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February 14, 2023 | Bill Roggio, Caleb Weiss

UN reports veteran al Qaeda leader likely back in action in Afghanistan

A new report from the United Nations’ Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team asserts that Abu Ikhlas al-Masri, a veteran al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, is likely active again in the country’s...

August 14, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban encircling Afghan capital Kabul, prepping final assault through east

The Taliban’s seemingly unstoppable offensive, which has seen the group take control of more than half of Afghanistan’s provinces in only nine days, is circling around the country’s capital and largest...

January 5, 2015 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Video Highlights Training Camp, Operations in Kunar

The "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," the official name of the Taliban, released a video that showcases its operations and a training camp in the remote northeastern pr...

January 28, 2013 | Patrick Megahan The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commander Targeted in Kunar Raid

The International Security Assistance Force reported yesterday that an operation targeting an...

December 31, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills ‘Several’ al Qaeda-Linked Fighters in Kunar Raid

The International Security Assistance Force announced today that "several" insurgents w...

December 10, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills Another al Qaeda Commander in Kunar Raid

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed another al Qaeda leader in the remote, Taliban-controlled province of Kunar during a raid last week. The International Security Assi...

September 17, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda ‘Facilitator’ Killed in Kunar Airstrike

An al Qaeda facilitator was among several jihadist leaders killed in three separate airstrikes on Saturday in the terrorist haven of Kunar province in northeastern Afghanistan. Asadullah...

August 20, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commander Killed in Recent Airstrike in Kunar

The Coalition confirmed that an al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander who was responsible for a recent suicide attack that killed three US soldiers and a USAID officer in Kunar was himself killed thr...

August 6, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Emir for Kunar, Deputy, and Facilitator Killed in Airstrikes

The Coalition confirmed that al Qaeda's leader for Kunar province and his deputy were killed in Friday's airstrike in the Watahpur district. Both al Qaeda leaders were Pakistani citizen...

July 2, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Targets al Qaeda Leader in Kunar

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted an al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in the remote northeastern province of Kunar yesterday, killing "numerous" insurgents. Yesterday's...

July 2, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Leader for Kunar in Airstrike

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed the leader of the al Qaeda-linked, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, or Army of the Pure, during an airstrike yesterday in the remote eastern p...

May 31, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills al Qaeda’s 2nd in Command for Afghanistan

Al Qaeda's second in command for Afghanistan was killed in Sunday's airstrike in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunar, the Coalition reported. Sakhr al Taifi, a Saudi al Q...

May 3, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Bin Laden Advised Relocation of Some Leaders to Afghan Provinces Due to Drone Strikes in Waziristan

Seven months before his death in a US special operations raid at his hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden instructed some of al Qaeda's leaders to relocate to provi...

September 12, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Ex-Gitmo Detainee Killed in Afghanistan

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) announced today that...