New Docs Reveal Osama bin Laden’s Secret Ties With Iran
This week, prosecutors in New York introduced eight documents recovered in Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan as evidence in the trial of a terrorism suspect. The U.S. government accuse...
Haqqani network
CNN: 1 of the Taliban 5 Back in the Game
CNN’s Barbara Starr reports that the U.S. military and inte...
Op-eds
Pakistan Falsely Claims it Takes ‘Immediate Action’ Against Terror Groups Listed by the UN
A spokesman for Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that his country takes "immediate action" against any terrorist groups that are sanctioned by the Un...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
The Peshawar Attack: Sickening, but No Surprise
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, one of many al-Qaeda-linked jihadist groups operating in the South Asian country, launched one of its more horrific...
Policy Briefs
“Homeland” Under Attack
Are the cast, crew and fans of “Homeland” -- Showtime’s television series about a brilliant but neurotic CIA agent – Islamophobes? That’s the implication of...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Haqqani Network, Pakistan terror group, grows into worst enemy for U.S.
... “They could not pursue them as military planners had wanted to,” said Bill Roggio, managing editor of The Long War Journal, citing too few troops as the reason....
Op-eds
You Don’t Like Dealing With Terrorists? Bring Them Down.
I was in the room in 1985 during the US/Iran/Israel negotiations that eventually led to Iran-Contra, and while I had no authority to make commitments for the American Government, I had plenty of...
Op-eds
It’s Not The Deal, But The Dealing, That’s So Dangerous
We have swapped four Taliban terrorists, plus a member of the murderous Haqqani Group, for a kidnapped American Army soldier, Bowe Bergdahl. No one should be shocked that we made this de...
Op-eds
Five of the Most Dangerous Taliban Commanders in U.S. Custody Exchanged for American Captive
The Obama administration announced today that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who has been held by the Taliban for several years, has been freed from his captors. Reading the stories of his newfound...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda ‘Not Defeated’ In Afghanistan
Thomas Joscelyn, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, said Osama bin Laden’s heirs had successfully hidden their strength as they spread their influence thr...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda In Afghanistan And Pakistan: An Enduring Threat
Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the enduring threat posed by al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is wide...
Congressional Testimonies
Al Qaeda In Afghanistan And Pakistan: An Enduring Threat
Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the enduring threat posed by al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is wide...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Pakistani Taliban Leader Killed By US After 4-Year Hunt
After years of effort, the U.S. has finally killed Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of al-Qaeda linked Movement of the Taliban Pakistan, in the latest drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal agency...
Op-eds
Global al Qaeda: Affiliates, Objectives, and Future Challenges
Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by al Qaeda. We have been asked to “examine the nature of...
Congressional Testimonies
ISAF Kills 2 ‘Arab’-Linked Commanders in Nuristan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed two "Arab"-linked insurgent commanders, a wanted Saudi and an Afghan, during two separate raids in the Waygal district of Nuristan province over the past week....
Op-eds
Taliban Claim Bombing at Political Rally, Name New Emir of Kurram
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for a bombing today at a political rally in the tribal agency of Kurram that killed at least 18 people. Additionally, the Taliban named a ne...