A Pakistani jihadist who escaped from prison during a Taliban jailbreak last spring appeared in a video in which he threatened to assassinate Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan wh...
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan announced the formation of the Ansar al Aseer, a unit tasked to free jihadist prisoners and support their families....
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for a suicide attack in Rawalpindi that killed 12 people...
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for today's suicide assault on a police station in the northwestern district of Bannu. A five-man team of "Fedayeen," or "Mart...
The US launched its first drone airstrike inside Pakistan in more than two weeks, killing four "militants" today in an area of Pakistan that has been under Taliban control for eight years....
A DC district court released its opinion denying Guantanamo detainee Bostan Karim's petition for a writ of habeas corpus yesterday. The opinion is dated Oct. 12, but the unclassified version...
Ever since the September 11 attacks, some in counterterrorism and intelligence circles have tried to define al Qaeda narrowly, thereby limiting the scope of the organization's threat. We...
US Predators fired missiles a Taliban compound and a vehicle today in the first recorded airstrike in Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency. The unmanned Predators or the more deadly Reap...
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...
The Pakistani government declared a cease-fire in the Taliban-controlled tribal areas bordering Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Offensive military operations in the...
Pakistani paramilitary forces from the Frontier Corps repelled a deadly Taliban suicide attack on a military camp near the Kohat Tunnel. Three suicide vehicles were used in the attack, G...
The security situation in northwestern Pakistan continued to deteriorate as Taliban and government forces clashed in South Waziristan and Bajaur. The Taliban also conducted a successful attack on...