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Afghanistan
Corruption deepens poverty in Afghanistan – UN report
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Al Qaeda
Pakistan roots to Moscow attack?
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Somalia
India is attempting to trace the whereabouts of nearly 100 sailors on seven Indian vessels taken captive by pirates off the Somali coast. Shabaab fighters in the coastal town of Marka claimed that they hit a helicopter with rockets. Kenya denied a Somali request for thousands of troops trained in Kenya to be deployed to Mogadishu for an upcoming offensive against insurgents.
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Russia
The death toll in the March 29 metro suicide attacks rose to 39. Security forces are hunting 21 wanted female Black Widow suicide bombers. Prime Minister Putin vowed that security forces would “drag them [the terrorists] out from the bottom of the sewers into the light of God.”
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Afghanistan
Kandahar offensive to focus on good governance
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Iraq
Prime Minister Maliki will challenge the election result; Iyad Allwai accused Iran of interfering with the result after the Justice and Accountability Commission moved to bar more Baathist candidates. Insurgents killed two civilians in Mosul. Security forces detained four insurgents in Jalawlaa and an al Qaeda leader in Mosul.
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Caucasus
Russian security services hunt 21-strong ‘Black Widow’ cell
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Iran
Allawi accuses Iran of election interference
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Iran
G-8 demand Iran compliance on nukes
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Iran
Iran agents free envoy nabbed in Pakistan in 2008
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Mauritania
Twenty alleged drug traffickers linked to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb have been charged with moving cocaine through Mauritania with the aid of the terrorist group. The men were caught along the Mali border after a gun battle with the army. The lead suspect thought to be responsible for the Spanish aid workers’ abductions in November has been charged in court.
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Afghanistan
The Taliban killed five civilians in an IED attack in Herat. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured an undisclosed number of Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in Kandahar, Paktika, Wardak, and Zabul. The US is pushing Canada to keep its combat forces in Afghanistan past the 2011 drawdown date.
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Iran
Turkey disagreed with the US and EU’s decision to implement new sanctions. A new CIA report said that Iran is capable of producing nuclear weapons. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei urged new steps toward industrializing Iran.
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Algeria
The Israeli man reported to be kidnapped by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is a Mossad agent named Alberto and is currently in police custody. The agent was spying in Hassi Messaoud, and had been aided by four Egyptian executives at Orascom Construction. He was carrying a forged Spanish passport at the time of his capture.
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Somalia
Somalis in rare march against al-Shabab militants
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
A large quantity of food intended for use by Islamist insurgents operating between Merouana and Batna has been seized by security forces during sweeps of the forest. The security forces bombarded suspected locations of Islamist fighters ahead of the seizure.
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Iraq
Iraq election – Victorious candidates may be purged, boosting Maliki
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Caucasus
Russia hints at Al Qaeda link to Metro blasts
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Al Qaeda
Pakistani Taliban ready for Osama’s plan
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Caucasus
Moscow bombing: Russia braced for new wave of terror attacks
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Al Qaeda
US – Military official discusses Pakistani offensive
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Somalia
Hundreds of people protested against Shabaab in Mogadishu.”
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Global economic challenges to new Iranian sanctions
As Iran’s Minister of Petroleum, Masoud Mirkazemi faces mounting sanctions from the West, a decline in the price of crude oil, and an aging energy infrastructure that threatens Iran’s production levels. In view of these challenges, Mirkazemi is asking foreign investors to supply $200 billion in capital to renovate Iran’s oil, gas, and refining capacities. In a press conference held on the eve of a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), he addressed the threat of new sanctions, stating: “It’s about 31 years since Iran got independence and some countries do not like it. These kind of…
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What ‘anti-Taliban militia’?
Here is a perfect example of what happens when news organizations aren’t familiar with the topics they cover. This AFP article, reprinted in Dawn (whose editors should have known better than to reprint this as is), characterizes the Abdullah Mehsud Group as an “anti-Taliban militia” when the group is anything but: A suicide bomber targeted an anti-Taliban militia in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing one member of the force and wounding two others, police said. The bomber walked into the office of the militia in Tank and blew himself up shortly after an anti-Taliban meeting. “One volunteer was killed and…
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Pakistan
Security forces killed nine Taliban fighters in Arakzai and detained three Lashkar-e-Jhangvi fighters in the suburbs of Karachi. A suicide bomber killed a member of the Abdullah Mehsud Group. The Lahore High Court ruled that AQ Khan could not discuss nuclear proliferation but said he is a free man.
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Turkey
Security forces detained 22 suspected al Qaeda operatives during raids in the provinces of Aksaray, Manisa, and Ankara. Police discovered documents linking the group to al Qaeda; three firearms were also found.
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Afghanistan
Karzai talks to the enemy, but is the US on board?
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Nazi scandal engulfs Human Rights Watch
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Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai accused of blocking arrest of official
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United States
Obama team is divided on tactics against terrorism
