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Afghanistan
Afghan Defense Ministry: Pakistan Should Focus on Counterterrorism Instead of Attacking Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
Former NDS Chief Says Foreigners’ Talks with Taliban Catastrophic
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Afghanistan
Panetta signals a new tone on US-led wars
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Egypt
Egypt sacks hundreds of senior police officers
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Afghanistan
Karzai appoints another brother as tribal head
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Afghanistan
The Taliban killed five French soldiers in a suicide attack in Kapisa and an ISAF soldier in an attack in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, IMU, and HIG leaders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, and Baghlan. The governor of Helmand survived an IED attack.
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Iran
US team eyes Iraq weapons trail back to Iran
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Iraq
Insurgents killed four civilians in attacks in Baghdad, Kabala, and Kirkuk. The Iranian ambassador to Iraq was wounded in an accident in the Green Zone in Baghdad.
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21 killed in Mumbai bombings
The so-called Indian Mujahideen is suspected of carrying out the three bombings in India’s financial capital today.
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Afghanistan
Pakistan spy chief Ahmad Shuja Pasha in US visit
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Al Qaeda
July 7 bombings were last successful al-Qaeda attack Osama bin Laden played a role in, US claims
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Europe
Europe Tries to Curb US Role in Tracking Terrorists’ Funds
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Afghanistan
Witnesses Give Details of Ahmed Wali Karzai’s Last Minutes and His Killer
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Afghanistan
Afghan leader sobs alongside slain brother’s body
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Hezbollah
Opposition leader and former prime minister Saad Hariri lashed out at Hezbollah and its leader Hassan Nasrallah for its opposition to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which investigated the murder of his father and indicted four senior Hezbollah leaders and operatives.
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Iran
Iran is preparing to install centrifuges designed for high-grade uranium enrichment in an underground bunker. Iraqi Kurds accused Iran of building roads inside Iraqi territories.
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Somalia
Shabaab arrested two Somalis who work for UNICEF and ICRC in Baidoa, and detained eight people in Eldher. The UNB declared Somalia the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.
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Suicide bomber kills 5 ISAF troops in Kapisa
The five French soldiers were killed as they left the home of a local police commander in Kapisa province.
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Did Shabaab’s leader say the terror group is losing ground?
VOA reported that Abu Zubayr told a Somali radio station Shabaab was losing, but a Somali official told LWJ that Zubayr never gave the interview.
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Raids continue against the IMU in the Afghan north
Yesterday, ISAF targeted the “head governing official for insurgent operations” who trains both the Taliban and IMU in the district of Burkah in Baghlan.
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Nigeria
Boko Haram killed three people in a roadside bomb attack that struck a van at a police checkpoint in the city of Maiduguri in the state of Borno. The University of Maiduguri closed due to threats from Boko Haram.
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Afghanistan
Ahmed Wali Karzai had rebuilt relationship with US
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Al Qaeda in Iraq
Yemen – US official says increasing protests benefit al-Qaida
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Al Qaeda in Iraq
Study: Western militants trained in Pakistan still #1 threat
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Al Qaeda in Iraq
US official: CIA aiding interrogations of terror suspects in Somalia
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Sweden
Hollywood scraps filming after Malm
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Afghanistan
Wounded Soldier to receive Medal of Honor for action in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed it assassinated President Karzai’s brother in Kandahar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, Paktika, Wardak, Logar, Balkh, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the west.
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Iraq
Insurgents killed two Awakening fighters in Baghdad and a soldier in Mosul. Security forces detained 21 wanted “terrorists” in Basrah.
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Yemen
Five people were killed in an airstrike in the Arhab province north of Sana’a. Yemeni officials said they were tribesmen “harboring criminals who stand behind the attacks on soldiers,” while locals said those killed were civilians.
