Today's Roundup

A young Afghan boy waits outside the entry control point of Kabul International Airport, after receiving a toy plane from a group of Air Force members. The toy planes were given out along with soccer equipment to a group of local children from the Kabul Youth Soccer League. The equipment was donated from businessmen and supporters from Tennessee, Georgia and California. Photo By: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson

Iraq: Coalition forces capture extremist splinter group leader US Will Hand Iraqis Control of Karbala (8th of 18 provinces) Turkish forces clash with rebel Kurds, Kill 15 Media Advisory: Caravan Hotel groundbreaking ceremony Coalition Forces discover large weapons caches Dragon Talon II: Troops find cache, detain three Iraqi Police EOD commander disarms large VBIED in Qayyarah Dragon Talon II: Cache, 13 suspected terrorists seized Coalition forces disrupt terrorist networks, six suspects detained 1-15 Infantry detains 6 suspected insurgents Suicide bomber detonates upon discovery by CLCs Coalition forces disrupt foreign terrorist networks; 15 suspects detained Coalition forces capture extremist splinter group leader Concerned Local Citizens help round up suspected extremists Paratroopers discover rocket cache Improvised explosive device cache turned in Iraqi insurgents' clash with Qaeda kills 16 (Red on red) 5 gunmen arrested inside Shiite mosque north of Hilla Kidnapped man freed, gang arrested Two gunmen killed in clashes in Mosul

Afghanistan / Pakistan / Central Asia: Afghan & Coalition forces kill dozens of Taliban fighters in Helmand Province Several Taliban insurgents killed in Kandahar Province Two Taliban commanders, three Pakistanis nabbed Clashes resume in violence-hit Pakistan valley 10 militants killed in Swat clashes Suspected jihadists believed NATO rules Afghanistan (interesting) Militant attack on police station foiled : Time for strong action: govt 9 bodies The West: UK to deport 193 Algerian prisoners Police officers attacked in Dagestan; assailant killed Africa: Algerian terror suspect sentenced to life in prison Terrorist leader, three Libyans killed in eastern Algeria Algeria: 15 al Qaeda activists killed

India / Pakistan: Businessman rescued from militants’ clutches Two JeM militants killed in J-K encounter 4 Mumbai reconnaissance suspects detained Arab Peninsula: Yemen says bomber of U.S. destroyer Cole still detained Saad Al-Shehri Narrates His Disenchantment With Qaeda Southeast Asia: Guerrilla killed in police encounter in Northeast India More ULFA cadres to surrender Israel / Levant: Egypt finds two smugglers' tunnels on Gaza border IDF troops nab three Iraqi nationals trying to infiltrate into Israel Abbas signs anti-money laundering decree