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.
Baghdad Transitions 1,000 Sons of Iraq Into Iraqi Police
2 Iraqi officials accused of aiding al Qaeda
Iran says can hit Israel with missiles if attacked
A company of Taliban fighters launched a nighttime attack on the Tiarza Fort. Eleven Taliban fighters were reported killed.
Taliban Gain New Foothold in Afghan City
Fourth Terror Suspect Arrested in Alleged U.K. Plot to Kill Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Police ban all firearms in Diyala
Eight Pakistanis were killed and more than 20 were wounded in a bombing in Islamabad. The Taliban attempted to assassinate the senior US diplomat in Peshawar. Pakistani forces claimed to have killed a senior Taliban leader in Swat. The Taliban banned foreign media from visiting North Waziristan.
Sudanese jet hijackers want to fly to Paris
“Philippines: Panic buying for guns, bullets in Mindanao
Iraqi army leaders frustrated with detainee rules
A blast at a cafe in Pakistan’s capital is the latest in a string of bombings in Pakistan.
U.N. says has evidence air strikes killed 90 Afghans
President Karzai demanded an end to NATO airstrikes in Pakistani villages. A Japanese aid worker was kidnapped in Nangarhar province. One ISAF soldier was killed in an IED attack. Opium production has decreased by 19 percent since last year.
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 […]
A suicide bomber killed 25 civilians and wounded 35 in an attack on a police recruiting station in northern Diyala. Iraqi forces detained 36 insurgents in Baghdad and three in Mosul. Coalition forces captured eight al Qaeda fighters in central and northern Iraq and two Hezbollah Brigades operatives in Baghdad. Iraqi troops captured four Special […]
UN: Opium cultivation drops in Afghanistan
U.N. Envoy™s Ties to Pakistani Are Questioned
The US Consulate’s principal officer and her driver evade an ambush on the streets of Peshawar as the Taliban step up attacks against the government in the provincial capital.
Conditions may be ripe for Al Qaeda in Somalia
11 Year-Old Son of Female Al Qaeda Suspect May Be In Custody
One police officer killed, one wounded in Chechnya shooting
Afghan forces battle Taliban over Japanese hostage: police
Border Villages Rise Up Against Taliban
The PML-N pulled out of the coalition government over a dispute over reappointing judges dismissed by former President Musharraf. The Taliban burned two US armored personnel carriers in Karachi that were destined for Afghanistan. Ten civilians were killed in a rocket attack on a politician’s home in Swat. The Taliban destroyed a police outpost, kidnapped […]
Coalition forces detained nine suspected al Qaeda operatives in raids nationwide. US troops captured three Special Groups operatives in Baghdad. Iraqi troops captured two Mahdi Army fighters in Al Kut. A US soldier was killed by gunfire in Baghdad.
Yemen police arrest 30 Al Qaeda suspects
Pakistan’s Sharif pulls party out of coalition
Pakistan: Gunmen attack APCs in Karachi bound for Afghanistan