Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

January 23, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Predators Kill 4 ‘Militants’ in North Waziristan

Unmanned US strike aircraft attacked terrorist targets in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency for the third time in less than three weeks, killing four "militants" in an area known t...

January 13, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Strike in North Waziristan, End 2-Month Pause

Unmanned US attack aircraft struck in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, ending a nearly two-month-long pause in strikes that have targeted al Qaeda and T...

October 31, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Predator Strike Kills 4 ‘Militants’ in Mir Ali

US Predators struck in Pakistan's tribal areas for the fifth time in six days, killing four "militants" in the Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan. The unmanned CIA-operated Pred...

August 23, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Predators Kill 4 ‘Militants’ in North Waziristan

US Predators struck again today in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, killing four more "militants," according to reports from the region. The unmanned...

June 22, 2011 | The Long War Journal

US Predators Strike the Haqqani Network in Kurram

US Predators targeted the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of Kurram today, killing 11 enemy fighters. The strike hit in an area run by a Moveme...

May 16, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Emir Osama bin Laden Confirmed Killed by US Forces in Pakistan

US officials have confirmed that Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda's top leader, was killed during an early morning raid by US forces in Pakistan today. President Barack Obama said Osama bi...

April 13, 2011 |

It Will Get Worse, if the U.S. Leaves

It is entirely possible that the Central Intelligence Agency may have been a bit heavy-handed with the Pakistani military, as with the “unauthorized” drone attacks (the vast majority...

March 13, 2011 | The Long War Journal

US Predators Strike Again in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas

Unmanned US strike aircraft conducted their second attack today, this time in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The CIA operated Predators or the more...

December 26, 2010 | The New Republic

Should the CIA Turn Against Pakistan’s Spies?

The recent chief-of-station (COS) cover-shredding brouhaha between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate marks an ironic and pos...

November 16, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Predators Hit A Taliban Camp in North Waziristan

US Predators struck again in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, killing 20 "militants" at a camp on the border with Afghanistan. Unmanned Predato...

July 14, 2010 |

Islam: Unmentionable in D.C.

The recent suicide bombing against Pashtun tribal elders in Mohmand, a region not far from Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province, made my mind return to conv...

July 6, 2010 | The Long War Journal

Former Gitmo Detainee Arrested in Pakistan

A former detainee held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly three years has been arrested in Pakistan on terrorism charges. Pakistani officials told Agence France Presse that Issa Khan, who had been deta...

June 8, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban overrun Frontier Corps outpost in northwest Pakistan

The Taliban overran a Frontier Corps outpost during an assault today in the Arakzai tribal agency. The attack took place just seven days after the top Pakistani military commander declared an end...

May 28, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

70 killed in terror assault on Lahore mosques

The Punjabi Taliban have taken credit for storming two mosques in Lahore and murdering more than 70 Pakistanis who belonged to a sect of Islam banned by the Pakistani government. Two squ...

May 24, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistan hits Taliban in Arakzai

The Pakistani military pounded Taliban positions Sunday during the latest round of fighting in the lawless tribal agency of Arakzai. Pakistani Air Force attack aircraft and Army helicopt...

May 19, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani troops beat back latest Taliban assualt in the northwest

Pakistani troops beat back yet another massed Taliban assault on a military outpost in the lawless tribal agency of Arakzai. In today's attack, more than 200 Taliban fighters...

May 17, 2010 | Long War Journal

The Pakistani Taliban’s top leaders

After the failed car bomb attack in New York City's Times Square, the Pakistani Taliban have suddenly risen to the top of the list of concerns for Western intelligence and law enforcement of...

May 15, 2010 | Victoria Toensing Long War Journal

US Predators carry out first strike in Khyber

US Predators fired missiles a Taliban compound and a vehicle today in the first recorded airstrike in Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency. The unmanned Predators or the more deadly Reap...

May 10, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Taliban kill 9 Pakistani soldiers in ambush

The Taliban killed nine Pakistani soldiers during a ambush in a region where the military has claimed success in the recent past. The Taliban ambushed the Pakistani military unit as it c...

May 9, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

US airstrike kills 6 in North Waziristan

Unmanned US strike aircraft fired missiles at a Taliban compound today in a known al Qaeda haven in the Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan. Two Predators, or the more deadly Reapers,...