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...
Inter-Services Intelligence
When America’s Enemies Are Also Its Friends
President Obama’s May 28 commencement address at...
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
A Covert Story
There is probably no harder beat in Washington than intelligence. Journalists rarely have sources inside the Central Intelligence Agency who are not authorized, and when they do, o...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
What Pakistan Needs is a South Asian Anwar Sadat
Power is an addictive drug. And like all addictions, it can drive men to reckless, even suicidal risks. Of this, there is no better example than Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s Presid...
Op-eds
Pakistani al Qaeda ‘Company’ Commander Praises Mumbai Attacker
Asmatullah Muawiya, a Pakistani terrorist who serves as one of several al Qaeda "company" commanders, praised two terrorists who were behind some of the largest attacks in India and who were rece...
Op-eds
Pakistani Taliban Execute, Behead Soldiers in South Waziristan
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan released a videotape on the fighting in the Mehsud areas of South Waziristan which includes graphic footage of the mutilation of several Pakistani soldiers...
Op-eds
Taliban, IMU Form Ansar al Aseer to Free Jihadist Prisoners
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan announced the formation of the Ansar al Aseer, a unit tasked to free jihadist prisoners and support their families....
Op-eds
Al Qaeda in Iraq Launches Suicide Assault in Kirkuk
An al Qaeda in Iraq suicide assault team attacked an Iraqi police headquarters in the northern flashpoint city of Kirkuk today. The tactic is being employed with increasing frequency by al Qaeda...
Op-eds
Learning From the Soviets: How to Withdraw From Afghanistan
The New York Times bungles history in predicting the upcoming departure of U.S. troops.
Op-eds
Senior Haqqani Network Leader Again Calls on Turks, Kurds to Wage Jihad in Afghanistan
Mullah Sangeen Zadran, a senior Haqqani Network leader who is on the US's list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists for supporting al Qaeda and who holds a captured a US soldier in Afgh...
Op-eds
US Adds Haqqani Network Suicide Operations Chief to List of Global Terrorists
Today the US State Department added the Haqqani Network's chief of suicide operations to the list of Specially Designated Gl...
Op-eds
Haqqani Network is Part of the Taliban — Siraj Haqqani
Haqqani Network leader Sirajauddin Haqqani, who is closely linked to al Qaeda, denied that his forces operate separately from the Taliban and said his followers are loyal to Afghan Taliban leader...
Op-eds
‘Foreign Militants’ Still Present in Ghazni
Just days after al Qaeda released a video of its fighters conducting operations in Ghazni, Afghan officials said that "foreign militants" are continuing to flood the southeastern province....
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
US Adds Haqqani Network to List of Terror Groups
The US Department of State announced that the Haqqani Network, a terror group linked to the Taliban, al Qaeda, and Pakistan's military and intelligence services, has been added to the list o...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Afghan Intel Kills 5 Members of Haqqani Network Suicide Cell in Kabul
The National Directorate of Security killed five members of the al Qaeda and Pakistan-linked Haqqani Network during a raid in the capital that targeted a suicide assault cell. The NDS has linked...
Op-eds
Taliban Release Video of Haqqani Network Suicide Assault on FOB Salerno
Co-authored by Bill Ardolino The Taliban released a videotape produced by the Haqqani Network, an al Qaeda-linked subgroup, that documented the June 1 suicide assault on Forward...