Jamaat ud-Dawa

July 17, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan again arrests Lahkar-e-Taiba emir Hafiz Saeed

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July 12, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan charges 13 Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders under Anti-Terrorism Act

Last week, Pakistan’s Counter-Terrorism Department charged Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed and 12 other key members of the group with money laundering and financing terrorist groups. If history i...

March 6, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan claims to ‘crack down’ on Jamaat-ud-Dawa. Again.

The Pakistani government says it is shuttering institutions that belong to Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), a designated terrorist group that is an alias for Lashkar-e-Taiba. If the past is any guide, the effort...

March 6, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan PM’s political party welcomes Harakat-ul-Mujahideen emir into ranks

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March 5, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan has ‘full-fledged plan’ to take out terrorist groups, while denying their existence

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January 22, 2015 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

January 16, 2015 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

April 15, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

September 10, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

LIFG and Al Qaeda: A Response to Zelin

On Friday, I had a post at G&L questioning the field’s conve...

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 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...

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...

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...