Al Qaeda
Maine man says NY bomber was partyer
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Taliban
Birthplace of the Taliban: the next battleground
Afghanistan
20 million acres of land seized in Afghanistan
Kyrgyzstan
In Central Asia, a new headache for US policy
Libya
Libya freed 37 Islamist prisoners as part of “national reconciliation and social peace.” One of those released, Sofiane Ibrahim Gammu, spent six years at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility for serving as Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard.
19 Taliban fighters killed in raid in Kunar
A combined US and Afghan force air assaulted into a Taliban stronghold in the Pech district, a known haven for al Qaeda.
Pakistan
Eight “militants” were killed in a Pakistani airstrike in Khyber and three more were killed in a shootout in Swat. Five Lashkar-e-Islam fighters were killed near Darra Adam Khel. The Taliban torched three NATO fuel tankers in Mastung and Khuzdar.
ISAF continues to hunt IMU commanders in Kunduz
ISAF is definitely hot on the tail of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders who are operating in Kunduz. From an ISAF press release today: Afghan and coalition security forces detained two insurgents in Kunduz province Monday in their continued pursuit of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist connected to several insurgent groups in the area including the […]