In southern Afghanistan, a modest transition

In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, Organized Sports Have All But Collapsed

Pakistan – US, Western diplomats under strict watch

Germany Committed to Remain in Afghanistan Post 2014

Shabaab reportedly captured the female minister of women and family affairs in Balad and arrested 20 people for dancing in Jowhar. The UN has declared a famine in two regions of Somalia.

Helmand handover ‘will fail’ unless Pakistan border can be secured

Bin Laden’s Tora Bora escape, just months after 9/11

Ali Abdullah Naji al Harithi fought with Zarqawi in Iraq. Ammar Abadah Nasser al Wa’eli was wanted by the US; his father opened a training camp at the bequest of Osama bin Laden.

Quick Reaction Forces and combat support organizations are needed to allow the ANA to deal with emergency situations.

Egypt Rulers Outline Plan for Elections

China finally ready to admit Pak’s role in Xinjiang violence

ISI knew about Baitullah-Zawahiri meet

Pakistan must act against Qaeda, Taliban in NWA, Balochistan: Petraeus

Homeland Security warns about potential threats against utilities

Yemen on the Brink of Hell

Afghanistan War ‘Fragile’ but Doable, General Says

Al-Qaida plans cartoon recruiting film for kids

The Taliban denied media reports that said Mullah Omar had died of natural causes. The Taliban claimed the US hacked their website and cell phones to spread the rumor.

A suicide bomber killed four Afghans in Herat. The Taliban killed four Afghan policemen in Kandahar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Paktika, and Nangarhar.

A British man was killed in a car bombing in Aden. Security forces killed an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader in Abyan. The leader of the Islah party survived an assassination attempt.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it shot down an unmanned US surveillance aircraft near the nuclear facility at the Fordo uranium enrichment site near Qom. Iran has previously claimed to have shot down two other US UAVs over the Persian Gulf this year.

Drones inducted into Pak Navy fleet

Pakistan – Threats to airports: ASF

Iranian Incursion Into Iraqi Kurdistan Keeps Regional Players Guessing

FSB Head Claims Planned Terrorist Attack In Moscow Thwarted

Fai a sideshow as FBI nails ISI, Pak govt

Killing of infants on the rise in Pakistan

At Kabul airport, exodus of US aid goes on

Al-Qaeda plans cartoon to fight the West
