Afghanistan
US bombs Pakistan —again
Missiles fired from a presumed US drone hit a compound in Ghurlama village, near Wana, in the Birmal subdivision of Pakistan’s South Waziristan district, killing 11 suspected militants.
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Afghanistan
Pakistan: Islamists blow up mosques —again
Militants bombed mosques in two cities in Pakistan, killing at least eight people, including a cleric who was an outspoken critic of the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Pakistan arrests top aides to Sufi Mohammad
Pakistan’s army said it has arrested senior associates of the radical Islamist cleric Sufi Mohammad, who brokered the failed peace-for-sharia deal in the Swat Valley.
Afghanistan
“Enhanced blast” thermobaric weapons used in Afghanistan
The UK’s Defense Ministry admitted that their pilots in Afghanistan are firing an increasing number of “enhanced blast” thermobaric weapons, designed to kill everyone in buildings they strike.
Afghanistan
Pakistan: “humanitarian catastrophe” looms in Swat Valley
The 24-hour curfew in Pakistan’s embattled Swat Valley has led to severe shortages of food, water and medicines, creating a humanitarian crisis, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Afghanistan
Rumsfeld’s “renegade unit” blamed for Afghan civilian deaths
A single US Marine Special Forces group created by Donald Rumsfeld three years ago was behind at least three of Afghanistan’s worst civilian casualty incidents, The Independent reports.
Afghanistan
US bombs Pakistan —again
Apparent US missile strikes killed four militants in a Pakistani tribal area near the Afghan border. Islamabad has repeatedly protested the drone attacks as an affront to Pakistan’s sovereignty.
Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch urges US to respect laws of war in Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch called on the US government to make “fundamental changes to reduce civilian casualties” in Afghanistan after attacks last week reportedly left more than 140 dead.
Afghanistan
Pakistan: Sikhs flee Swat, seek refuge in shrine
Among the tens of thousands who have fled fighting in Pakistan’s Swat Valley and the adjacent Buner district are about 2,000 Sikhs who have taken refuge in a Sikh shrine in Hasanabdal.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: McKiernan out; white phosphorus charges fly
The US announced the replacement of its commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David McKiernan, as rights groups demand a probe of white phosphorus use against civilians by US and NATO forces.
Afghanistan
US military contractor gets probation in shooting of Afghan detainee
A US military contractor who pleaded guilty to the 2008 shooting of an Afghan detainee was sentenced to five years probation and a $12,500 fine.
Afghanistan
Af-Pak: McKiernan raises specter of “failure”
Gen. David McKiernan, US commander in Afghanistan, told a press briefing that the mission there is likely to fail if militants continue to gain power in Pakistan.