ISAF Launches Another Raid Targeting al Qaeda in Kunar
On Jan. 25, the International Security Assistance Force reported another operation...
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Al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commander Targeted in Kunar Raid
The International Security Assistance Force reported yesterday that an operation targeting an...
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US Adds Wanted Saudi al Qaeda Leader to Terrorism List
The US State Department has added a wanted Saudi citizen who serves as a senior al Qaeda leader and ideologue in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region to the list of Specially Designated Global terrori...
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ISAF Kills ‘Several’ al Qaeda-Linked Fighters in Kunar Raid
The International Security Assistance Force announced today that "several" insurgents w...
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ISAF Kills Another al Qaeda Commander in Kunar Raid
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed another al Qaeda leader in the remote, Taliban-controlled province of Kunar during a raid last week. The International Security Assi...
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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...
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ISAF Analysis Shows Afghan Violence Remains Worse Than Before Surge
During a speech at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, DC last week, Secretary of Defense Leon...
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Pro-Taliban Pakistani Islamist Leader Targeted in Suicide Attack
The former leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami, a political party that supports the Taliban, was the target of a female suicide bomber in Pakistan's violence-ridden northwest. Qazi Hussai...
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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...
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US Drones Kill 4 ‘Militants,’ 1 Civilian in North Waziristan Strike
US drones killed four "militants" and one civilian in a strike today on a compound in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Pakistani officials...
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Reports of al Qaeda, Taliban Defeats are ‘a Major Lie,’ Says CBS Reporter
On Sept. 30, CBS's 60 Minutes aired a program, aptly titled "The Longest War," that discussed al Qaeda's resurgence in Afghanistan. You can watch the program [above]....
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US Drones Kill 3 ‘Rebels’ in Mir Ali Strike
The US killed three "rebels" in a drone strike on a vehicle in the Mir Ali Area of the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The remotely piloted Predators or the more ad...
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US Drones Kill 3 ‘Militants’ in Datta Khel
US drones killed three "militants" in an area of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan that is known to serve as a haven for al Qaeda. The strike is the first in Pa...
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‘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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Female Suicide Bomber From Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin Strikes in Kabul
Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) has claimed credit for a suicide attack in Kabul today that targeted foreigns and was executed by a female. At least 12 people, mostly foreign workers, were killed i...
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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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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...