The leader of the Awami National Party said the new government will withdraw the Army from Swat. Fifty police were fired for “lack of courage.” Two Taliban were arrested for arms smuggling. The Taliban warned tribesmen not to meet Americans envoys.
More than 200 Mahdi Army and Special Groups fighters have been reported killed during clashes in Baghdad, Basrah, Al Kut, Hillah, Nasiriyah, and Diwaniyah. The US military denied the Mahdi Army is in control of checkpoints in Baghdad.
Under a 2003 mutual security agreement, on Wednesday Yemen extradited four al Qaeda operatives to Saudi Arabia, after President Saleh returned from a visit with Saudi King Abdullah. No extradition treaty exists with the US or UK. Under a treaty recently inked with Spain, Yemen will extradite Nabil Nanakli, a Spanish-Syrian national sentenced to death […]
Iraq’s Maliki extends deadline for arms handover
Phil Peterson, on assignment in with the US Army in Afghanistan, recently attended a memorial ceremony honoring Sergeant Robert Rapp and Specialist Steven Koch at Forward Operating Base Salerno.
Iraq assembly holds emergency session amid curfew
Iraqis on Slow Road to Building Judicial System
Taliban declares start of new Afghan offensive-Web
Iraqi spokesman kidnapped in Baghdad
FBI gets remains of 3 more US contractors in Iraq
Iraq’s Maliki says will fight militia ‘to the end’
Somali Islamists plot more hit-and-run raids
US Steps Up Unilateral Strikes in Pakistan
Bhutto attack suspect rearrested in Pakistan: officials
Israel: Hezbollah increases rocket range
Video – The Brits in Helmand, Afghanistan
Sadr followers march to demand downfall of Maliki
Egypt talks with Hamas, Islamic Jihad over truce
President Bush waived democracy-related restrictions on $300 million of US assistance to Pakistan. Seven civilians were killed in an attack on an ambulance in Kurram agency. The Taliban bombed a bridge in Swat. Four suspects in the March 11 suicide attack in Lahore have been detained.
Jane Novak reports on Monday’s protest in Dhalie, including a call for “southern liberation,” and offers background on southern Yemen shedding some light on current North-South relations.
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 […]
Video – Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear
Supplier Under Scrutiny on Aging Arms for Afghans
Elite Iraqi Task Force Probes Sensitive Crimes
Clashes with Militants Test Iraqi Security Forces
Afghan committee plans to remove foreign army bases from Kabul
Many killed by US strike in Iraq’s Hilla: sources
Sarkozy pledges more troops for Afghanistan
Danish soldier killed in Afghanistan