Dadullah

February 23, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

Neither Remaining Nor Expanding: The Islamic State’s Global Expansion Struggles

Co-written with Nathaniel Barr Judging from the Islamic State’s propaganda, it would appear the group is rapidly overtaking the Muslim world. The Islamic State has declare...

February 13, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Taliban Praise Slain American, British Jihadists

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan recently released a video of so-called "martyrs" that includes two previously unknown jihadists from the United States and Britain. The two dead Western ji...

February 1, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Sidelined Pakistani Taliban Commander Back in Good Graces

Faqir Mohammed, the former emir in Bajaur of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, has returned to the fold after his dismissal a year ago for conducting negotiations with the Pakistani govern...

September 24, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Release Video of Planning for Camp Bastion Assault

Co-authored by Bill Ardolino Watch the video here. The Taliban...

August 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Badruddin Haqqani ‘Is Alive and Healthy,’ Taliban Spokesman Says

A top spokesman for the Afghan Taliban denied reports that senior Haqqani Network leader Badruddin Haqqani was killed several days ago in a drone strike in North Waziristan. "A number of...

June 25, 2012 | The Long War Journal

Recent Taliban Attacks Show Increased Targeting of Civilians

By LWJ Staff Less than two days after a suspected Haqqani Network assault on a lakefront hotel near Kabul in which attackers executed Afghan civilians for allegedly "drinking al...

June 14, 2011 | National Review Online |

A Year@War

Successes and setbacks.

May 18, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

The Gitmo Files: An agent of Iran

A current Guantanamo detainee was an "agent of the Iranian Savama (Ministry of Intelligence and Security)" and "closely associated" with the Taliban, Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), and al Qaeda,...

April 22, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Taliban denies kidnapping ex-ISI officers

The Afghan Taliban have denied any involvement in the kidnapping and ransoming of two pro-jihadist former Pakistani intelligence officials who were reported missing in early April. The A...

April 19, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Taliban demand prisoner exchange for two ex-ISI officers

The Pakistani Taliban are demanding the government release two top Afghan Taliban commanders in exchange for two former ISI officers who are known supporters of jihadist groups. The Tali...

July 9, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Uzbeks presence in Pakistan’s tribal areas reignites intra-Taliban conflict

A several-year-old intra-Taliban conflict between two South Waziristan warlords has flared up again. Mullah Nazir has teamed up with Mullah Gul Bahadar to oppose Baitullah Mehsud's s...