‘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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Assessing Interpretations of the New Bin Laden Documents
The documents recovered from Abbottabad that were released on Thursday represent the largest new trove of i...
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Ex-Gitmo Detainee Delivers Ransom Demands for Kidnapped Saudi
On March 28, a Saudi diplomat named Abdullah al Khalidi was kidnapped by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in the port city of Aden, Yemen. AQAP's gunmen captured al Khalidi, who serv...
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Senior al Qaeda Ideologue Leaves Iran for Mauritania
Abu Hafs al Mauritani, a senior al Qaeda religious thinker known as "Mr. Theology," has reportedly left Iran for his home country. According to some press accounts, the Iranians "extradited" Abu...
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US May Make Concessions on Night Raids in Afghanistan
As NATO's mission in Afghanistan continues its downward spiral, the US is considering allowing Afghans a degree of control over the controversial night raids, which are conducted by special...
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Why Apologize to Afghanistan?
We have officially lost our minds. The New York Times...
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Leaders of German al Qaeda Cell Living in Iran
In early October 2010, US forces launched a drone airstrike against a militant compound in North Waziristan, Pakistan. The intent of the strike was to kill members of a German al Qaeda cell that...