Afghanistan

Sweep of Afghan Taliban leadership in Pakistan?

Pakistani authorities are reported to have arrested nearly half of the Afghan Taliban’s top leadership, in what is being portrayed as a crucial blow to the insurgent movement.

Mexico

Mexico: massacre in Oaxaca village

Hooded gunmen stormed the pueblo of San Vicente Camalote in southern Mexico’s Oaxaca state and killed 13 people in attacks on a ranch and a police checkpoint.

Africa

“Free trade” deepens African hunger: study

The push to privatize government functions and instate “free trade” policies has sparked a hunger crisis for millions of people in African nations, researchers conclude in a new study.

North Africa

Algerian court acquits ex-Gitmo detainee

A criminal court in Algeria acquitted former Guantánamo Bay detainee Mustafa Hemlili of charges of counterfeiting and affiliation with a militant group.

WHY WE FIGHT

From the New York Times, Feb. 21: Hit and Run in Brooklyn Leaves One Brain-Dead An employee of the mayor’s office was declared brain-dead on Sunday morning after she and another woman were struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT

Southern Cone

Falklands war redux?

Several British companies are poised to begin offshore exploration in waters around the Falkand Islands—sparking a diplomatic row with Argentina, which claims the archipelago.