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July 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Jihadist Groups Fundraise, Recruit Openly in Rawalpindi

During a two-day conference that began yesterday in Rawalpindi, Pakistani jihadist groups linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban openly engaged in fundraising and recruitment of fighters for operatio...

July 6, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Laskar-e-Taiba Commander Killed in Recent Airstrike in Kunar

The Coalition confirmed that a second leader of the Pakistan-based, al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Taiba died in a recent airstrike in Kunar that also killed the terror group's leader for the eas...

July 3, 2012 | Jonathan Kay National Post |

Syed Zabiuddin Ansari, and India’s Role in Prosecuting the Global War on Terrorism

The 10 Islamist terrorists who committed the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks killed 164 innocent people with guns, grenades and bombs. Nine of the killers died during their rampage. The 10th, Ajmal...

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 | 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...

June 25, 2012 | The Long War Journal

Recent Taliban Attacks Show Increased Targeting of Civilians

By LWJ Staff Less than two days after a suspected Haqqani Network assault on a lakefront hotel near Kabul in which attackers executed Afghan civilians for allegedly "drinking al...

June 25, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Behead 7 Pakistani Soldiers: Report

The Taliban claimed to have killed 17 Pakistani soldiers in an attack in the northern district of Upper Dir yesterday. Seven of the soldiers are reported to have been beheaded. Pakistani...

June 22, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Afghan Soldiers Retake Kabul Hotel After Taliban Assault

Afghan forces stormed a lakeside hotel in Kabul to retake it from a Taliban suicide assault team that was holding dozens of civilians hostage. The Taliban claimed credit for the attack, calling t...

June 14, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Strike in Miramshah’s Bazaar, Kill 3 Militants

US drones struck for the second time in 24 hours in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Today's strike, which took place in the early morning, targ...

May 23, 2012 |

Time to Call Pakistan What It Is — a State Supporter of Terrorism

Here in the West, the killing of Osama Bin Laden was considered a triumph. In Pakistan, where the al-Qaeda leader lived out his final years, attitudes are very different: On Wednesday, a Pakistan...

May 23, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill 4 ‘Militants’ in North Waziristan

The US launched its first drone airstrike inside Pakistan in more than two weeks, killing four "militants" today in an area of Pakistan that has been under Taliban control for eight years....

April 29, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drone Strike Kills 4 ‘Militants’ in North Waziristan

Today the US launched its first drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency in nearly a month. The strike in North Waziristan targeted an abandoned school that is known to be...

April 16, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Launch Coordinated Attacks in Kabul and 3 Provinces

The Taliban launched coordinated attacks in the Afghan capital and three other provinces today. In Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, US and Afghan forces repelled a suicide assault on a military b...

April 16, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Pakistan’s Message to the West

On Sunday, insurgents launched a series of coordinated attacks on Western embassies in Kabul, as well as other targets throughout Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s interior minister, Bismillah Kha...

April 13, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

A Lion in Winter?

Last week, foreign press...

April 12, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistan’s ISI Supports Taliban, al Qaeda in Nuristan, Says Afghan Parliament

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate continues to support the Taliban and al Qaeda in the northeastern province of Nuristan, according to the Afghan parliament's Security...

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...

March 28, 2012 |

Why are Some Canadian Sikhs Expressing Solidarity with an Unrepentant Terrorist?

Today, Indian politicians stayed the execution...

March 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Leader Ilyas Kashmiri Spotted at Taliban Meeting

A senior al Qaeda leader who is one of the terror group's most dangerous military commanders and strategists, and who was reportedly killed in a drone strike last June, has been spotted at a...