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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...

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...

September 3, 2014 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Military Claims 910 ‘Terrorists,’ 82 Soldiers Killed in North Waziristan Operation

The Pakistani military claimed that 910 "terrorists" and 82 soldiers have been killed since it launched an operation against the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and...

November 4, 2013 | Bill Roggio

Pakistani Taliban Leader Killed By US After 4-Year Hunt

After years of effort, the U.S. has finally killed Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of al-Qaeda linked Movement of the Taliban Pakistan, in the latest drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal agency...

February 13, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Taliban Praise Slain American, British Jihadists

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan recently released a video of so-called "martyrs" that includes two previously unknown jihadists from the United States and Britain. The two dead Western ji...

December 28, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Strike in Pakistan’s Shawal Valley

The US launched another drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today. Five "militants" are said to have been killed in the latest strike in an area k...

December 21, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

‘Foreigners’ Reported Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan

The US launched its first airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agencies in 11 days, killing four "militants," possibly inkling some foreigners. The remotely-piloted Pre...

December 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drone Strike Kills Another al Qaeda Commander in North Waziristan

The US killed another al Qaeda commander in a drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today. The remotely-piloted Predators or the more deadl...

November 29, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill 3 ‘Militants’ in 1st Strike in Pakistan in More Than a Month

The US killed three "militants," including "foreigners," in the first drone strike recorded in Pakistan in more than a month. The remotely piloted Predators or the more heavily armed Rea...

November 19, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

October 24, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

October 1, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

September 24, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

September 18, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

August 15, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistan Will Launch Operation Against the Taliban, Panetta Claims

This is absolutely stunning. Yesterday, The Associated Press interviewed US Secretary of Defense L...

August 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Calls on Jihadists to Attack NATO Supplies, ‘Secure the Back’ of the Afghan Taliban

Al Qaeda's top spokesman for Pakistan called on jihadists in Pakistan to attack NATO supply convoys to "secure the back" of al Qaeda's ally, the Afghan Taliban. Ustad Ahmad Far...

July 24, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drone Strike Kills 12 ‘Militants’ in North Waziristan

The US launched a drone strike in the Shawal Valley in Pakistan's tribal agency of Pakistan today, killing 12 "militants," including a local Taliban commander. The strike is the first in Pak...

July 11, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill 17 ‘Militants’ in North Waziristan Strike

The US killed 17 suspected "militants" in a strike in an area of the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan that is known to host la Qaeda's top leaders. The remotely...

July 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Jamaat-ud-Dawa Banners Dominate Defense of Pakistan Rally Against Reopening of NATO Supply Lines

Banners belonging to the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the charitable front group for the al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Taiba, dominate a rally, or "long march," today in Lahore against the reopening of NATO'...

July 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

‘We Will Carry Attacks on NATO Supplies with a New Spirit,’ Says Pakistani Taliban Spokesman

The top spokesman for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan vowed that his group would resume attacks on NATO's convoys to Afghanistan now that Pakistan has reopened the supply lines. Addi...