Rashid Rauf of Birmingham, UK, alleged mastermind of a 2006 plot to blow up transatlantic jets using liquid bombs, was one of five people reported killed Nov. 22 by a presumed US missile attack in the North Waziristan region in… Read moreUS bombs Pakistan again, kills British militant?
Missiles from an apparent US drone struck a house near the town of Mir Ali in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region early Nov. 22, killing at least four. Mir Ali has been hit repeatedly in the more than 20 US air-strikes… Read moreUS bombs Pakistan —again
A missile from a US drone struck a purported militant hideout in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province Nov. 19—the 20th such attack since August, but the first outside of the country’s Tribal Areas. The strike in Bannu district left five… Read moreUS bombs Pakistan —again
US President-elect Barack Obama in his Nov. 16 appearance on 60 Minutes was asked by interviewer Steve Kroft: “Can you give us some sense of when you might start redeployments out of Iraq?” His answer stated fairly explicitly that his… Read moreObama: out of Iraq, into Afghanistan?
Jill McGivering in a Nov. 12 report for the BBC, “Rough justice for Afghan women inmates,” visits Afghanistan’s dismal Lashkar Gah prison in Helmand, revealing that women and teenage girls continue to be incarcerated for lengthy terms in harsh conditions… Read moreRough justice for women in post-Taliban Afghanistan
The anti-terrorist NEFA Foundation Nov. 13 reports a new statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban) addressed to US President-elect Barack Obama. The statement says that “the overwhelming victory of Barrack Obama [sic]…reveals the collective willingness of American… Read moreTaliban to Obama: pull out now
At least 12 people were killed in a missile strike apparently carried out by a US drone in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas. The raid is believed to have killed neo-Taliban fighters, five of them foreigners, Pakistani officials said. The attack targeted… Read moreUS bombs Pakistan —again
The Afghan government accused US forces of killing up to 14 security guards for a construction company in the eastern province of Khost Nov. 10. The US says the victims were militants who were carrying rocket-propelled grenades and opened fire… Read moreAfghanistan: US kills 14 security guards
Pakistan security officials say a suspected US missile strike into the North Waziristan region killed ten people Nov. 7. Reports indicate most of the militants killed were “foreigners.” The strike is said to have targeted an al-Qaeda training center in… Read moreUS bombs Pakistan —again?
The US military said Nov. 5 that it will investigate a report that an air-strike hit a wedding party in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, killing dozens of civilians and prompting new protests from President Hamid Karzai. “We cannot… Read moreUS to investigate air-strike on Afghan wedding party
More than 20 people were killed in two apparent US missile strikes in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border Oct. 31. An al-Qaeda leader identified as Abu Kasha or Abu Akash, previously believed to be in Iraq, was reported killed… Read moreUS bombs Pakistan —again?
Australia has ordered an investigation into claims that up to 20 Afghan asylum-seekers were killed by the Taliban after being forcibly returned to their country. A TV documentary reports that those who died were among 400 Afghan asylum-seekers denied entry… Read moreAfghanistan: repatriated refugees killed by Taliban
