US Drones Kill 4 ‘Militants’ in Pakistan
The US killed four "militants" in a drone strike in the terrorist hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The strike today is the first reported...
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Afghan Forces Thwart Unprecedented Terror Plot in Kabul
By LWJ Staff Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) forces scored a major coup on March 12, breaking up a suspected Haqqani Network terror cell that was hours away...
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2 ‘Militants’ Reported Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan
US drones are reported to have killed two "militants," including a "foreign national," as they rode on horseback in the terrorist hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal ag...
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Multiple Insurgents Captured in Raid Targeting IMU Leader
Afghan and Coalition troops captured six insurgents during a raid two days ago that targeted a leader from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). The security forces launched t...
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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...
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2 al Qaeda Operatives Killed in Latest Drone Strike in North Waziristan
The US killed two foreign al Qaeda fighters, including an "explosives expert," in a drone strike today in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan. The strike is the s...
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US Drones Strike in Remote Area of North Waziristan
The US launched an airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, killing five "militants" in an area known to host al Qaeda and other foreign terror gro...
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Prominent al Qaeda Leader Killed in Drone Strike in 2012
Al Qaeda announced the death of Abd el Kader Mahmoud Mohamed el Sayed, a longtime senior jihadist leader and military commander who was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan sometime in the spring...
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Taliban Suicide Assault Team Hits Pakistani Military Camp
The Taliban claimed credit for today's deadly suicide assault on a Pakistani military checkpoint in the northwestern district of Lakki Markat. The Taliban claimed the attack was carried out...
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Hakeemullah Mehsud Orders Taliban to End Attacks on Pakistani Military in North Waziristan: Report
Hakeemullah Mehsud, the emir of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, has ordered his fighters to end attacks against government forces in North Waziristan,...
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Uzbek Terror Group Kills 14 Pakistani Soldiers in North Waziristan
An Uzbek group that calls itself the "Mujahideen Ansar" claimed credit for today's roadside bomb attack on a Pakistani military convoy in North Waziristan that killed 14 soldiers. The attack...
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‘Key al Qaeda Paramilitary Commander’ Killed in Recent Drone Strike in Pakistan
The US killed a senior al Qaeda military commander during a recent drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Sheikh Yasin Al Kuwaiti, who was...
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US Drones Launch 2 Strikes in North Waziristan
The US conducted two more airstrikes in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, killing eight "militants" in an area known to host al Qaeda and other foreign t...
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US Drones Strike Again in South Waziristan
The US again launched airstrikes in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan today, killing 17 people. The drone attack is the fourth this year, and the first since th...
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‘Good Taliban’ Leader Mullah Nazir Killed in US Drone Strike
The US killed a senior Taliban leader in one of three drone strikes that took place in the Pakistani tribal areas over the past 24 hours; he had identified himself as an al Qaeda leader and also...
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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...
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Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills Pakistani Provincial Minister
The Taliban claimed credit for today's suicide attack in Peshawar that killed nine people, including Bashir Ahmed Bilour, the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development of Khyber Pa...
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‘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...
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Taliban Target Polio Vaccination Program in Pakistan
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan's top spokesman, Ihsanullah Ihsan, claimed credit for the wave of atta...
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Al Qaeda Religious Leader Thought Killed in US Drone Strike
A Kuwaiti who was a prominent member of al Qaeda's religious committee is thought to have been killed in a recent US drone strike in Pakistan's tribal areas. Two "contemporarie...