September 1, 2010 (UNITED STATES): The United States placed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan on its terrorism blacklist. The group’s two top leaders, Hakimullah Mehsud and Waliur Rahman, were also identified as “specially designated global terrorists.” – AP, September 1
September 1, 2010 (AFGHANISTAN): A bomb killed Mohammad Hassan Taimuri, a senior Afghan government official in charge of organizing pilgrimages to the Islamic holy sites of Mecca and Medina. He was assassinated in Kandahar city. – Fox News, September 1
September 1, 2010 (PAKISTAN): Three suicide bombers exploded among a procession of Shi`a Muslims in Lahore, killing more than 30 people. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack. – BBC, September 1; CNN, September 2
September 1, 2010 (ALGERIA): A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a military convoy near Zemmouri, 25 miles east of Algiers. Two soldiers were killed. – Reuters, September 1; AFP, September 2
September 2, 2010 (PAKISTAN): Militants ambushed and killed a female teacher in Bajaur Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Two colleagues of the slain teacher were wounded. – AFP, September 2
September 3, 2010 (GLOBAL): Qari Hussain Mehsud, a Taliban operative known as the “trainer of suicide bombers,” threatened to launch attacks on the United States and Europe “very soon.” He also said, “Shiites are also our target because they too are our enemies.” – Telegraph, September 3; Reuters, September 3
September 3, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A suicide bomber detonated explosives near a mosque belonging to the minority Ahmadi sect in Mardan District, killing at least one person. – RFE/RL, September 4
September 3, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A suicide bomber targeted a procession of Shi`a Muslims in Quetta, Baluchistan Province, killing more than 60 people. According to Dawn, both Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack. – RFE/RL, September 4; Dawn, September 4; CNN, September 4
September 3, 2010 (PAKISTAN): Two suspected U.S. drone strikes killed at least 12 people in North Waziristan Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. One strike targeted a house with suspected militants inside on the outskirts of Miran Shah, while the other destroyed a car traveling through Datta Khel. – AAJ News, September 3
September 3, 2010 (TAJIKISTAN): A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle drove into a police station in the northern city of Khujand, killing a senior police official. Authorities blamed the bombing on the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, yet a previously unknown group called Jamaat Ansarullah in Tajikistan claimed responsibility. – AFP, September 3; Reuters, September 9
September 4, 2010 (AFGHANISTAN): A bomb attached to a motorcycle detonated in the northern city of Kunduz, killing four Afghan policemen and three civilians. – AFP, September 4
September 4, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A suspected U.S. aerial drone targeted a house and vehicle near Miran Shah in North Waziristan Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, killing five militants. – Daily Times, September 5
September 5, 2010 (IRAQ): Five suicide bombers and at least one other assailant launched a sophisticated attack on Iraqi Army facilities in central Baghdad, killing approximately 12 people. – AFP, September 5; Wall Street Journal, September 6
September 5, 2010 (RUSSIA): A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a military firing range in Dagestan, killing four soldiers. The bomber entered the secure facility by ramming his vehicle through the security gate. – New York Times, September 5; Wall Street Journal, September 6
September 6, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police station in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, killing at least 19 people. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility. – AFP, September 5; BBC, September 6
September 6, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A suspected U.S. aerial drone fired two missiles at a vehicle in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan Agency, killing five militants. – AFP, September 6
September 6, 2010 (TAJIKISTAN): A bomb ripped through a nightclub frequented by locals in Dushanbe, wounding five people. Authorities blamed radical Islamists, although the party responsible was not immediately clear. – Reuters, September 6
September 7, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A bomb ripped through a police headquarters in Kohat District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, killing at least 20 people. – Radio France International, September 8
September 8, 2010 (IRAQ): Four prisoners with ties to al-Qa`ida in Iraq escaped from the U.S.-controlled section of Baghdad’s Karkh prison, formerly known as Camp Cropper. – BBC, September 9
September 8, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A suspected U.S. aerial drone fired missiles at a house owned by a member of the Haqqani network in North Waziristan Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Six militants were killed. – AP, September 8
September 8, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A suspected U.S. aerial drone targeted a car transporting men associated with the Haqqani network in North Waziristan Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Four militants were killed. – AP, September 8
September 9, 2010 (RUSSIA): A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside a busy market in Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia. At least 16 people were killed. The Battalion of Martyrs Riyadus-Salikhiyn claimed responsibility for the attack. – Los Angeles Times, September 10; Reuters, September 17
September 9, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A suicide bomber tried to assassinate Mir Asim Kurd, the finance minister for Baluchistan Province. Kurd survived the attack, but three other people were killed. – Dawn, September 10
September 9, 2010 (PAKISTAN): Police in Pakistan arrested three suspects over links to the failed Times Square bombing in New York City on May 1, 2010. The men were reportedly detained in Islamabad two weeks ago. – Australia Network News, September 9
September 9, 2010 (SOMALIA): A suicide bomber in a vehicle exploded at the gate to Mogadishu’s airport, killing at least 14 people. Two other suicide bombers on foot tried to enter the terminal building, but failed. At the time of the bombing, a high-ranking international delegation was meeting with leaders of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government at the airport. – GaroweOnline, September 9; al-Jazira, September 10
September 10, 2010 (DENMARK): Authorities arrested a man in downtown Copenhagen after he apparently detonated a bomb in the restroom of the busy Hotel Jørgensen. Media reports speculated that the man may have been a suicide bomber. The man survived injuries sustained from the bomb explosion. – BBC, September 10
September 12, 2010 (RUSSIA): Gapal Gadzhiev, a leading counterterrorism official, was assassinated in Dagestan. – Voice of America, September 12
September 12, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A suicide bomber’s explosives detonated prematurely in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The bomber, who died in the blast, was identified as a local resident. There were no other casualties. – AFP, September 12
September 14, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A suspected U.S. aerial drone killed at least 10 militants in Shawal district of North Waziristan Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. – Voice of America, September 14
September 14, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A suspected U.S. aerial drone targeted a vehicle near Miran Shah in North Waziristan Agency, killing four militants. – Voice of America, September 14
September 15, 2010 (GLOBAL): Al-Qa`ida second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri released a new audiotape, stating, “Nine years after the beginning of the crusade against Afghanistan and then Iraq, here is the crusade reeling after being weakened by the blows of your devoted sons, the mujahidin.” He also railed against the “corrupt state of affairs in Pakistan.” – AFP, September 15
September 16, 2010 (NIGER): Militants abducted seven foreigners, including five French nationals, from northern Niger’s uranium mining zone. The hostages are employees of French construction company Vinci and nuclear energy firm Areva. Al-Qa`ida in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility. – Reuters, September 16; BBC, September 17; AFP, September 21
September 17, 2010 (JORDAN): Authorities in Jordan reportedly detained Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, a prominent Islamist leader and the former mentor of Abu Mus`ab al-Zarqawi. – AP, September 19
September 18, 2010 (AFGHANISTAN): Afghanistan held its second parliamentary elections. – New York Times, September 18
September 18, 2010 (SOMALIA): Al-Shabab and Hisbul Islamiyya insurgents seized control of Horn Afrik and GBC radio stations in Mogadishu. – BBC, September 19
September 19, 2010 (IRAQ): A suicide bomber killed six people, including three Iraqi soldiers, in Falluja, Anbar Province. – AFP, September 19
September 19, 2010 (PHILIPPINES): Philippine militants reportedly killed Abdukarim Sali, a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group who helped plan and execute the kidnapping of three Americans and 17 Filipinos from a popular resort in 2001. – New York Times, September 19
September 20, 2010 (FRANCE): France raised its terrorism threat level due to concern of an imminent attack from al-Qa`ida in the Islamic Maghreb. – Telegraph, September 20; Voice of America, September 22
September 20, 2010 (SOMALIA): A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the gates of the presidential palace in Mogadishu, wounding two soldiers. – Reuters, September 20
September 21, 2010 (YEMEN): Yemeni authorities announced a wide-scale offensive against al-Qa`ida in the country’s southeastern province of Shabwa. – CNN, September 21
September 23, 2010 (UNITED STATES): A New York district court sentenced Aafia Siddiqui, a U.S.-educated Pakistani neuroscientist, to 86 years in prison for trying to shoot U.S. soldiers in a police station in Afghanistan in 2008. – Christian Science Monitor, September 23
September 23, 2010 (INDONESIA): Mohammed Sofyan Tsauri, a former Indonesian police officer, told authorities that he helped train 170 members of a new terrorist network in Aceh Province. Tsauri, who is being charged for multiple crimes, said that he became “affiliated with al-Qa`ida” after he left the police force in 2008. – AP, September 23
September 24, 2010 (AFGHANISTAN): Multiple suicide bombers attacked a NATO base in Paktia Province, but there were no ISAF casualties. At least five militants were killed in the attempt to breach the perimeter of the base in Gardez. – Reuters, September 24
September 24, 2010 (RUSSIA): A suicide bomber wounded at least 30 people in Dagestan. The bomber detonated his explosives after approaching police. – Dawn, September 25; CNN, September 25
September 25, 2010 (RUSSIA): Russian counterterrorist forces killed Alibek Abunazarov, identified as the head of a rebel group in Dagestan. – Reuters, September 25
September 25, 2010 (YEMEN): Two alleged al-Qa`ida fighters ambushed a bus carrying Yemeni security personnel in Sana`a, injuring 10 people after spraying bullets at the vehicle. The gunmen then fled. – AP, September 25
September 26, 2010 (SOMALIA): An unidentified military helicopter attacked a house reportedly used by al-Shabab fighters in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region. The helicopter appeared to have originated from warships off Somalia’s coast. – New York Times, September 26
September 27, 2010 (PAKISTAN): A suspected U.S. aerial drone killed four militants in North Waziristan Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. – AFP, September 27
September 28, 2010 (FRANCE): French authorities temporarily evacuated the Eiffel Tower in Paris due to terrorism concerns. – UPI, September 28
September 28, 2010 (AFGHANISTAN): A suicide bomber assassinated Mohammad Kazim Allahyar, the deputy governor of Ghazni Province. The blast also killed five additional people. – France24, September 28
September 29, 2010 (SPAIN): Spanish authorities announced the arrest of a U.S. citizen suspected of sending money to al-Qa`ida in the Islamic Maghreb. The suspect, Mohamed Omar Debhi, is of Algerian descent and was arrested in Barcelona. On September 30, however, authorities released Debhi due to lack of evidence, although the investigation is still open. – BBC, September 29; Wall Street Journal, October 1
September 29, 2010 (YEMEN): Suspected al-Qa`ida fighters ambushed a convoy of cars that were carrying the governor of Shabwa Province along with senior Yemeni security officials. The governor was not injured, although one of the convoy’s guards was killed. – AP, September 29
September 30, 2010 (AFGHANISTAN): A suicide bomber in a vehicle detonated his explosives next to a NATO convoy in Kandahar, killing three civilians. – Reuters, September 30
