Mauritanian authorities are hunting for three dangerous terrorist suspects linked to captured terrorist leader Maarouf Ould Haiba. Two other suspects including Algerian terrorist Sidi Ould Sidna, are also being hunted down after a brazen courtroom escape last Monday. On Saturday, a third escapee, Abou Mouadh, died from wounds sustained during a shootout following the breakout.
Security services claim to have killed Ismail Yangizbiev, an “overlord of armed gangs,” during a special operation in the Khasavyurt district of Dagestan. Ismail was on a federal most wanted list for committing several acts of terrorism against police. The operation was conducted one week after the Russian Interior Ministry demanded Dagestani officials work pre-emptively […]
We have no information on Hekmatyar’s death: Officials
Moroccan authorities are still searching for nine Moroccans convicted for the deadly 2003 Casablanca bombings who pulled off an unprecedented jailbreak on April 7 by digging a tunnel out of their prison in Kenitra, north of Rabat.
US marines say they have begun operations in Afghanistan
NATO Cancels Afghan Cop Program
‘No Redeployment of Korean Troops to Afghanistan’
A Taliban suicide bomber killed eight civilians and wounded nearly 30 others when he detonated near an ISAF convoy in Kandahar province. Three ISAF troops suffered injuries from the blast. At least 10 schools were attacked by unidentified gunmen in different parts of Afghanistan in the past three weeks. The Pentagon will issue advanced hand-held […]
Mauritanian police captured al Qaeda-linked terrorist Maarouf Ould Hadib, a key suspect in the Christmas Eve massacre of four French nationals in the village of Aleg. Hadib was dressed in women’s clothing when the police discovered him hiding in a taxi trying to avoid capture. Wanted fugitive Sidi Ould Sidina remains at large.
Top Qaeda militant arrested in western Iraq: police
Two hurt as Mauritania police track Qaeda fugitives
Top al Qaeda commander dies, US officials say
Report: Pirates holding yacht and crew belong to Somali Marines
Mauritanian police stormed an al Qaeda safe house in the capital Nouakchott searching for Sidi Ould Sidina, an Algerian terrorist who escaped from a court hearing last Wednesday. Two police officers were killed during the assault. Sidina managed to escape for a second time, but police discovered and confiscated his fully operational explosives lab.
Non-essential US staff evacuated from Yemen
A clash in Helmand province left one police officer and four Taliban dead. A Coalition airstrike in Zabul killed three Taliban while they traveled on motorcycles. A woman and a child from a nomadic tribe who had pitched their tents nearby were injured in the strike. Iranian security forces shot and killed 13 Afghan refugees […]
Afghan and US forces killed 16 Taliban fighters during an operation in Nuristan province along the Pakistani border. It was believed al Qaeda ally Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was a target of the strike.
Somali officials have urged tough action against pirates who seized a French yacht several days ago in Somali waters. A small French warship, the Commandant Bouan, and an elite French paramilitary unit are ready to intervene if negotiations with the pirates breakdown. The mayor of a small coastal village in northern Somalia dismissed media reports […]
Egyptian authorities are searching for two men suspected of planning a terror attack against tourists in the peninsula. Two Sudanese men are believed to have crossed the Egyptian-Sudanese border to carry out the attack.
The deadline for the release of two Austrian hostages held captive by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has expired. A new Internet statement posted in the name of al Qaeda demanded the release of two Islamists detained in Austria and the withdrawal of Austrian troops from Afghanistan in return for the lives of two […]
Tuareg insurgents, led by Ibrahim Ag Bahanga, are currently holding 33 Malian soldiers hostage, and Malian officials will meet in Libya for talks on Wednesday or Thursday. Bahanga has said the meeting between representatives will “neither reach ceasing fire nor ending the war.”
Afghan officials say the Afghan National Army is close to reaching 70,000 combat-ready soldiers. One Danish soldier was killed and another injured during a massive firefight with insurgents in Helmand’s Gereshk district. Nearly quarter of a million Afghans are without phone service due to recent attacks against cellular towers. Taliban fighters are also feeling the […]
A cargo vessel under contract to the US Navy opened fire on a small boat in the Suez Canal after it failed to obey multiple warning steps and continued to approach the vessel at a high rate of speed. One man was killed and three others injured in the ensuing gun fire.
Yousuf Raza Gillani was sworn in as Pakistan’s new Prime Minister by President Pervez Musharraf. Gillani was elected prime minister by a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly or lower house of parliament. Insurgents blew up 36 oil tankers destined for Coalition forces in the Khyber Pass area, 100 injured.
Russian Police Say Deaths of Two Journalists Not Linked
Gaddafi son said hopeful over Austrian hostages
Pakistani Authorites Close Three Radio Stations for Pro-Taliban Broadcasts
Afghan District Leader Stabbed to Death
A suicide car bomber killed 13 Iraqi soldiers after plowing his vehicle into their base in Mosul; 30 soldiers and 12 civilians were wounded in the attack. A roadside bomb explosion killed three US soldiers in northwest Baghdad. US forces raided an al Qaeda explosives safe house and arrested eight men. Forces confiscated 600 pounds […]
Two ISAF soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Kandahar. A massive Coalition air and ground blitz in Uruzgan killed 40 Taliban including an unnamed commander. The Taliban assassinated a pro-government cleric in Helmand. Coalition forces killed four Taliban and arrested three others during a raid in Zabul.