Hafiz Saeed

January 12, 2023 | Bill Roggio, Caleb Weiss

State places $10 million bounty on Kenyan Shabaab commander

Just a few days after placing a similar bounty on Maalim Ayman, the head of Shabaab’s Kenyan military wing, the U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice Program is now also offering $10 million for...

July 17, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan again arrests Lahkar-e-Taiba emir Hafiz Saeed

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July 12, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan charges 13 Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders under Anti-Terrorism Act

Last week, Pakistan’s Counter-Terrorism Department charged Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed and 12 other key members of the group with money laundering and financing terrorist groups. If history i...

March 6, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan claims to ‘crack down’ on Jamaat-ud-Dawa. Again.

The Pakistani government says it is shuttering institutions that belong to Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), a designated terrorist group that is an alias for Lashkar-e-Taiba. If the past is any guide, the effort...

March 5, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan has ‘full-fledged plan’ to take out terrorist groups, while denying their existence

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January 16, 2015 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Reported Ban of Haqqani Network Unlikely to End Pakistan’s Support of Group

Anonymous Pakistani officials have told news agencies that the government will ban the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network "within weeks." But a listing of the Haqqani Netw...

May 14, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

A Failure of Policy

Forty-one recently declassified State Department documents obtained by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, have reignited the controversy over the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack...

April 15, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Captures Senior Lashkar-e-Taiba Leader in Ghazni

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured a senior leader from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba during a raid today in the southeastern Afghan province of Ghazni. Additionally, sp...

March 4, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

John Brennan and the Bin Laden Files

During a speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center on April 30, 2012, John Brennan, President Obama’s nominee to head the CIA, discussed “The Ethics and Efficacy of the U.S. Pres...

October 3, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda Responsible for 4 Attacks on US Embassies in September

On and around September 11, 2012, al Qaeda attacked multiple American assets around the world. The attack that has received the most attention is the deadly attack on the American consulate in Be...

August 30, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

US Adds 8 Lashkar-e-Taiba Members to Terrorism List

The US Treasury Department has added eight Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leaders to the list of specia...

July 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Jamaat-ud-Dawa Banners Dominate Defense of Pakistan Rally Against Reopening of NATO Supply Lines

Banners belonging to the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the charitable front group for the al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Taiba, dominate a rally, or "long march," today in Lahore against the reopening of NATO'...

July 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

‘We Will Carry Attacks on NATO Supplies with a New Spirit,’ Says Pakistani Taliban Spokesman

The top spokesman for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan vowed that his group would resume attacks on NATO's convoys to Afghanistan now that Pakistan has reopened the supply lines. Addi...

July 2, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Leader for Kunar in Airstrike

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed the leader of the al Qaeda-linked, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, or Army of the Pure, during an airstrike yesterday in the remote eastern p...

July 2, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Key Mumbai Plotter Arrested in Saudi Arabia

A key suspect in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, was arrested in Saudi Arabia earlier this month and then turned over to Indian authorities. Also known as Abu J...

July 2, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Report: Al Qaeda Trained Mumbai Attackers

Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, the alleged facilitator of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, has proven to be a "treasure trove of information" for Indian investigators, according to new...

June 8, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

7 Shabaab Leaders Added to Rewards for Justice Most Wanted List

The US State department has added seven senior leaders of Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, to the...

April 13, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

A Lion in Winter?

Last week, foreign press...

April 5, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Report: Osama bin Laden Helped Plan Mumbai Attacks

Osama bin Laden was in close contact with Hafiz Saeed, the wanted chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and helped plan the 2008 Mumbai attack, according to a report in the...

April 3, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Offers $10 Million Bounty for Capture of Lashkar-e-Taiba Chief Hafiz Saeed

The US government has offered a $10 million bounty for the capture of Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the founder of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, or Army of the Pure. A lesser reward of $2 million i...