Coalition: Senior Taliban leaders killed in Kapisa province
Five Taliban leaders have been killed in fighting north of Kabul, including two who were involved in the deadly Aug. 18 ambush that killed 10 French ISAF soldiers and wounded 21 others.
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Saudi al Qaeda commander killed in Afghan clash
An al Qaeda spokesman claims US and Afghan forces killed a senior field commander in southwestern Afghanistan. Commander Abu Gharib al Makki was killed in one of two clashes reported in Farah province in recent fighting.
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Iraq largely free of foreign fighters: police
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Iraqi troops take control of key province (Anbar)
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Pakistani tribesmen organize private armies to fight Taliban
Sri Lanka
At least 68 people, including two civilians, were killed over the weekend amid clashes between security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels. At least 81 Tamil Tigers and two Army personnel were killed in fierce fighting in Sri Lanka’s restive northern areas on Monday, as troops gained control of several LTTE outposts in the rebel stronghold […]
Afghanistan
Coalition forces detained seven insurgents in operations targeting Taliban IED networks in the eastern Afghan province of Khost. NATO-led troops accidentally killed three Afghan children with artillery fire in Paktika province. Another raid near Kabul left an Afghan and his two children dead sparking mass protests throughout Kabul. A Taliban car bomber attacked a German […]
Sri Lanka
At least 45 people were injured when a small bomb exploded in a busy market area in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. Military officials speaking on condition of anonymity said the blast was triggered by around 100 grams of explosives. The separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel group is the lead suspect in the […]
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Anti-Qaeda fighter killed with family in Iraq
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Missile strike kills five near Afghan border
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Colombia to send demining experts to Afghanistan
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Danish troops witness Afghan forces killing an Afghan detainee
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Helmand governor impresses British with tough line on crime
Al Qaeda
The Commandant of the Marine Corps said al Qaeda in Iraq fighters are moving to safe havens in Pakistan’s tribal areas, posing threat not only to Coalition forces in Afghanistan but to Islamabad. Al Qaeda in Iraq has suffered serious setbacks due to recent operations aimed at their second- and lower-tier leaders. A university president […]
Afghanistan
The top Canadian soldier in Afghanistan conceded that two-thirds of the Zhari and Panjwai districts just outside Kandahar city are under the control of the Taliban. Afghan and Coalition forces killed or wounded more than 30 insurgents in fighting in the south and southeast of the country. President Hamid Karzai condemned the killing of a […]
Libya
Two hijackers of a Sudanese plane surrendered to Libyan authorities at a remote desert airport after freeing all passengers on board, almost 24 hours after the drama began in Darfur. A Lebanese prosecutor is seeking the death sentence for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and six other Libyan officials over the disappearance of a top Lebanese […]
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Fierce Combat Continues in Tribal Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistani troops traded machine-gun and artillery fire with insurgents in Bajur killing more than 30 Taliban fighters. The Pakistani military repelled a Taliban assault on a fort in the lawless South Waziristan tribal agency, killing 11 Taliban fighters and wounding up to 20 more. Swiss judicial authorities said they had closed a money-laundering case against […]
Afghanistan
Kidnapped Japanese national, Kazuya Ito, was found beaten to death in eastern Afghanistan one day after Taliban gunmen abducted him and his driver. Various clashes left approximately 30 insurgents and four police killed over the last 24 hours. Nearly 40 Taliban were killed during a massive security operation in eastern Paktika province.
Sudan
A man holding a knife hijacked a plane carrying more than 100 people. The plane left from Sudan’s troubled Darfur region and was diverted to Libya. Libyan aviation officials confirmed that the plane landed in Kufra, in a southern desert area close to the Sudanese border. Two senior commanders from different Darfur rebel factions, which […]
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Conditions may be ripe for Al Qaeda in Somalia
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11 Year-Old Son of Female Al Qaeda Suspect May Be In Custody
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One police officer killed, one wounded in Chechnya shooting
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Afghan forces battle Taliban over Japanese hostage: police
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Border Villages Rise Up Against Taliban
FOB Salerno withstands 2-day Taliban onslaught
US and Afghan forces thwart a major attempt by the Taliban to breach the biggest Coalition bases in southeastern Afghanistan.
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Bomb hits Afghan minister’s convoy, one hurt: ministry
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Afghanistan: Ambiguous Foes
Fighting in Uruzgan kills Taliban commander
Fighting in central Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province has erupted. At least two Taliban commanders and scores of their fighters have been killed in recent days. Civilians have also been mistakenly killed in Coalition air raids.
Taliban “shadow” governor for Uruzgan province arrested
Australian special forces captured Mullah Bari Ghul, a key Taliban commander in the province. Ghul is the latest in a series of key Taliban leaders killed or captured in the South.