THE DAY AFTER IN AFGHANISTAN
The Afghan peace council – Jirga, with 1,600 participants selected by the regime, adjourned on Saturday 06/05/2010.
June 7, 2010
PRESIDENTIAL PEACE COUNCIL ATTACKED IN KABUL
Explosions and gunfire have been heard as Afghan President Hamid Karzai opened a peace meeting of tribal elders (Jirga) in Kabul, on Wednesday 06/02/2010.
June 2, 2010
TALKING WITH THE ENEMY
A number of commentators, including Al Jazeera’s Clayton Swisher, have remarked of late on apparent willingness of the Obama administration to permit a level of unofficial contact with senior Hamas officials.
April 7, 2010
U.N HOLD SECRET TALKS WITH TALIBAN
The UN’s former envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, a Norwegian diplomat, has strongly criticized, on Thursday 03/18/2010, Pakistan’s recent arrest of high-ranking Taliban leaders.
March 19, 2010
SOMALI REGIME IN AN ATTEMPT TO SPLIT INSURGENCY
Somalia’s government has signed, on Monday 03/15/2010, a deal with a militia group Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca (ASWJ), to bring it on side before an expected military offensive against al-Shabab
March 16, 2010
YEMEN DECLARED TRUCE WITH SHIAA INSURGENCY
The Yemeni authorities have declared, on Thursday 02/11/2010 evening, a ceasefire with the Saada Rebels fighting government forces in the North.
February 12, 2010
LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT
Amide news about “secret talks” in the Maldives between the Taliban and the Afghan regime, yet another conference on the Afghan issue convened in London, on Thursday 01/28/2010.
January 29, 2010
U.N LIFTED SANCTIONS ON FORMER TALIBAN LEADERS
The United Nations has removed, on Wednesday 01/27/2010, five former Afghan Taliban officials from its sanctions list which was imposed because of alleged links to Al Qaeda.
January 29, 2010
DEAL WITH MILITANCY
Islamic militants have used a ceasefire agreement between the Pakistani security forces and North Waziristan to remobilize and expand their operations as the military began its Waziristan-Offensive on 10/28/2009.
December 9, 2009
FRAGILE TRUCE REACHED IN YEMEN
Saada Rebels, in northern Yemen, have denied, on Sunday 09/06/2009, government accusations that they have broken a ceasefire aimed at allowing humanitarian aid into the conflict zone.
September 6, 2009