Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) releases Spanish hostage in Mali

BARCELONA,  – A Spanish aid worker released by Islamist militants in Mali flew home on Wednesday after a four-month kidnap ordeal, saying she had been well treated by her captors in the desert.
“I am happy to be home” but “need time to recuperate,” a smiling Alicia Gamez said in a brief statement after stepping off [...]

Indonesian police believes has killed top wanted militant

JAKARTA  – Indonesian police believe they have shot dead a top fugitive militant, wanted over the 2002 Bali bombings, in what could be a major coup in the country’s fight against Islamist radicals, police and analysts said on Tuesday.
Police sources said the raids in Pamulang, in Banten province, were linked to a series of assaults [...]

U.S. led strikes against Al-Qaeda in Yemen

WASHINGTON — Recent attacks on Al-Qaeda positions in Yemen, including cruise missile strikes, were led by the United States according to a CBS television report Saturday.
The channel quoted Sebastian Gorka, a “US special operations expert who trains Yemeni officers,” as saying the United States had led the recent ground and air assaults.
“That was very much [...]

Taliban blow up Pakistan girls school

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Taliban blew up a girls’ school in Pakistan’s Khyber district, where troops are fighting against militants in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday.

Pakistani local tribal people visit the remains of a girls school which was allegedly blown up by militants in Bara, situated in Pakistan’s tribal area of [...]

Arrest of five U.S. nationals is a “wake up call” about Muslim radicalization in the United States : Imam

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The arrest of five US nationals in Pakistan for trying to join Islamist militant groups is a “wake up call” about Muslim radicalization in the United States, a local imam said Friday.

The five Americans arrested in Pakistan in combination photo, December 11, 2009 (Reuters)
And imam Mahdi Bray said his community in Virginia [...]

At least 30 dead in Pakistan mosque attack

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan – Militants hurled hand grenades then fired on a mosque near Pakistan’s military headquarters after Friday prayers, killing at least 39 people, rescue services said.

The mosque is frequented by military officials in the garrison town of Rawalpindi. A helicopter hovered over the scene, apparently searching for militants who may have fled after [...]

Pakistan police arrest 7 of Tehreek-e-Taliban members

KARACHI – Pakistani police have arrested seven suspected militants planning to attack security agency offices and officials in the commercial hub of Karachi, police said on Thursday.

Pakistani policemen escort two cloth-covered suspected militants of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) to present them to media at a police station in Karachi, November 11, 2009 (Getty Images)
The militants belonged [...]

U.S. Missile strike kills 5 militants in Pakistan

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — Suspected US missiles killed five militants in Pakistan’s Al-Qaeda-infested tribal belt on Thursday not far from where 30,000 troops are battling a major anti-Taliban offensive.

An Air Force MQ-9 Reaper from the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron takes off March 13 from Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, for a mission in support of Operation Enduring [...]

French doubt Islamist role in Pakistan bomb

PARIS – French secret service documents have cast doubt on a theory that Islamist militants were responsible for a 2002 bomb attack in Karachi that killed 11 French nationals, a source close to the case said on Monday.
The documents were declassified in October at the request of magistrates who will investigate the possibility that the [...]

Chopper crashes in Afghanistan kill 14 Americans

KABUL — Fourteen Americans were killed and more than 25 other people injured in two military helicopter crashes in Afghanistan on Monday, one of them an apparent mid-air collision, NATO said.
The deaths made Monday one of the deadliest single days in Afghanistan for foreign civilian and military personnel working to help rebuild the country and [...]