Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data
Data last updated on Oct. 16, 2012 I. Introduction II. Data Summary...
Coalition
Suicide Bombings Become Commonplace in Syria
For years, Bashar al Assad's regime sponsored the flow of suicide bombers and foreign fighters into Iraq...
Op-eds
Taliban Suicide Assault Team Kills 36 Afghans in Western City
A Taliban suicide assault team fanned out across the western city of Zaranj today, killing 36 Afghans in several attacks before being gunned down by Afghan forces. A suicide assault team...
Op-eds
US Adds Saudi al Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan to Terror List
The US State Department has added a wanted Saudi citizen who serves as a senior al Qaeda leader, trainer, and facilitator in Afghanistan to the list of Specially Designated Global terrorists....
Op-eds
NCTC Director: ‘We Remain at War with al Qaeda’
During testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 25, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) director Matthew Olsen testified that while al Qaeda's central leadership...
Op-eds
Special Operations Forces Target al Qaeda-Linked Leader in Nuristan
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed an al Qaeda-linked insurgent leader in Afghanistan's rugged northeastern province of Nuristan yesterday. Kanjar, who is also kn...
Op-eds
ISAF Kills IMU Leader in Afghan North
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces have killed yet another senior leader for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan who was involved in suicide operations during a raid in the northern Af...
Op-eds
Jordanian Jihadist Killed in Fighting in Eastern Afghanistan
A Jordanian jihadist was killed while battling Coalition and Afghan forces in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni, a known stronghold of al Qaeda. A brief statement on the death of Abu...
Op-eds
5 ISAF Soldiers Wounded in Latest Green-on-Blue Attack
A man dressed as an Afghan soldier wounded five ISAF troops in an attack late yesterday at a base in an area of eastern Afghanistan known to be a Taliban stronghold. The Afghan soldier escaped af...
Op-eds
Laskar-e-Taiba Commander Killed in Recent Airstrike in Kunar
The Coalition confirmed that a second leader of the Pakistan-based, al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Taiba died in a recent airstrike in Kunar that also killed the terror group's leader for the eas...
Op-eds
Pakistan Detains al Qaeda Operative Tied to Multiple Plots
An al Qaeda operative connected to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and a Mumbai-style plot against Europe has been reportedly detained in Pakistan. The operative, a French-Algerian named Naa...
Op-eds
ISAF Airstrike Kills 3 al Qaeda Operatives in Afghan East
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed three al Qaeda operatives in an airstrike in the same district where 38 US and Afghan troops, including Navy SEALs, were killed when their he...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Mullah Dadullah Front Claims Assassination of Afghan High Peace Council Member
The Mullah Dadullah Front, a Taliban group closely linked to al Qaeda, claimed credit for yesterday's assassination of a senior member of the Afghan High Peace Council. The Mullah D...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Taliban Announce Start of Al Farooq Spring Offensive
Today the Taliban announced the beginning of their yearly spring offensive, in an official statement released on their propaganda website, Voice of Jihad. The Taliban statement, which wa...
Op-eds
US Drone Strike Kills 4 ‘Militants’ in North Waziristan
Today the US launched its first drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency in nearly a month. The strike in North Waziristan targeted an abandoned school that is known to be...
Op-eds
2 Uighur Gitmo Detainees Transferred to El Salvador
The Department of Defense announced the transfer of two Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to El Salvador yesterday. The t...
Op-eds
Special Operations Forces Kill Newly Appointed IMU Leader for Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed the newly appointed leader for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's forces in Afghanistan during a raid in the northwest...
Op-eds
Suicide Bomber Kills 12, Including 3 ISAF Troops, in Afghan Northwest
A suicide bomber killed 12 people, including three Coalition troops, in an attack at a park in the capital of the northwestern Afghan province of Faryab. The attack occurred less than two weeks a...