Omani Jihadist Participated in Haqqani Network Raid on FOB Salerno
Co-authored by Bill Ardolino A jihadist from Oman was killed during the Haqqani Network suicide assault on a major US base in eastern Afghanistan in June, according to a martyrd...
North Waziristan
Al Qaeda Emir for Kunar, Deputy, and Facilitator Killed in Airstrikes
The Coalition confirmed that al Qaeda's leader for Kunar province and his deputy were killed in Friday's airstrike in the Watahpur district. Both al Qaeda leaders were Pakistani citizen...
Op-eds
Afghan Intel Kills 5 Members of Haqqani Network Suicide Cell in Kabul
The National Directorate of Security killed five members of the al Qaeda and Pakistan-linked Haqqani Network during a raid in the capital that targeted a suicide assault cell. The NDS has linked...
Op-eds
Taliban Release Video of Haqqani Network Suicide Assault on FOB Salerno
Co-authored by Bill Ardolino The Taliban released a videotape produced by the Haqqani Network, an al Qaeda-linked subgroup, that documented the June 1 suicide assault on Forward...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Taliban Suicide Assault Team Strikes Police Station in Bannu
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for today's suicide assault on a police station in the northwestern district of Bannu. A five-man team of "Fedayeen," or "Mart...
Op-eds
About that NATO Supply Line Deal …
Co-authored by Lisa Lundquist While the Obama administration is busy congratulating itself on the reopening of NATO's supply lines to Afghanistan after a seven-month shutof...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Pakistani Jihadist Groups Fundraise, Recruit Openly in Rawalpindi
During a two-day conference that began yesterday in Rawalpindi, Pakistani jihadist groups linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban openly engaged in fundraising and recruitment of fighters for operatio...
Op-eds
US Drones Strike Again in the Shawal Valley
The US launched its second straight drone strike in a remote valley in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, killing eight "militants." The remotely...
Op-eds
US Drones Strike in Miramshah’s Bazaar, Kill 3 Militants
US drones struck for the second time in 24 hours in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Today's strike, which took place in the early morning, targ...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
US Drones Kill 4 ‘Militants’ in North Waziristan
The US launched its first drone airstrike inside Pakistan in more than two weeks, killing four "militants" today in an area of Pakistan that has been under Taliban control for eight years....
Op-eds
Bin Laden Docs Hint at Large al Qaeda Presence in Pakistan
Two of the 17 documents released by the US government from the large cache seized during the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound indicate that al Qaeda has a much larger footprint in Pakistan...
Op-eds
Bin Laden Advised Relocation of Some Leaders to Afghan Provinces Due to Drone Strikes in Waziristan
Seven months before his death in a US special operations raid at his hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden instructed some of al Qaeda's leaders to relocate to provi...
Op-eds
US Drone Strike Kills 4 ‘Militants’ in North Waziristan
Today the US launched its first drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency in nearly a month. The strike in North Waziristan targeted an abandoned school that is known to be...
Op-eds
Taliban Release Photos, Videos of Kabul Suicide Teams
The Afghan Taliban have released photos and videos of members of the suicide assault teams that attacked Kabul and the provincial capitals of Paktia, Logar, and Nangarhar earlier this week. The p...
Op-eds
Sudanese al Qaeda Fighter Killed in Yemen
A well-known jihadist Internet forum has announced that a Sudanese fighter who fought with a top al Qaeda military commander in Pakistan was killed during recent fighting in southern Yemen....
Op-eds
9/11 plotter spotted in Mir Ali
The trial of Ahmed Siddiqui, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan operative who allied with al Qaeda and was part of a plot to conduct Mumbai-style attacks in Europe before he was captured in Afgha...
Op-eds
French Fighters Training in North Waziristan
The Associated Press reported today that scores of Frenchmen are training in the Miramshah and Datta Khel areas of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan:...