Kandahar

July 4, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Afghan government unable to administer 64 districts

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July 1, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban launches string of attacks throughout Afghanistan

The Taliban has launched several major attacks throughout Afghanistan over the past two days, including an attack on the Ministry of Defense in the capital of Kabul, and another on election workers in...

June 23, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Al Qaeda growing stronger under Taliban’s umbrella, UN finds

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May 23, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

John Walker Lindh fought for al Qaeda’s pro-Taliban force

John Walker Lindh, an American who fought on the side of the jihadists in Afghanistan both before and after 9/11, was released from prison earlier today. In late 2001, Lindh and his fellow fighters surrendered...

February 26, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

India strikes Jaish-e-Mohammad camp inside Pakistan

The Indian government has retaliated for the deadly Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) suicide attack that killed 40 soldiers in the state of Jammu and Kashmir nearly two weeks ago. Today, the Indian Air Force la...

February 15, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Jihadist suicide bomber kills dozens of Indian troops in largest attack in Kashmir in decades

More than 40 Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have died as a result of a car bombing reportedly carried out by the Pakistan-supported Jaish-e-Mohammad in city of Pulwama, near Srin...

July 18, 2017 |

Managing Terrorism Financing Risk in Remittances and Money Transfers

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April 27, 2017 | Bill Roggio

Afghanistan’s Terrorist Resurgence: Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Beyond

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September 12, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

A grim anniversary: 15 years after 9/11, the war against radical Islamist terrorism is not good

Imagine it's 15 years ago, immediately after the 9/11 attacks. You are told that in September 2016, a couple of major counterterrorism victories would be just around the corner. These impend...

May 31, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Analysis: Iran has supported the Taliban’s insurgency since late 2001

On May 21, an American drone strike ended Mullah Akh...

November 20, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Long War Continues

In many ways, the reaction to the horrific attacks in Paris has been familiar. There were the expressions of solidarity: flowers at French embassies; social media avatars changed from silly selfi...

June 3, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn

Slow Release

A few more documents from the bin Laden raid are finally revealed. They do not flatter the judgment of the Obama administration.

January 5, 2015 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Video Highlights Training Camp, Operations in Kunar

The "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," the official name of the Taliban, released a video that showcases its operations and a training camp in the remote northeastern pr...

June 9, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

The LA Times Whitewashes the Taliban Five

There is a concerted push to sanitize the records of four of the five Taliban leaders transferred from Guantanamo to Qatar. But before delving into some of the specifics, let us recount the basic...

May 6, 2013 |

China’s Ruthless Foreign Policy is Changing the World in Dangerous Ways

Are we witnessing the end of the “American age”? It depends whom you ask. But one thing is certain: Thanks to the near-bankruptcy of the American welfare state, Washington is losing b...

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...

December 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Launches 2 Raids Targeting al Qaeda-Linked Commanders

Yesterday the International Security Assistance Force conducted two raids targeting insurgent leaders with ties to al Qaeda inside Afghanistan. In the Watahpur district in Kunar province...

November 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

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...

November 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

October 18, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Adds IMU Financier, Taliban IED Experts to Terror List

The US Treasury Department added an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan financier and two Taliban leaders and bomb experts to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Qari Ayyub Ba...