Kunar Province

August 9, 2022 | Bill Roggio |

Senior Pakistani Taliban leader reportedly killed in Afghanistan

Omar Khalid Khurasani, a virulent senior leader of a dangerous faction of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan called Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, was reportedly killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Pakistan...

November 9, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban appoints Kabul Attack Network commander as provincial governor

A notorious Taliban commander who organized attacks in and around the capital of Kabul, including deadly attacks on U.S. soldiers and civilians, was appointed by the Taliban to serve as the governor of...

September 21, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Influential Taliban commanders appointed to key positions in new regime

The Taliban tapped two important military commanders, one who is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay and the other who worked closely with Iran’s Qods Force, to serve as deputies in the interior and defense...

September 8, 2021 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn

Taliban’s government includes designated terrorists, ex-Guantanamo detainees

The Taliban has announced the formation of an “interim government” to rule over Afghanistan. The Taliban’s regime will be known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. This is entirely unsurprising....

August 14, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban encircling Afghan capital Kabul, prepping final assault through east

The Taliban’s seemingly unstoppable offensive, which has seen the group take control of more than half of Afghanistan’s provinces in only nine days, is circling around the country’s capital and largest...

May 25, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Analysis: Predicting the coming Taliban offensive

As the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan after two decades, the Taliban is doubling down on its efforts to retake the country by force of arms to restore its Islamic Emirate. The question isn’t whether...

April 8, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Analysis: Al Qaeda continues to operate throughout Afghanistan

March 31, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

NDS kills Al Qaeda commander in eastern Afghanistan

د ملی امنيت دلوی رياست ځانګړو ځواکونو د پکتيکا په ګيان کې د القاعدې د هند وچې غړی دولت بیګ مشهور په ابومحمدالتاجکي...

September 12, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban video highlights recent raids in Zabul

Taliban enter Mizan district center (captured at end of July 2019), tour it. Note motorcycle column. Looks to be over 100 fighters. Tour occurs in broad daylight. Fighters are on radios. No Afghan forces...

August 14, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban promotes its ‘Preparation for Jihad’

1) From Taliban’s new ‘Preparation for Jihad’ video: Taliban fighters going through obstacle course, reminiscent if al Qaeda training camp videos. Note the Taliban fighters are wearing...

July 30, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

UN: Islamic State replaced leader in Afghanistan after visit from central leadership

The Islamic State’s central leadership replaced their top man in Afghanistan after a meeting earlier this year, according to a recent report submitted t...

July 30, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban storms district headquarters in Zabul province

The Taliban overran Mizan district in the southern province of Zabul today. The district was under siege for more than one year before it fell, according to the Taliban.

July 21, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Female Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber hits hospital

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for today’s suicide attack that targeted a hospital in the northwestern district of Dera Ismail Khan that killed eight people. The Taliban has...

June 23, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

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

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March 5, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn, Bill Roggio

UN: Al Qaeda continues to view Afghanistan as a ‘safe haven’

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August 15, 2017 | Bill Roggio

US Obliterates Top Contender To Lead Afghan ISIS Chapter

The leading candidate to take the helm of the Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan was killed in a U.S. air-strike on August 10th, U.S. forces Afghanistan announced Sunday....

May 26, 2017 | Thomas Joscelyn

Unfinished Business

Donald Trump is fond of claiming that his predecessor mismanaged America's role in the world. "And I have to just say that the world is a mess. I inherited a mess," the president noted durin...

April 27, 2017 | Bill Roggio

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

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January 23, 2017 | Thomas Joscelyn

The New Bin Laden Documents

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released 98 additional items from Osama bin Laden's compound today. If the ODNI has its way, then these files will be th...

August 29, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Zawahiri’s Revenge

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham — which has now rebranded itself "the Islamic State" (IS) — is trying to position itself as the new leader of the global...