Baitullah Mehsud

May 31, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Top al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu Yazid confirmed killed in airstrike in North Waziristan

A banner from As Sahab announcing the death of top al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu Yazid. Al Qaeda has announced that its top leader in Afghanistan and chief financial official...

May 24, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistan hits Taliban in Arakzai

The Pakistani military pounded Taliban positions Sunday during the latest round of fighting in the lawless tribal agency of Arakzai. Pakistani Air Force attack aircraft and Army helicopt...

May 17, 2010 | Long War Journal

The Pakistani Taliban’s top leaders

After the failed car bomb attack in New York City's Times Square, the Pakistani Taliban have suddenly risen to the top of the list of concerns for Western intelligence and law enforcement of...

May 10, 2010 | The Weekly Standard

Don’t Mention the War

Why does the Obama administration find it so hard to utter the words ‘terrorism’ and ‘jihad’ and ‘Islamic extremism’?

May 10, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Taliban kill 9 Pakistani soldiers in ambush

The Taliban killed nine Pakistani soldiers during a ambush in a region where the military has claimed success in the recent past. The Taliban ambushed the Pakistani military unit as it c...

May 7, 2010 | Michael Ledeen Long War Journal

Chinese terrorist leader Abdul Haq al Turkistani is dead: Pakistani interior minister

The top leader of a Chinese terror group with close links to al Qaeda has been killed in Pakistan, according to Pakistan's Interior Minister. The report has not been confirmed. Abdu...

May 6, 2010 | R. James Woolsey Long War Journal

US sees Pakistani Taliban involvement in Times Square attack after downplaying links

Four days after the failed car bombing attack in New York City's Times Square, senior officials in the Obama administration have grudgingly begun to accept that the Pakistani Taliban are lik...

May 4, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

FBI arrests Pakistani-American sought in failed Times Square car bombing

The FBI has detained a Pakistani-American suspect who was wanted for his involvement in the failed May 1 car bomb attack at Times Square in New York City. Authorities arrested Faisal Sha...

May 2, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Pakistani Taliban claim credit for failed NYC Times Square car bombing

A top Pakistani Taliban commander took credit for yesterday's failed car bomb attack in New York City. Qari Hussain Mehsud, the top bomb maker for the Movement of the Taliban in Pak...

April 17, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Top al Qaeda leader linked to 5 Americans on trial in Pakistan

Pakistani prosecutors claim that five Americans currently on trial for attempting to join al Qaeda were in contact with a top leader of the terror group. The five Americans are said to h...

October 29, 2009 |

Where Rohde Leads

Almost a year ago, New York Times correspondent David Rohde was abducted by the Taliban....

September 10, 2009 |

Eight Years and Counting

Eight years ago this week, Osama bin Laden watched and then celebrated as a terrorist attack he had authorized brought down the World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon, slaughtering thousands...

August 31, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Five killed in al Qaeda safe house strike in South Waziristan

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August 27, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani military repels Taliban assault on South Waziristan fort

A sketch map of North and South Waziristan. Map from The Khyber Gateway. Click to view. The Pakistani military repelled a Taliban assault on a fort in the lawless South Waziristan...

August 23, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban suicide bomber kills 17 in Pakistan’s Swat district

Map of the tribal areas and the Northwest Frontier Province. Hangu is the latest district to fall under Taliban control. The government signed peace agreements in the red agencies/...

August 21, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban suicide bombers kill 70 Pakistanis outside a munitions factory

Map of major Pakistani Air Force bases, including the nuclear sites of Kamra and Sargodha. Pakistani air bases are the most likely sites to house nuclear weapons storage and launch...

August 20, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda safe house targeted in South Waziristan strike

Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the tribal areas. Map from PBS' Frontline. Click to view. An attack on an al Qaeda safe house in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of South...

August 19, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban suicide bomber strike at Pakistani hospital, kills 29

Just one day after Pervez Musharraf's resignation from the office of the president of Pakistan, the Taliban conducted a deadly strike in the settled district of Dera Ishmael Khan. A Taliban...

August 13, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Suicide attack kills 9 in Lahore

Aftermath of the suicide attack in Lahore. AFP photo.   The Taliban have restarted its terror campaign in Pakistan's cities. A suicide bomber struck in Lahore,...

August 10, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani troops retreat Taliban onslaught in Bajaur

Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps retreated from the Loisam region in the Bajaur tribal after heavy fighting with the Taliban over the past four days. Scores of Pakistani paramilitary t...