Lal Masjid

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...

June 7, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Al Qaeda eulogizes Zakir Musa, as his successor is named

Al Qaeda has reacted to the death of Zakir Musa, a young jihadist commander killed by Indian forces on May 23, by releasing a glowing eulogy and a video promoting the group’s efforts in Kashmir. Musa...

June 6, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Abu Yahya al Libi Killed in Latest Drone Strike, US Officials Say

US intelligence officials said they believe that Abu Yahya al Libi, al Qaeda's second in command and a top religious figure and ideologue, was killed in yesterday's drone strike in Paki...

March 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Leader Ilyas Kashmiri Spotted at Taliban Meeting

A senior al Qaeda leader who is one of the terror group's most dangerous military commanders and strategists, and who was reportedly killed in a drone strike last June, has been spotted at a...

March 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Leader Ilyas Kashmiri Spotted at Taliban Meeting

A senior al Qaeda leader who is one of the terror group's most dangerous military commanders and strategists, and who was reportedly killed in a drone strike last June, has been spotted at a...

January 3, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Brokers New Anti-US Taliban Alliance in Pakistan and Afghanistan

One of al Qaeda's top leaders has reached out to the most powerful Taliban commanders along the Afghan-Pakistani border to create a new alliance to battle the US and NATO forces in Afghanist...

November 28, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

IMU Cleric Urges Pakistanis to Continue Sheltering Jihadis in Waziristan

A top ideologue for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan urged Pakistanis living in Waziristan to continue to shelter jihadists, and said the Pakistani state has done the most damage to terror grou...

June 24, 2011 | The Long War Journal

NYT: Bin Laden’s Courier Tied to Pakistani-Backed Terror Group

Contacts between Harakat ul Mujahedin (HUM), a terrorist organization long sponsored by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, and Osama bin Laden's most trusted courier have...

June 14, 2011 | Washington Times

Why Mrs. Bhutto Had to Die

Former Pakistani Prime Minster Benazir Bhutto was murdered because of herpotential actions in Pakistan, by the combined forces of jihadism in that country. In short, they executed her to pre-empt...

June 14, 2011 | National Review Online |

A Year@War

Successes and setbacks.

June 13, 2011 | National Review Online

State of Denial

Musharraf's latest move has transformed him into a liability.

June 13, 2011 | The Weekly Standard

While Pakistan Burns

Al Qaeda regroups in the tribal areas, the government falters. What is to be done?

July 9, 2010 | Sasha Eckstein The Long War Journal

Suicide bomber kills 56 in northwestern Pakistan

A Taliban suicide bomber killed 56 people and wounded more than 100 in an attack on a government official's office in northwestern Pakistan. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan...

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 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 2, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Pakistani Taliban claim credit for failed NYC Times Square car bombing

A top Pakistani Taliban commander took credit for yesterday's failed car bomb attack in New York City. Qari Hussain Mehsud, the top bomb maker for the Movement of the Taliban in Pak...

August 18, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistan’s President Musharraf resigns office

Former President and General Pervez Musharraf. President Pervez Musharraf, the longtime military leader of Pakistan and erstwhile ally of the US in the war against Islamic extremists,...

August 13, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Suicide attack kills 9 in Lahore

Aftermath of the suicide attack in Lahore. AFP photo.   The Taliban have restarted its terror campaign in Pakistan's cities. A suicide bomber struck in Lahore,...

July 24, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban control of Mohmand highlights failures of peace negotiations

Omar Khalid, the Taliban commander of Mohmand agency. Less than two months after the Pakistani government negotiated a peace agreement with the local Taliban in the Mohmand tribal...

July 6, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Suicide bombing outside Lal Masjid in Islamabad kills 19

A suicide bomber killed 19 Pakistanis, including 15 policemen, in an attack outside a police station in Islamabad. More than 40 Pakistanis were reported wounded. "Most of the inj...