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United States
US prosecutors charged American David Headley in connection with the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack. Headley, who was also charged with conspiring to plan attacks in Denmark, is reported to have done reconnaissance on the Mumbai targets on behalf of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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45 killed in dual suicide attack in Lahore
Suicide bombers detonated outside of a bank and a police station in a market in the eastern city.
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Iraq
Seven Iraqi students were killed and 41 were wounded after a stockpile of bombs exploded at a school in Sadr City in Baghdad. Insurgents killed two Awakening fighters in Kirkuk and a civilian in Baghdad. Iraq security forces detained 14 wanted men in Basrah, seven al Qaeda fighters near Baghdad and Mosul, two Islamist State of Iraq fighters in Diyala, and two Promised Day Brigade members in Baghdad.
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Thailand
Broken promises feed Thai insurgency
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India
India, Russia sign nuclear deal
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Taliban commander among 20 killed in US airstrike in eastern Afghanistan
Taliban commander Noor Akbar was among those killed in a strike on a complex in the remote mountain regions of Kunar.
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Suicide bomber kills 11 outside Peshawar courthouse
The attack is the latest in the Taliban’s campaign against military, governmental, and tribal targets.
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Iran
Tehrani police fired tear gas at protesters during commemoration of student day. US National Security Advisor James Jones said the “clock is ticking” on Iran and its nuclear program.
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Pakistan
The military killed 13 Taliban fighters in Swat and Dir, eight in Arakzai, four in Mohmand, one in Peshawar, and one more in South Waziristan; 52 more were detained in the tribal areas. The Taliban killed two tribal leaders in Bajaur and claimed to have killed 10 soldiers in Mohmand.
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Iraq
Iraq clears way for parliamentary elections
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Egypt
Senior members of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood detained
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Pakistan bars foreign reporters in South Punjab
Maulana Masood Azhar, the leader of the Jaish-e-Mohammed. From the Department of How You Know You’ve Struck A Nerve, via The Hindu: Pakistani authorities have barred foreign journalists from visiting any seminary or other places in southern Punjab province after the Western media reported on the presence of the Taliban in that area. “All foreign journalists are required to get permission from foreign affairs as well as from interior ministries for visiting any specific place especially in South Punjab,” a senior officer of the Punjab government told PTI. He said in the past foreign journalists had visited different seminaries in…
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Somalia
Shabaab fighters killed more than 10 people in Basra in the Lower Shabelle region in an attack on people praying at a Sufi shrine. Somalia’s government appointed new police and military heads after the president sacked the former police and military chiefs.
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Afghanistan
$10 million is smuggled out of Afghanistan daily, official says
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Iraq
Mysterious ‘Saddam Channel’ debuts on Iraqi TV
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Afghanistan
US surge greeted with fear by Afghans travelling on the road to Kandahar
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United Kingdom
UK – Immigration rules result in flood of bogus students
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Al Qaeda
Jones: Bin Laden still spends time in Afghanistan
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Iraq
Iraq’s political leaders have resolved the election dispute. Insurgents killed four policemen in Abu Ghraib and a soldier and an Awakening fighter in Kirkuk. Iraqi security forces detained 15 wanted men in Basrah, a Mahdi Army commander and three fighters in Baghdad, and three al Qaeda fighters near Bahiyah and two more near Kirkuk.
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Afghanistan
Ongoing offensive kills 15 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
Gates: US in Afghanistan 2 to 4 more years
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Al Qaeda
Gates: No good intelligence on bin Laden
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Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 17 Taliban fighters in Laghman, Wardak, and Kandahar provinces and detained four Taliban fighters in Kandahar and Ghazni provinces. Afghan forces killed two Haqqani Network fighters in Paktika. The Taliban killed one US soldier in the South.
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Iran
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said the West cannot “deprive the Iranian nation of its inalienable right to have nuclear energy.” Iran will not halt oil exports if UN sanctions continue. Foreign Minister Mottaki warned Switzerland of the “consequences” of the minaret ban.
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Taliban attack Pakistani Army in ‘pro-government’ region in South Waziristan
One Pakistani soldier was killed after a platoon of Taliban fighters attacked a checkpoint in Wana. The area is controlled by Mullah Nazir, who signed a peace agreement with the military.
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Pakistan
Security forces killed seven Takiban fighters in Arakzai and detained two senior Taliban leaders in Hangu, three Lashkar-e-Islam commanders and 32 fighters in Khyber, and six suspects in the Rawalpindi mosque attack in Islamabad. The Taliban killed a soldier in South Waziristan. The trial of the Mumbai terror suspects was postponed for one week.
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Pakistan
Pakistan – Drone attacks in Balochistan can™t be opposed: governor
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Iraq
Iraqi security forces killed a foreign al Qaeda fighter and captured 20 operatives in Mosul and in northern Iraq, and in Wasit. Nine wanted men were detained in Basrah and two terrorists were captured in Karbala. A former policeman was killed in Mosul and five more were wounded in Diyala and Baghdad.
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Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed three Taliban fighters in Helmand and another in Laghman. Security forces also detained two Taliban shadow district leaders in Jauzjan and a senior Taliban facilitator and several fighters in Logar.
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Iran
The chief of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said the country will not quit the international nuclear treaty but also said Iran needs uranium 20 enrichment sites. Three Iraqi nationals were arrested for weapons smuggling in Khuzestan. The foreign media has been banned from covering next week’s student rally.
