Abbottabad

August 13, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Off grid: How does Yahya Sinwar lead Hamas from underground?

“Sinwar is said to no longer trust electronic communications, fearing that the Israeli army will discover his location and kill him,” the report said.

June 13, 2023 | Bill Roggio |

Al Qaeda actively operating training camps in 5 Afghan provinces

Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan following the U.S withdrawal in Aug. 2021, Al Qaeda has established training camps in five Afghan provinces, as well as safe houses and other infrastructure across...

January 30, 2023 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistani Taliban kills scores in mosque bombing in Peshawar

A Taliban suicide bomber killed scores of civilians and policemen in an attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (TTP) denied any role in the attack,...

August 9, 2022 | Bill Roggio |

Senior Pakistani Taliban leader reportedly killed in Afghanistan

Omar Khalid Khurasani, a virulent senior leader of a dangerous faction of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan called Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, was reportedly killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Pakistan...

August 1, 2022 | Bill Roggio |

U.S. kills Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri in drone strike

Al Qaeda emir Ayman Zawahiri was confirmed killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul on Sunday in the first air strike conducted in Afghanistan since U.S. forces completely withdrew from country last year....

May 30, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Paper Trail of Terror

In autumn of 2017, my colleague Thomas Joscelyn was invited to visit the Central Intelligence Agency. It was a long time coming. He and our colleague Bill Roggio at FDD’s Long War Journal had for...

October 1, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Taliban Is Using the Doha Accord to Protect Al-Qaeda

That's one of many problems with ‘over the horizon’ counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan.

September 12, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

America’s Avengers

REVIEW: 'Countdown Bin Laden' by Chris Wallace with Mitch Weiss

August 1, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

A Legacy of Terror

“Bin Laden? Why are you reading that?” asked the proprietor of an Israeli bodega just off the Tel Aviv beach. I was buying a bottle of water, but the shop was full of multicolored flags, thongs,...

July 15, 2021 | David Maxwell |

Operation Enduring Freedom–Philippines

Lessons in special warfare

April 30, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Bin Laden Is Long Gone, but He Sparked a Jihadist Revolution

An Islamic caliphate was his ultimate political goal and remains al-Qaeda’s chief objective to this day.

April 16, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Flawed Reasoning Behind Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal

The president isn’t all wrong about leaving Afghanistan, but he misunderstands the history of the war and the terrorist threat emanating from the region.

April 12, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban pushes Osama bin Laden truther conspiracy theories

The Taliban promoted two conspiracy theories related to Al Qaeda founder and its first emir, Osama bin Laden. The Taliban denied he was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. and questioned...

November 19, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

No, It’s Not Surprising That Abu Muhammad al-Masri Was Living in Iran

The Islamic Republic and al-Qaeda have a long history of cooperation.

October 15, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Real Danger in Trump Touting a Baseless Bin Laden Conspiracy Theory

It obscures that Iran and al-Qaeda sometimes do work together.

June 5, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

What the New York Times Never Told Readers About Sirajuddin Haqqani

Revisiting the op-ed the paper published by the deputy emir of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

November 14, 2019 | Eric S. Edelman, David J. Kramer

Erdoğan’s Undeserving and Underwhelming Visit to DC

Trump’s ongoing bromance with Turkey’s authoritarian leader notwithstanding, Congress and the Administration must act to make clear that the United States isn’t giving Erdoğan a blank check to act in the Middle East.

September 16, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban supplies al Qaeda with explosives for attacks in major Afghan cities

The Taliban continues to work closely with al Qaeda’s branch in South Asia. Afghan Commandos and a unit from the National Directorate of Security raided a Taliban warehouse that was used to store explosives...

March 6, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan PM’s political party welcomes Harakat-ul-Mujahideen emir into ranks

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February 28, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

U.S. offers $1 million reward for information on Hamza bin Laden

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