Hangu

November 22, 2013 | Bill Roggio

The Taliban’s Hydra

Yesterday's drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern district of Hangu that killed a top Haqqani Network leader is a major tactical win for the U.S., but in the absence of a comprehensiv...

August 29, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Dangerous Pakistani Taliban Commander Thought Killed

A Pakistani Taliban leader who has been responsible for numerous attacks and kidnapping in the tribal areas is rumored to have been killed by a family member. The report has not been confirmed....

May 24, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistan hits Taliban in Arakzai

The Pakistani military pounded Taliban positions Sunday during the latest round of fighting in the lawless tribal agency of Arakzai. Pakistani Air Force attack aircraft and Army helicopt...

May 17, 2010 | Long War Journal

The Pakistani Taliban’s top leaders

After the failed car bomb attack in New York City's Times Square, the Pakistani Taliban have suddenly risen to the top of the list of concerns for Western intelligence and law enforcement of...

August 23, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban suicide bomber kills 17 in Pakistan’s Swat district

Map of the tribal areas and the Northwest Frontier Province. Hangu is the latest district to fall under Taliban control. The government signed peace agreements in the red agencies/...

August 13, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Cross-border strike targets one of the Taliban’s 157 training camps in Pakistan’s northwest

Hangu is the latest district to fall under Taliban control. The government signed peace agreements in the red agencies/ districts; purple districts are under de facto Taliban control;...

August 7, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani forces clash with Taliban in Bajaur

The Pakistani military and the Taliban battled in the northern tribal agency of Bajaur after security forces launched an attack. More than 25 extremists were...

August 6, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistan: A Dangerous Neighbor

This article was co-written by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Bill Roggio and originally published at...

July 25, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistan cedes Hangu to the Taliban

The Pakistani government has signed yet another peace accord with the Taliban in a settled district of the Northwest Frontier Province. Just one day after the military canceled an operation in Ha...

July 24, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban control of Mohmand highlights failures of peace negotiations

Omar Khalid, the Taliban commander of Mohmand agency. Less than two months after the Pakistani government negotiated a peace agreement with the local Taliban in the Mohmand tribal...

July 23, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Operation ends in Hangu; Government opts for negotiations in northwest

The Pakistani military has halted the operation against the Taliban in the Northwest Frontier Province district of Hangu just seven days after it began. The operation was ended just one day after...

July 22, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Peace negotiations begin with Taliban in Hangu

Orakzai goes red. Red agencies/ districts are controlled by the Taliban; purple districts areunder de facto Taliban control; yellow regions are under Taliban influence. Just...

July 19, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistan signs peace accord in Orakzai tribal agency

The Pakistani government has negotiated yet another peace agreement with the Taliban in the tribal agencies bordering Afghanistan. The latest a...

July 17, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Army launches operation in Hangu; Taliban issue ultimatum

The Pakistani Army has launched a military operation against the Taliban in the settled district of Hangu in the Northwest Frontier Province. The military took over security in Hangu fro...

July 15, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Taliban destroy paramilitary fort in Hangu

The Taliban continue to rampage in the settled district of Hangu in Pakistan' s Northwest Frontier Province. In the latest assault, a Taliban force overran a Frontier Constabulary fort, loot...

July 12, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban kill Pakistani soldiers in ambush in Hangu

The security situation in the settled district of Hangu has rapidly deteriorated over the past week as the Taliban has laid siege to a police station and threatened local security forces....