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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...

September 20, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

‘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....

September 17, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda ‘Facilitator’ Killed in Kunar Airstrike

An al Qaeda facilitator was among several jihadist leaders killed in three separate airstrikes on Saturday in the terrorist haven of Kunar province in northeastern Afghanistan. Asadullah...

September 17, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda ‘Weapons Expert’ Killed in Eastern Afghanistan

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed an al Qaeda "weapons expert" during an operation in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika several days ago. The raid is the 19th that has be...

September 13, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Targets al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commanders in Ghazni Raids

In separate raids over the past several days, Coalition and Afghan security forces targeted two Taliban leaders linked to al Qaeda in the southeastern province of Ghazni. One of the commanders, w...

September 7, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

September 6, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Operative Killed in Kunar Airstrike

Coalition special operations forces killed yet another al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in a district that serves as a haven for the terror group in northeastern Afghanistan. Abu Saif and...

September 6, 2012 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Analysis: The Taliban’s ‘Momentum’ Has Not Been Broken

"We've broken the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and begun the transition to an Afghan lead," President Obama said during his...

August 21, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills, Captures al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commanders in East

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured an al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander in Ghazni and killed another in Kunar during raids over the past 24 hours. Both commanders were target...

August 1, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Deny Media Report That They Seek Split with al Qaeda

The Afghan Taliban's official spokesman issued a statement rejecting a media report that the group seeks to sever ties with al Qaeda. Zabihullah Mujahid, the official spokesman for...

August 1, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn |

State Department: Iran Supports Al Qaeda, Taliban

The State Department released its annual Country Reports on Terrorism on Tuesday. Once again, the U.S. government has deemed Iran the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. The Iranian...

July 12, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Bin Laden Loyalist Transferred from Guantanamo to Sudan

The Defense Department announced on Wednesday that Ibrahim al Qosi, a Guantanamo detainee who long served deceased al Qa...

July 11, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Senior al Qaeda Ideologue Freed in Mauritania

Family members of top al Qaeda ideologue Abu Hafs al Mauritani have confirmed that he was freed this past weekend. Abu Hafs was transferred from Iran, where he had lived since late 2001, to Mauri...

June 14, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Abu Zubaydah and Iran

At the Washington Free Beacon, Bill Gertz has a piece about Jose Rodriguez, the former chief of the CIA’s Counte...

June 6, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Guantanamo Detainee Releases Audio Message to Syrian People

An audio message to the Syrian people purportedly from a current Guantanamo detainee has been released online by jihadist forums, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. The message is reported...