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Pakistani minister urges al Qaeda, Taliban to kill filmmaker
The Federal Minister for Railways offered a reward to anyone, including al Qaeda and the Taliban, if they killed the maker of “Innocence of Muslims.”
Pakistan
Pakistani leaders play religious card as anti-Prophet film protests boil
Pakistan
Pakistan – Mardan Christians unhappy with security; demand reconstruction of burnt church
Al Qaeda
Anti-Islam film: Pakistan minister offers bounty
Afghanistan
Afghanistan bans Pakistani papers over propaganda
US drones kill 3 ‘militants’ in Datta Khel
The strike is the first in Pakistan in three weeks. Datta Khel is a known hub for al Qaeda as well as the Taliban and the Haqqani Network.
Denmark
Danes overwhelmingly support their own blasphemy law
Afghanistan
Pakistani minister vows better counterterror work with US, but won’t talk of tackling Haqqanis
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda’s chances in the ‘Arab Spring’ countries: from Sinai to the black flags!
Al Qaeda’s plan for Libya highlighted in congressional report
A report published by the federal research division of the Library of Congress highlights al Qaeda’s clandestine strategy for Libya. Working under orders from senior al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan, al Qaeda operatives in Libya are in the final stages of creating a fully operational network.
Afghanistan
US troops in Afghanistan return to pre-surge levels: Defence official
Pakistan
The military deployed troops in the diplomatic quarter of Islamabad. The US urged its citizens not to travel to Pakistan. The US State Department bought commercials on Pakistani TV that denounce a video deemed insulting to Islam.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan says Pakistani shelling risks negative consequences
Pakistan
Pakistani TV shows US ads condemning anti-Islam film
Pakistan
State Department warns Americans against travel to Pakistan
‘Foreign militants’ still present in Ghazni
Afghan officials and civilians said that “Pakistanis, Chechens, and Arabs” continue to operate in the southeastern Afghan province, just days after al Qaeda released a video of operations in the province.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Man accused of blasphemy after refusing to join anti-Islam film protest
Pakistan
The Taliban killed nine people in a bombing in Peshawar. The military claimed it killed 29 Taliban fighters during fighting in Bajaur.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Protester dies after inhaling fumes from burning American flag
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Surrendering rebels say Pakistan, Iran aided them
IMU’s leader for Kunduz captured during raid
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader directed the group’s operations in the northern Afghan province, and provided training and direction for IED attacks against Coalition and Afghan forces.
Pakistan
Pakistan – ATC acquits 3 terrorism suspects due to lack of evidence
Pakistan
Pakistan – US officials vacate Lahore consulate
India
Pakistan – Kasab seeks presidential clemency
Pakistan
Eight Pakistanis were killed in a pair of bombings at a market in Karachi. Three Shia pilgrims were killed in an IED attack in Mastung. Two policemen were wounded in an IED attack in Lower Dir.
ISAF captures Taliban leader involved in Camp Bastion attack
The US military also announced that the Harrier squadron commander was one of the two Marines killed in the suicide assault on Camp Bastion that took out eight strike aircraft.
Female suicide bomber from Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin strikes in Kabul
Eight foreigner workers, including Russians and South Africans, and four Afghan civilians, were killed in the blast near Kabul International Airport.
Haqqani Network
Pakistan – ‘North Waziristan operation to stay under wraps’
Afghanistan
Post-2014: Taliban cadre warns of civil war in Afghanistan