Coalition: 33 militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - Helicopters and a bomber attacked insurgents massing in eastern Afghanistan under cover of darkness, killing an estimated 33 people, the U.S.-led coalition said Tuesday.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-07-01
Pakistani forces take control of area in Khyber
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Paramilitary troops returned Sunday to posts they had been forced to abandon and Pakistani forces widened their offensive against militants operating in a volatile tribal area along the Afghan border, an official said.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2008-06-29
Pakistan launches strike at Taliban hideouts
KHYBER AGENCY, Pakistan - Pakistani forces bombarded suspected militant hideouts with mortar shells Saturday as the government launched a major offensive against Taliban fighters threatening the main city in the country's volatile northwest, officials said.
Nations:Pakistan People:Pervez Musharraf Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2008-06-28
McCain disavows aide's comment about terrorism
FRESNO, Calif. - A top adviser to John McCain said another terrorist attack on U.S. soil would be a "big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate, drawing a sharp rebuke Monday from both the presumed GOP nominee and Democrat Barack Obama.
People:John McCain Barack Obama Benazir Bhutto David Petraeus Karl Rove John Kerry Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-06-23
Is the Taliban Making a Comeback?
Hundreds of Taliban insurgents swarmed through a key district just outside the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Monday, sending residents fleeing in anticipation of retaliation by NATO troops. This latest Taliban assault in the Argandab district caps several weeks of increased fighting in the country's southern districts along the border with Pakistan, followed by a spectacular raid on a Kandahar prison, in which some 400 Taliban fighters were freed, according to officials. "My men have seen a few of the escaped Taliban prisoners among the fighters in Argandab," says district chief Ghulam Farouq.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Hamid Karzai Pervez Musharraf George W. Bush Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(Time)
2008-06-18
Karzai: I'll send troops after Pakistan insurgents
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops across the border to fight militants in Pakistan, a forceful warning to insurgents and the Pakistani government that his country is fed up with cross-border attacks.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Benazir Bhutto Hamid Karzai Activities:Afghan Terror War Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2008-06-15
US releases video of clash along Afghan border
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan released footage Thursday of a skirmish with militants that Pakistan claims resulted in an airstrike on one of its border posts that killed 11 of its troops.
Nations:Pakistan People:Nawaz Sharif Pervez Musharraf Activities:Pakistan-U.S. Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-06-12
Al-Qaida claims Danish Embassy blast
Denmark shared with Pakistani investigators video footage of the suicide car bombing against its embassy Thursday, while an Internet posting purportedly by al-Qaida claimed responsibility and threatened more attacks.
Nations:Pakistan Activities:2006 Muslim Cartoon Crisis
2008-06-05
Bomb explodes outside Danish embassy in Pakistan
A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.
Nations:Pakistan Netherlands Denmark Algeria Activities:2006 Muslim Cartoon Crisis
2008-06-02
Bombs kill 60 and wound 150 in western India
Bombs ripped through crowded parts of this ancient city in western India on Tuesday, killing 60 people and wounding 150, police said. The seven explosions in Jaipur took place in markets and several other areas of the city in Rajasthan, a region dotted with palaces and temples that draws hundreds of thousands of tourists every year, said A.S. Gill, the state's police chief.
Nations:India Pakistan
2008-05-13
Firearms found in Tibetan temple
Chinese forces found firearms hidden throughout a Tibetan temple in an ethnic Tibetan area of southwestern China which has been the scene of anti-Chinese riots in recent weeks, state television said.
Nations:China Tanzania People:Dalai Lama Pervez Musharraf Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch 2008 Tibet Riot
2008-04-14
Bin Laden warns EU over Prophet cartoons
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden threatened the European Union with grave punishment on Wednesday over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
People:Pervez Musharraf Osama bin Laden Activities:2006 Muslim Cartoon Crisis
2008-03-19
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