Afghanistan
Clinton wants Mulla Omar in peace talks
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Al Qaeda
US drone base in Ethiopia is operational
Libya
Somalia, Libya, Uganda: US military increases focus on militant threats from Africa
US Reapers flying from Ethiopia
The US Air Force has built a small base at an airfield in Arba Minch from which the drones can be deployed.
Iraq
$6.6 billion in lost Iraq cash now accounted for, inspector says
Afghanistan
Security forces captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Uruzgan, Kandahar, Nimroz, Zabul, Paktia, Logar, and Wardak. The Taliban attacked a PRT in Kandahar.
Iraq
Insurgents killed 18 Iraqis in a pair of bombings in Sadr City in Baghdad. Police killed three “gunmen” in an area west of Mosul.
Yemen
Security forces killed six al Qaeda fighters in attacks in Shaqra and Zinjibar. The government denied it was employing Syrians to battle protesters.
Somalia
Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said Kenya has a right to pursue Shabaab in southern Somalia. Puntland welcomed Kenya’s invasion of the south to battle Shabaab.
US Predators kill 6 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan strike
The strike took place in the same village in the Mir Ali area where a senior al Qaeda leader was killed six weeks ago.
India
JuD ‘teaching’ Islam to Hindu flood victims
Afghanistan
ISI may act if Afghanistan gets too close to India: Musharraf
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Scholars declare poppy cultivation un-Islamic
Afghanistan
Twitter war with the Taliban
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Pakistan accused of backing Taliban
Kenya
Gunmen suspected of belonging to Shabaab killed four people in an attack in the border town of Mandera. Kenyan officials denied reports that Kenya sought to negotiate with Shabaab.
Afghanistan
Mao’s Rockets and the Eastern Afghan Border War, Part I
Afghanistan
Karzai Invites McChrystal Back to Afghanistan for Visit
Egypt
Tunisian Islamists await word on election win
Al Qaeda
Pakistan military denies BBC report on Taliban links
US Predators kill 5 Taliban commanders in South Waziristan strike
Hazrat Omar, the brother of “good Taliban” leader Mullah Nazir, was one of those killed. Omar was Nazir’s operational commander for Afghanistan.
Soldiers of the Caliphate threaten to attack Kazakhstan
A battalion of the Brigade of the Soldiers of the Caliphate, which carries out attacks in eastern Afghanistan, wants Kazakhstan to retract the ban on the veil and apologize.
Afghanistan
Afghan forces soon to take charge in more areas
Libya
Gaddafi’s driver on the endgame: ‘He didn’t seem to know what to do’
Al Qaeda
Kenyan Motives in Somalia Predate Recent Abductions
Fuel tanker bombing in Parwan kills 12 Afghan civilians
The Taliban and allied groups are attempting to carry out major operations in the provinces just north of Kabul.
Taliban threaten to attack Afghan Loya Jirga
Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said anyone participating in the meeting “shall be charged with treason.”
Pakistan
The Taliban killed four people, including a member of a lashkar, in an IED attack in Dir. The Pakistani military claimed two ISAF helicopters violated airspace in North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
Twelve Afghans were killed in a fuel tanker bombing in Parwan province. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east. Security forces captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Wardak, and Kunduz.
Iraq
Insurgents killed 11 Iraqis in attacks in Mosul, Tikrit, Baghdad, and Abu Ghraib. Security forces detained five senior Baathists in Al Kut and 20 party members in Kirkuk, and detained 29 wanted men in Mosul.