Al Qaeda linked cleric Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen

Yemen’s Defense Ministry said the Yemeni-American Al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed during an airstrike on Friday.

The Yemeni defense ministry said  Al -Awlaki ,40 year old was killed alongwith several other suspected al Qaeda operatives. The United States has al-Awlaki,who has found refuge in Yemen was  on a kill-or-capture list.

Awlaki was the regional commander of Al Qaeda . The US has  warned that al-Awlaki is dangerous, committed to carrying out deadly attacks on Americans and others worldwide.

Yemeni security officials believed Al -Awlaki is thought to have been killed during airstrikes carried out by U.S. aircraft on Friday that targeted  a convoy of cars in the eastern province of   al-Jawf and Marib regions.

After Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad in Pakistan by US Navy SEALS , but the hunt is on for remaining leaders of al-Qaida and the other terrorist groups who continue to pose a threat to Americans.


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Awalaki was linked to the 2009 Christmas Day "underwear bomber" plot -- a narrowly foiled bid to blow up a passenger jet approaching Detroit.

In July,Government-backed Yemeni tribesmen joined the fight against al Qaeda-linked militants in a lawless southern province in Yemen.

Government troops have been struggling to contain Islamic militants in the southern Abyan province after losing control of the provincial capital, Zinjibar, and another town, Jaar, earlier this year.

There are concerns that the Islamic militants linked with al-Qaida are exploiting Yemen's political turmoil and are seeking to expand their influence amid a monthslong popular uprising that seeks to oust Saleh.

Islamic militants have seized control of a number of towns and the provincial capital of the southern province of Abyan.

The West views al-Qaida branch in Yemen as the most active and dangerous, and has been linked to several nearly successful attacks on U.S. targets, including bombs into U.S.-addressed parcels that made it onto cargo flights last year.

Meanwhile Saleh  is still recuperating in Saudi Arabia after a June attack on his compound in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

Pak lashes out at US for linking ISI with Haqqani group

Pakistan's foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Thursday the United States risks losing an ally if it continues to point fingers at  Islamabad.

The tensions are fast escalating between Pakistan and US after  Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Admiral Mike Mullen has accused Pakistani intelligence

Mid- East uprisings in the context of flawed US policies : Iran MP

 Ms Fatemeh Alia ,member  of Iranian delegation and of the national security and foreign affairs commission of parliament (Islamic consultative assembly) of the Islamic Republic of Iran, came to India to attend three days seminar with the theme

Explosions near US embassy in Afghanistan

At least one explosion accompanied by gunfire close to the United States Embassy in Afghanistan was reported by eyewitnesses on Tuesday .The Taliban launched an attack on  NATO's coalition force headquarters close to the US embassy in Kabul

Explosions and a gun battle broke out outside US embassy in central Kabul.A large plume of smoke  was seen emanating from the embassy area in  Kabul.

Police said "Insurgents are firing rockets  towards the  US embassy ."Meanwhile the entire area has been cordoned off and the roads have been closed .


People  heard a string of loud blasts while police confirmed one explosion and a gunfight in the city centre.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on US embassy in Kabul.

More details are awaited .

On the 10th anniversary of September 11 , al Qaeda's attack on the United States,Taliban militants struck a coalition base in Afghanistan on Sunday ,injuring 90 NATO soldiers including 50 American soldiers.

A bomber detonated his explosives-laden car at the entrance to Combat Outpost Sayed Abad in Wardak province late on Saturday.

The Taliban claimed responsibility on their Internet site for Saturday's attack. Last month insurgents  shot down a U.S. Chinook helicopter in Sayedabad district of Wardak province , killing 30 American troops, the majority of them Navy SEALs, including some from the unit responsible for the  killing of  Osama bin Laden.
President Barack Obama has vowed that the United States will not waver in its fight against terrorism, as his predecessor said Americans will "never forget" 9/11 and the heroes who helped defend the country.

A decade of fighting in Afghanistan began with Operation Enduring Freedom and snowballed into a huge effort currently involving around 140,000 troops from 48 countries.

 Of 100,000 US troops in Afghanistan, 33,000 will leave by mid-2012, even as a still-potent Taliban insurgency is focused on headline-grabbing suicide attacks against government officials and foreign targets.