Pakistan
Pakistan’s Asif Zardari faces army rebellion over India detente
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Pakistan
Pakistan: What are our soldiers dying for?
Pakistan
Pakistani troops told to avoid civilian deaths
Kashmir
Two Pakistani soldiers were killed and three more were wounded during the first recorded suicide attack in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The suicide bomber targeted a military convoy in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir.
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban -From symbolic to soft targets
Lebanon
Lebanon – UNIFIL finds 20 Katyushas ready for launch
Iran
Iran: Mousavi under ‘house arrest
Afghanistan
Networked eyes on the battlefield
Iraq
Iraqi, US commanders strike Mosul deal
Afghanistan
Georgia to send 500 troops to Afghanistan in 2010
Afghanistan
Military Putting High-Tech Resources in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Fifty-two people have been killed in sectarian clashes in Kurram. Shah Doran, the Taliban’s deputy commander in Swat, was reported killed. Security forces detained five terrorists in Mianwali, three in Swat, and two more in Faisalabad. Seven security personnel were wounded during the raids in Swat and Faisalabad. The Taliban bombed a school in South […]
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Parliament approves Manas Air Base agreement
United States
Zardari asks US to give Pakistan drone technology
Pakistan
US triples aid funding to Pakistan
Pakistan
Fighting the Taliban: Pakistan Army’s flawed strategy
Iraq
Insurgents killed nine civilians in Baghdad, four policemen and a police commander in Fallujah and Baghdad, and one soldier in Mosul. Security forces detained 20 men behind a failed assassination attempt of a Sadrist leader in Diwaniyah, and one wanted man in Wasit.
Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces killed “several” Taliban fighters and detained nearly a dozen more during operations in Helmand, Wardak, and Ghazni provinces. One ISAF soldier was killed in an IED attack. The National Directorate of Security arrested seven members of a suicide bombing cell who were plotting to conduct attacks in Kabul. Lieutenant General Rodriguez […]
Mauritania
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed credit for the murder of an American aid worker in the capital. “Two knights of the Islamic Maghreb succeeded Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. to kill the infidel American Christopher Leggett for his Christianizing activities,” the statement read.
Taliban commanders survive US airstrike at funeral
Qari Hussain Mehsud and Mullah Sangeen survived Tuesday’s airstrike that was aimed at South Waziristan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
Iran
The government arrested 70 academics in a crackdown. Ahmadinejad told the Obama administration not to interfere with election results. Mousavi issued a web statement maintaining that elections were rigged; he has not been seen in public for days. Karroubi canceled a planned ceremony to mourn the deaths of protesters. Mohsen Rezaie withdrew complaints over election […]
Pakistan
Pakistan – Turkistan Baitni to ‘continue Zainuddin™s mission™
Algeria
Algerian troops kill 11 terrorists linked to gendarme murders
Somalia
Somali legislators flee abroad, Parliament paralysed
Somalia
More than half of the parliamentarians have left the country; the parliament has not held a session since April 25. Shabaab threatened to kill the transportation minister. Members of parliament are negotiating with Shabaab and Hizbul Islam.
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MILF leader asks for patience in war against Philippine government
Philippines
Four policemen and a woman were wounded when Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters fired mortars at a military unit in Sultan Kudarat province. At least 20 MILF fighters attacked a road-building construction site in Maguindanao, killing a worker and wounding four other civilians. The military announced that General Ben Dolorfino, a Muslim convert, was appointed […]
Somalia
Al Shabaab guerrilla threatens to kill Somalia Cabinet minister
Iran
Violence flares again on the street of Tehran
Iran
Iran TV: Partial vote recount verifies election result