Nigeria
The military is planning on deploying troops to Kano as Boko Haram attacks rise. Police detonated two bombs in the city of Jos.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
US Treasury targets money exchanges, owners, for funding Taliban
The Haji Khairullah Haji Sattar Money Exchange and the Roshan Money Exchange (RMX), and the Pakistan-based co-owners of HKHS have been funneling cash to the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Russia Allows NATO to Use Airbase
Afghanistan
US targets informal banks for alleged aid to Taliban
Lebanon
Syria crisis: Lebanon sucked into Syria crisis
ISAF kills Lashkar-e-Taiba’s leader for Kunar in airstrike
Khatab Shafiq, a Pakistani citizen, was the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s senior leader in Kunar province, where he established training camps, taught weapons classes, and funded operations.
Mali
Fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Islamist group Ansar Dine attacked ancient Sufi shrines with shovels and pickaxes in Timbuktu. An Ansar Dine spokesman said all of the shrines in the UNESCO-designated city would be destroyed. UNESCO is concerned about damage to world heritage sites in Timbuktu and Gao, which also is under Islamist control.
Afghanistan
Pakistan bombing hints at free rein for radicals in Quetta