North Waziristan

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 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban, Tribal Leaders Work Together in North Waziristan

This article in Dawn highlights the close links between the local tribes in North...

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...

November 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Senior Haqqani Network Leader Again Calls on Turks, Kurds to Wage Jihad in Afghanistan

Mullah Sangeen Zadran, a senior Haqqani Network leader who is on the US's list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists for supporting al Qaeda and who holds a captured a US soldier in Afgh...

November 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

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 18, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

2 Zarqawi Cousins Detained in Jordan After Fighting in Syria

Two cousins of Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the slain leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, were arrested by Jordanian security forces as they returned from waging jihad in Syria. The two cousins, Zayed...

October 18, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Adds IMU Financier, Taliban IED Experts to Terror List

The US Treasury Department added an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan financier and two Taliban leaders and bomb experts to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Qari Ayyub Ba...

October 17, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Jund al Khilafah Emir Killed in ‘Treacherous Raid’

Co-authored by Lisa Lundquist A Swiss jihadist who is known to have recruited and trained al Qaeda fighters and has been linked to top al Qaeda leaders has been killed in a "tre...

October 17, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

‘North Waziristan Operation Not on the Cards’

Interior Minister Rehman Malik has just informed us that the Pakistani military is not about to launch an operation in North Waziristan following the Movement of the Taliban's admitted assas...

October 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Haqqani Network is Part of the Taliban — Siraj Haqqani

Haqqani Network leader Sirajauddin Haqqani, who is closely linked to al Qaeda, denied that his forces operate separately from the Taliban and said his followers are loyal to Afghan Taliban leader...

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 13, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Zawahiri Eulogizes Abu Yahya al Libi

Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri has issued a martyrdom statement confirming that Abu Yahya al Libi, a top leader and senior religious figure and ideologue, has been killed by the US. Abu Yahya, a...

September 7, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Adds Haqqani Network to List of Terror Groups

The US Department of State announced that the Haqqani Network, a terror group linked to the Taliban, al Qaeda, and Pakistan's military and intelligence services, has been added to the list o...

September 6, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

August 29, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Dangerous Pakistani Taliban Commander Thought Killed

A Pakistani Taliban leader who has been responsible for numerous attacks and kidnapping in the tribal areas is rumored to have been killed by a family member. The report has not been confirmed....

August 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Badruddin Haqqani ‘Is Alive and Healthy,’ Taliban Spokesman Says

A top spokesman for the Afghan Taliban denied reports that senior Haqqani Network leader Badruddin Haqqani was killed several days ago in a drone strike in North Waziristan. "A number of...

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...