] Saudis, Qataris and Chechens,” Syrian television claimed.
Pakistan
The military said it killed 30 “militants” in a series of airstrikes that targeted Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan hideouts in North Waziristan. The Taliban said it would not agree to an unconditional ceasefire with the government. The Taliban also confirmed the death of Asmatullah Shaheen Bhittani.
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 10 people in an attack on a hotel in Uruzgan. The Taliban also killed three Afghans in Helmand. President Obama warned Afghan president Hamid Karzai that the US is prepared to withdraw all troops at the end of 2014 if the Bilateral Security Agreement is not signed.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed four Awakening fighters in Al Mashahda, an army colonel and three policemen in Babil, four policemen in Mosul, three soldiers in Ramadi, and five civilians in Baghdad. Security forces killed an ISIS leader and an aide near Baqubah, and three more ISIS fighters in Ramadi.
Boko Haram butchers students in attack on Nigerian college
Boko Haram fighters set fire to hostels and dorms at a college, then brutally murdered those who attempted to escape.
Al Nusrah Front emir issues ultimatum to ISIS
Muhammad al Julani gave the ISIS five days to come to an agreement or face a concerted effort to “banish it” from both Syria and Iraq.
Iraq
Hospital officials said that 722 people have been killed during military shelling of Fallujah since the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and allied tribes took control of the city. Security forces killed 16 ISIS fighters in Fallujah and nine “militants” north of Baqubah. Iraq will purchase $195 in weapons from Iran in violation […]
Senior Taliban commander gunned down in North Waziristan
Asmatullah Shaheen Bhittani, a senior leader who was appointed interim emir for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan after Hakeemullah’s death, has been gunned down in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 20 Afghan soldiers and captured eight more after overrunning a military outpost in Kunar province. The attack may have been facilitated by Afghan soldiers sympathetic to the Taliban. The government denied that the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan executed 23 Pakistani Frontier Corps troops inside Afghanistan.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 26 oil protection policemen south of Mosul, two policemen in Mosul, and a policeman in Madain. An ISIS suicide bomber targeted a police checkpoint in Anbar. Security forces killed 25 ISIS fighters in Anbar and 12 insurgents in Jurf al Sakhar. The military killed five civilians […]
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula gunned down a colonel in military intelligence in the town of Ataq in Shabwa province. “Gunmen” kidnapped a female Czech doctor in Sana’a, but then released her shortly afterward.
Taliban kill 20 Afghan soldiers, capture 8 in Kunar
So much for the idea that the US withdrawal from Kunar will cause the insurgency to collapse.
Pakistani military launches more airstrikes in the northwest
Pakistani aircraft struck at jihadists in Khyber and Hangu over the weekend; military officials claimed that 44 “militants” were killed.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham briefly took control of the town of Sainiyah and killed four policemen and two Awakening fighters. The ISIS shot down a helicopter and killed four crewmen in Karma; and killed five soldiers in a suicide attack near Ramadi; a regiment commander and three soldiers near Baqubah; and […]
Yemen
A terror warning for international flights was issued by the Department of Homeland Security due to intercepted communications from Ibrahim al Asiri, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s master bomb maker. The UN is considering targeted sanctions against former president Saleh and his deputy for disrupting Yemen’s political process.
Afghan Taliban denounces former senior official, denies involvement in peace talks
The Taliban again denied that Agha Jan Mutasim represents the group, and said his actions are “detrimental” to both the Taliban and “the goals of the sacred Jihad.”
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team killed two policemen in an attack on a police headquarters in Kabul province. Five civilians and a Taliban fighter were killed in clashes in Helmand. The US warned its citizens not to travel to Afghanistan.