North-West Frontier Province

January 14, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

November 15, 2011 | |

Obama’s Disarmament Policy: We Go First

While the Obama administration has spent the last three years attempting to take the world down the Road to Zero nuclear weapons, last week the International Atomic Energy Agency released a repor...

June 15, 2011 | Weekly Standard

Descent into Appeasement

Pakistan's dangerous deals with terrorists.

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.

May 16, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban leader in Bajaur rumored killed in Pakistani strikes

Thirty two Taliban fighters have been reported killed during the latest round of fighting in the extremist-controlled Pakistani tribal agency of Bajaur. The Pakistani military speculated that Faq...

July 14, 2010 | Mark Dubowitz |

Countering The Threat From Terrorist Media

The Long War against radical Islam is a war of ideas as much as a war of arms. Yet, for much of the past decade, the incitement and violent propaganda emanating from satellite television stations...

July 6, 2010 | The Long War Journal

Former Gitmo Detainee Arrested in Pakistan

A former detainee held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly three years has been arrested in Pakistan on terrorism charges. Pakistani officials told Agence France Presse that Issa Khan, who had been deta...

May 27, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Mullah Fazlullah reported killed in Afghanistan

An Afghan police commander claimed that his forces killed a top Pakistani Taliban leader during a clash in Nuristan province. The report has not been confirmed by US officials. M...

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...

September 3, 2008 | Dr. J. Peter Pham Family Security Matters

Al Qaeda’s Surge in Algeria

Over the course of the last few weeks, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has undertaken a surge operation of its own, so to spea...

August 31, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Five killed in al Qaeda safe house strike in South Waziristan

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August 30, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Pakistan declares Ramadan cease-fire

The Pakistani government declared a cease-fire in the Taliban-controlled tribal areas bordering Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Offensive military operations in the...

August 29, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Pakistani forces thwart triple suicide bombing attack

Pakistani paramilitary forces from the Frontier Corps repelled a deadly Taliban suicide attack on a military camp near the Kohat Tunnel. Three suicide vehicles were used in the attack, G...

August 27, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani military repels Taliban assault on South Waziristan fort

A sketch map of North and South Waziristan. Map from The Khyber Gateway. Click to view. The Pakistani military repelled a Taliban assault on a fort in the lawless South Waziristan...

August 26, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Eight killed in Islamabad bombing

Eight Pakistanis were killed and twenty were wounded in a bombing at a cafe in Islamabad. Today's attack is the latest in the Taliban's new terror campaign outside the tribal areas....

August 26, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US diplomat dodges assassination attempt in Peshawar

The security situation in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's turbulent Northwest Frontier Province, continues to deteriorate as the Taliban conduct several high-profile strikes in the city....

August 24, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Three senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders captured in Baghdad

Coalition and Iraq forces captured three senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders behind some of the deadliest violence over the past several years. Two of the men were detained...

August 24, 2008 |

Two senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders captured in Baghdad

Coalition forces captured two senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders behind some of the deadliest violence over the past several years. Both men were detained over the past two weeks during raids by Task Force 88, the hunter-killer special operations teams assigned to dismantle al Qaeda's networks in Iraq.

August 23, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban suicide bomber kills 17 in Pakistan’s Swat district

Map of the tribal areas and the Northwest Frontier Province. Hangu is the latest district to fall under Taliban control. The government signed peace agreements in the red agencies/...