Officials said 195 people have been killed, including 22 foreigners, and more than 300 are reported wounded so far. A captured terrorist said the attack was organized by the Lashkar-e-Taiba and originated in Pakistan.
A rocket attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad’s International Zone killed two civilians and wounded 15. Coalition forces captured a senior member of the Hezbollah Brigades in Baghdad, eight Special Groups fighters, and six “criminals” in Baghdad. Iraqi forces detained a “Mahdi Army Special Groups (JAM-SG) criminal leader” and two al Qaeda operates in […]
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 52 Taliban and captured one commander in operations throughout the country. Thirty-three fighters were killed in Helmand province, 12 were killed in Kandahar province, four were killed in Farah province, and three were killed in Ghazni province. The Taliban commander was captured in Ghazni as he tried to escape a […]
The latest attack hit a safe house just north of Miramshah, an area where the Haqqani Network holds sway.
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Doctor Mohamed Hanif, a former Taliban spokesman, was gunned down in his home In Nangarhar along with three family members. Thirteen Afghan soldiers and policemen were killed after a large Taliban force of 300 fighters ambushed a convoy in Badghis province; seven Taliban fighters were killed.
A representative of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) will visit India instead of the director general to discuss the Mumbai terror attack. A suicide attack in Bannu killed seven people, including a policeman; three Taliban were killed in Bajaur. Hakimullah Mehsud, the Taliban leader Arakzai and lieutenant of BAitullah Mehsud, held a press conference.
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Indian special forces in Mumbai have cleared the Trident Hotel and Nariman House, fighting is ongoing at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Two commandos have been killed and six have been wounded in the fighting. Reports indicate seven Britons may have participated in the assault; two Britons are said to be in custody. Three members of […]
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US forces launched three counterbattery artillery strikes at a Taliban rocket team inside Pakistan. Afghans rioted in Kabul after a US military vehicle killed one civilian in a traffic accident. The Taliban may clear $500 million from the opium trade. A UN Security Council team said Afghanistan is not in crisis.
Twelve Iraqis were killed and 16 more were wounded in a suicide attack on a Mosque in Babel; the bomber is suspected of being an Afghan national. Iraqi forces detained seven “suspects”
In a video released on the Internet, Ayman al Zawahiri said Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s offer to talk is a sign of weakness. He also attacked Egypt and its Islamic scholars as being corrupt, said the US gains in Iraq are temporary, claimed that reports of al Qaeda killing civilians are lies, and claimed the […]
The military-style terror attack on Mumbai is entering its third day as Indian forces are still working to clear gunmen from several locations in the city. The scope and depth of the attack is unprecedented.
The Lashkar-i-Islam has resumed operations in Peshawar. Security forces detained 13 “terrorists” during raids in Peshawar. Five people were killed in an IED attack in South Waziristan. Three Taliban fighters were killed in Mohmand. The Salarzai tribe in Mohmand is reorganizing its anti-Taliban lashkar.
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