Cultural shift needed in Afghan combat: commander

Pakistan again voices concerns on drone attacks

Spate of attacks tests Iraqi city and US pullout

Pakistan: India no longer a military threat

Iranian opposition tarred by public ‘confessions’ from arrested protesters

JMB IT ‘chief’ captured

Pak officials behind killing of 11 French engineers: Report

Insurgents killed more than 55 civilians in in Baghdad, a soldier in Kirkuk, and a policeman in Mosul. Security forces detained 31 wanted men in Dhi Qhar, 20 in Fallujah, 19 in Basrah, eight in Maysan, and three in Al Kut. An Awakening leader in Fallujah dodged an assassination attempt.

US to appoint new ambassador to Syria: official

India has issued arrested warrants for 22 Pakistanis for complicity in the Novemeber 2008 terror assault on Mumbai. Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, and senior leaders Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah are among those charged. Pakistan has refused to extradite the men as it has no agreements with India.

Pakistan: Baitullah deputy claims killing of Zainuddin

Eighty-three Taliban fighters were killed in yesterday’s Predator strike that targeted senior Taliban leaders. The Taliban killed five soldiers in Swat and wounded two civilians in a rocket attack in Bajaur. Fifty-seven Air Force officials have been arrested for supporting terrorism. Police detained 25 terrorism suspects in Lahore and in Karachi.

Documents back Saudi link to extremists

57 Pakistani Air Force officials arrested over links with terrorists

Philippines arrests Jemaah Islamiyah fighters

Jihadists helping displaced Pakistanis: aid group

The director of a US aid group working in Mauritania was shot and killed in the capital of Nouakchott. An unidentified gunman shot the aid worker in the head in the middle of the city. No groups have claimed responsibility.

Saudis mull Typhoon in Gulf arms buildup

Radioactive threat detectors fail tests

Afghan and Coalition forces killed 25 Taliban fighters in Kandahar province, 23 more in Uruzgan province, and a senior IED facilitator and three associates in Farah province, and destroyed large drug and weapons caches in Zabul and Khost provinces. The Taliban killed seven civilians in an IED attack in Helmand province.

Baitullah Mehsud, Qari Hussain Mehsud, and Mullah Sangeen Zadran were the targets of the follow-on Predator attack in South Waziristan that killed 83 Taliban fighters. Sangeen and Qari Hussain were reported killed, although this has not been confirmed.

Report: Israel ready for possible Iran op

Clerics join Iran’s anti-government protests

Iran cracks down as reformists call for mourning

Signs Mousavi’s rebel stature being eroded in Iran

Four Abu Sayyaf fighters were killed and two Marines were wounded in intense fighting in Sulu province. On Saturday, at least 10 Moro Islamic Liberation Front insurgents were killed and 20 wounded in Maguindanao. Although the Phillippine constitution prohibits the participation of foreign troops in combat operations, US military commanders declared that their primary mission in the Philippines is to deny terrorists sanctuary, and they pledged further intelligence-sharing.

Gates: Gulf nations support of Iraq contains Iran
