Afghanistan
US envoy in ‘explosive’ meeting with Karzai
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Al Qaeda
9/11 plotters still alive and planning more attacks: Mullen
Al Qaeda
Visions of Afghan and Somali emirates
Nigeria
Thirty members of Boko Haram have been captured outside Yola, the capital of the state of Adamawa. Ten members said they have received bomb-making training in Afghanistan. The Boko Haram members have eluded the police since the uprising in late July that was responsible for 800 deaths. Boko Haram has stated that it will avenge […]
Hezbollah
Hezbollah part of next government: Hariri
Pakistan
Pakistan: Taliban commander ‘target’ of drone attack
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 22 border guards at the Torkham crossing in Khyber. A US airstrike killed eight Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. Four soldiers and nine Taliban fighters were killed in South Waziristan. Police killed seven Taliban fighters and detained four more in Buner. Security forces captured 31 Taliban fighters in Swat and Malakand. […]
Iraq
One Iraqi was killed and 22 more were wounded in a string of bombings in Baghdad. A policeman and a civilian were killed in attack in Mosul. US troops killed one insurgent and wounded another in Kirkuk. Security forces detained eight wanted men in Basrah and two more in Kirkuk, two insurgents in Mosul, and […]
Saga of the sons of Sufi
Yesterday the Peshawar High Court released on bail the three sons of Sufi Mohammed, the leader of the pro-Taliban Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammed [TNSM, or the Movement for the Enforcement of Mohammed’s Law] in Swat and Dir. Sufi engineered the Malakand Accord, which turned large tracts of Pakistan’s northwest over the the Taliban. The release of Sufi’s sons […]
Kashmir
Indian army kills militant in gun-fighting in India-controlled Kashmir
Yemen
US urging Yemen to go after al Qaeda
Pakistan
Pakistan – Post Baitullah
Afghanistan
US and Afghan troops killed 12 Taliban fighters and captured seven more, including a commander, during a battle in Paktia province. The Taliban killed four policemen in an IED attack in Khost and killed a British soldier in Helmand province. The release of the results of the Afghan election has been delayed for two more […]
Suicide bomber kills 22 border guards at Torkham crossing in Pakistan
A teenaged bomber targeted the guards as they broke the Ramadan fast. Hakeemullah Mehsud pulled off his first major attack as the new leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
Algeria
Ten Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb members have surrendered to authorities. The AQIM fighters hope to take advantage of a general amnesty issued by President Bouteflika in 2006 that has expired but may be revived. Six of the surrendered fighters were members of Katibat Al-Mulathamin led by Mukhtar Belmukhtar, a prominent leader listed on […]
Philippines
Police filed murder charges against 13 Abu Sayyaf and Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters in connection with the Aug. 12 battle with government forces that left 20 Marines and three soldiers dead. Despite the truce with MILF, police continue to hunt for three commanders who are wanted for attacks on civilian communities in Basilan and […]
Iran
Grand Ayatollah Montazeri criticized the Ahmadinejad government over show trials and warned of a possible “regime fall.” Grand Ayatollah Khamenei claimed the riots were planned before the election. A member of parliament said the rapes of some election protesters who were detained have been proven. Tehran is worried that the Afghan insurgency might spill into […]
US strikes Taliban compound in South Waziristan, 8 killed
The strike in Kanigoram is the second in that village this year. Eight Taliban fighters were killed in today’s strike. Waliur Rehman Mehsud was the target of the attack.
Russia
The suicide bomber behind the Aug. 17 attack against a police station in Nazron has been identified as Said Abu Sa’ad, a well-known Islamic preacher with scores of followers in Russia. He has indoctrinated recruits into jihadist activities in the past, the latest example being a suicide bomber who attacked the concert hall in Grozny. […]
Pakistan
Pakistan – Taliban witch-hunt?
Afghanistan
Alleged drug ties of top Afghan official worry US
Indonesia
Indonesian bombing suspect a jihad magazine publisher and webmaster
Pakistan
Pakistan – Hakimullah a fiercely ambitious militant
New Taliban chief threatens US
Hakeemullah Mehsud said he would avenge Baitullah’s death and would strike at the US. He has a history of successfully carrying out high-profile attacks inside Pakistan.
Iran
Ayatollah: ‘No foreign link’ in Iran unrest
Morocco
Islamic radicalism slows Moroccan reforms
Somalia
Somali militants use many tactics to woo Americans
Iraq
Iraq and Syria recall ambassadors
Somalia
French hostage escapes from rebels in Somalia
Afghanistan
Karzai leads in Afghan poll, run-off indicated