Ihsanullah Ihsan

September 3, 2014 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

May 6, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

April 16, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Taliban Deny Responsibility for Boston Marathon Bombings

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan denied that it executed yesterday's bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon that killed three people, including an 8-year-old boy, and woun...

March 26, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Taliban Threaten Former President Musharraf with ‘Death Squad’

A Pakistani jihadist who escaped from prison during a Taliban jailbreak last spring appeared in a video in which he threatened to assassinate Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan wh...

February 4, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Suicide Assault Team Hits Pakistani Military Camp

The Taliban claimed credit for today's deadly suicide assault on a Pakistani military checkpoint in the northwestern district of Lakki Markat. The Taliban claimed the attack was carried out...

February 1, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Sidelined Pakistani Taliban Commander Back in Good Graces

Faqir Mohammed, the former emir in Bajaur of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, has returned to the fold after his dismissal a year ago for conducting negotiations with the Pakistani govern...

December 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills Pakistani Provincial Minister

The Taliban claimed credit for today's suicide attack in Peshawar that killed nine people, including Bashir Ahmed Bilour, the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development of Khyber Pa...

December 19, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Target Polio Vaccination Program in Pakistan

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan's top spokesman, Ihsanullah Ihsan, claimed credit for the wave of atta...

August 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Calls on Jihadists to Attack NATO Supplies, ‘Secure the Back’ of the Afghan Taliban

Al Qaeda's top spokesman for Pakistan called on jihadists in Pakistan to attack NATO supply convoys to "secure the back" of al Qaeda's ally, the Afghan Taliban. Ustad Ahmad Far...

July 16, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Suicide Assault Team Strikes Police Station in Bannu

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for today's suicide assault on a police station in the northwestern district of Bannu. A five-man team of "Fedayeen," or "Mart...

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...

March 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Demand Release of bin Laden’s Wives, Kill 7 Pakistani Troops

Today the spokesman for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan threatened that the group would "carry out suicide bombings against security forces and the government" if Osama bin Laden's t...

January 3, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Brokers New Anti-US Taliban Alliance in Pakistan and Afghanistan

One of al Qaeda's top leaders has reached out to the most powerful Taliban commanders along the Afghan-Pakistani border to create a new alliance to battle the US and NATO forces in Afghanist...