Datta Khel

January 5, 2015 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Hit ‘Good Taliban’ Commander’s Compound in North Waziristan

The US launched the first drone strike in Pakistan this year in an attack targeting fighters loyal to a Taliban commander who is favored by Pakistan's government a...

September 3, 2014 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Military Claims 910 ‘Terrorists,’ 82 Soldiers Killed in North Waziristan Operation

The Pakistani military claimed that 910 "terrorists" and 82 soldiers have been killed since it launched an operation against the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and...

April 22, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Intelligence Chief Reported Killed in Drone Strike

Abu Ubaydah Abdullah al Adam, a senior al Qaeda leader who serves as the intelligence chief for the terror group, is reported to have been killed in a recent US drone strike in Pakistan's tr...

April 18, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

IMU Lauds Another German Killed in US Drone Strike

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan released martyrdom tape today praising a German member who was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan over a year ago. The German, who was identified as Samir...

April 15, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

4 ‘Militants’ Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan

The US killed four "militants" in a drone strike in the jihadist hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The strike today is the first reported...

March 25, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill 4 ‘Militants’ in Pakistan

The US killed four "militants" in a drone strike in the terrorist hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The strike today is the first reported...

March 11, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

2 ‘Militants’ Reported Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan

US drones are reported to have killed two "militants," including a "foreign national," as they rode on horseback in the terrorist hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal ag...

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...

January 8, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Launch 2 Strikes in North Waziristan

The US conducted two more airstrikes in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, killing eight "militants" in an area known to host al Qaeda and other foreign t...

December 21, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

‘Foreigners’ Reported Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan

The US launched its first airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agencies in 11 days, killing four "militants," possibly inkling some foreigners. The remotely-piloted Pre...

October 1, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill 3 ‘Rebels’ in Mir Ali Strike

The US killed three "rebels" in a drone strike on a vehicle in the Mir Ali Area of the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The remotely piloted Predators or the more ad...

September 24, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill 3 ‘Militants’ in Datta Khel

US drones killed three "militants" in an area of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan that is known to serve as a haven for al Qaeda. The strike is the first in Pa...

July 24, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drone Strike Kills 12 ‘Militants’ in North Waziristan

The US launched a drone strike in the Shawal Valley in Pakistan's tribal agency of Pakistan today, killing 12 "militants," including a local Taliban commander. The strike is the first in Pak...

July 11, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill 17 ‘Militants’ in North Waziristan Strike

The US killed 17 suspected "militants" in a strike in an area of the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan that is known to host la Qaeda's top leaders. The remotely...

June 14, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Strike in Miramshah’s Bazaar, Kill 3 Militants

US drones struck for the second time in 24 hours in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Today's strike, which took place in the early morning, targ...

March 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

French Fighters Training in North Waziristan

The Associated Press reported today that scores of Frenchmen are training in the Miramshah and Datta Khel areas of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan:...

January 18, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Hakeemullah Mehsud: Dead, or Alive?

Pakistani officials are being far more cautious this time around when discussing the possibility that Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, was killed in a Ja...

January 3, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Brokers New Anti-US Taliban Alliance in Pakistan and Afghanistan

One of al Qaeda's top leaders has reached out to the most powerful Taliban commanders along the Afghan-Pakistani border to create a new alliance to battle the US and NATO forces in Afghanist...

October 31, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Predator Strike Kills 4 ‘Militants’ in Mir Ali

US Predators struck in Pakistan's tribal areas for the fifth time in six days, killing four "militants" in the Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan. The unmanned CIA-operated Pred...

September 27, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

UK Terror Sweep Uncovers Suicide Bomb Plot

Co-authored by Wes Bruer Six British men who were detained during raids in Birmingham last week have been linked to an al Qaeda cell in Pakistan, and were planning to carry out...