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August 13, 2021 | Bill Roggio, Andrew Tobin

Afghan government on verge of collapse as Taliban capture 4 more cities

The Taliban seized control of four more provincial capitals, and cemented it’s control of the strategic south with the capture of Zabul and Uruzgan provinces. The Taliban captured the provincial capitals...

July 15, 2021 | Bill Roggio, Andrew Tobin

Nearly half of Afghanistan’s provincial capitals under threat from Taliban

With rapid gains in recent days, the Taliban now threatens 16 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals, while 18 of the provinces in their entirety are under direct threat of falling under Taliban control,...

June 6, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban seizes eight districts in the past week

The Taliban has taken control of eight district centers in four different regions of Afghanistan over the past week as Afghan security forces struggle to maintain control of the security situation. Eight...

May 25, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Analysis: Predicting the coming Taliban offensive

As the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan after two decades, the Taliban is doubling down on its efforts to retake the country by force of arms to restore its Islamic Emirate. The question isn’t whether...

April 2, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

As U.S. seeks peace, Taliban celebrates its jihadist training camps

As the Biden administration desperately presses the Taliban and the Afghan government to settle the 20 year old war for control of Afghanistan before the May 1 deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw, the...

March 10, 2020 | Bill Roggio |

Since agreement with U.S., Taliban has attacked Afghan forces in 27 of 34 provinces

The Taliban has launched attacks in against Afghan security forces in 27 of the country’s 34 provinces since it signed an agreement with the U.S. that facilitates the withdrawal of American troops. Many...

August 14, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban promotes its ‘Preparation for Jihad’

1) From Taliban’s new ‘Preparation for Jihad’ video: Taliban fighters going through obstacle course, reminiscent if al Qaeda training camp videos. Note the Taliban fighters are wearing...

June 6, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban continues to press offensives in endangered districts

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November 13, 2012 | The Long War Journal

Insurgency Encroaching on Central Afghanistan

By LWJ Staff As NATO forces continue to scale down combat operations in Afghanistan, New Zealand forces that have been stationed in the relatively stable central province of Bam...

September 20, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

‘Foreign Militants’ Still Present in Ghazni

Just days after al Qaeda released a video of its fighters conducting operations in Ghazni, Afghan officials said that "foreign militants" are continuing to flood the southeastern province....

August 14, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

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...

September 15, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Iran-Backed Senior IMU Commander Captured in Afghan North

Coalition and Afghan forces captured a senior facilitator for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan [IMU] with links to Iran during a raid yesterday in the northern Afghan province o...

July 16, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Taliban commander linked to al Qaeda, Iran, killed in US strike in western Afghanistan

Coalition special operations forces and Afghan commandos have killed a wanted Taliban commander with links to al Qaeda and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, during a raid on a train...

August 10, 2008 | Matt Dupee The Long War Journal

Taliban “shadow” governor for Uruzgan province arrested

Australian special forces conducted a preplanned raid against a top Taliban commander and his network in central Uruzgan province last week. Mullah Bari Ghul, the Taliban' s shadow governor...