Gulbuddin Hekmatyar

January 9, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Learning From the Soviets: How to Withdraw From Afghanistan

The New York Times bungles history in predicting the upcoming departure of U.S. troops.

September 18, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Female Suicide Bomber From Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin Strikes in Kabul

Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) has claimed credit for a suicide attack in Kabul today that targeted foreigns and was executed by a female. At least 12 people, mostly foreign workers, were killed i...

August 24, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data

Data last updated on Oct. 16, 2012 I. Introduction II. Data Summary...

July 13, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Weekly Standard |

Pentagon: Iran Continues to Support Taliban, Oppose US

In a report to Congress authored in April, and posted online earlier this week by...

July 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Jihadist Groups Fundraise, Recruit Openly in Rawalpindi

During a two-day conference that began yesterday in Rawalpindi, Pakistani jihadist groups linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban openly engaged in fundraising and recruitment of fighters for operatio...

May 23, 2012 |

Time to Call Pakistan What It Is — a State Supporter of Terrorism

Here in the West, the killing of Osama Bin Laden was considered a triumph. In Pakistan, where the al-Qaeda leader lived out his final years, attitudes are very different: On Wednesday, a Pakistan...

April 12, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistan’s ISI Supports Taliban, al Qaeda in Nuristan, Says Afghan Parliament

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate continues to support the Taliban and al Qaeda in the northeastern province of Nuristan, according to the Afghan parliament's Security...

March 26, 2012 |

Don’t Stay the Course

He couldn’t name a single one. In this tense campaign season, al-Qaeda is very much in the front of the Obama administration’s mind. In fact, admini...

January 30, 2012 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Drones Are Not Enough

Getting counterterrorism policy wrong.

September 12, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Ex-Gitmo Detainee Killed in Afghanistan

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) announced today that...

September 12, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Appeal Denied for HIG Facilitator Detained at Gitmo

On Tuesday, the DC Circuit Court affirmed a district court's decision to reject Guantanamo detainee Shawali Khan's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Khan's habeas petition was...

June 28, 2011 |

The al Qaeda- Taliban Connection

Obama takes his eye off the ball.

May 18, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Analysis: Al Qaeda’s Interim Emir and Iran

Saif al Adel has been named the interim emir of al Qaeda in the wake of Osama bin Laden's demise, according to multiple press reports. Al Adel is a longtime member of al Qaeda's militar...

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,...

May 16, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn

Reasonable Suspicion

 In reality, however, the answer to Musharraf’s question was not so straightforward. Whether motivated by an American threat or the billions of dollars it received in U.S. aid, Pakista...

March 17, 2011 |

On the NRO Libya Editorial, I Respectfully Dissent

I respectfully dissent from Wedesday’s NRO editorial, which urges that the United States go to war with Libya. The editorial doesn’t put it that way. Indeed, it doesn&r...

December 26, 2010 | The New Republic

Should the CIA Turn Against Pakistan’s Spies?

The recent chief-of-station (COS) cover-shredding brouhaha between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate marks an ironic and pos...

October 1, 2010 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Gates: ‘A success for One Is A Success for All’

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates had some interesting things to say during a speech at Duke University on Wednesday. In particular, the following caught my eye. From...

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...

September 9, 2010 | The Long War Journal

HIG Facilitator Properly Detained at Gitmo, Judge Finds

On Friday, Sept. 3, DC District Judge John Bates issued an order denying a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Guantanamo detainee Shawali Khan. The order was terse, and did not set forth...