Nuristan Province

April 15, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Captures Senior Lashkar-e-Taiba Leader in Ghazni

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured a senior leader from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba during a raid today in the southeastern Afghan province of Ghazni. Additionally, sp...

April 9, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 5 ISAF Personnel in Southeastern Afghanistan

The Taliban claimed credit for a suicide attack in southeastern Afghanistan today that killed three Coalition soldiers and two civilian personnel who worked for the Zabul Provincial Reconstructio...

March 4, 2013 | The Long War Journal

Report: Airstrike Killed Taliban Shadow Governor Sheikh Dost Mohammed

By LWJ Staff The Taliban's most vaunted commander in Nuristan and Kunar provinces, Sheikh Dost Mohammed, has been killed along with three other Taliban figures in a US dron...

January 28, 2013 | Patrick Megahan The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commander Targeted in Kunar Raid

The International Security Assistance Force reported yesterday that an operation targeting an...

January 24, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Adds Wanted Saudi al Qaeda Leader to Terrorism List

The US State Department has added a wanted Saudi citizen who serves as a senior al Qaeda leader and ideologue in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region to the list of Specially Designated Global terrori...

December 31, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills ‘Several’ al Qaeda-Linked Fighters in Kunar Raid

The International Security Assistance Force announced today that "several" insurgents w...

December 10, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills Another al Qaeda Commander in Kunar Raid

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed another al Qaeda leader in the remote, Taliban-controlled province of Kunar during a raid last week. The International Security Assi...

December 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Launches 2 Raids Targeting al Qaeda-Linked Commanders

Yesterday the International Security Assistance Force conducted two raids targeting insurgent leaders with ties to al Qaeda inside Afghanistan. In the Watahpur district in Kunar province...

November 27, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

ISAF Analysis Shows Afghan Violence Remains Worse Than Before Surge

During a speech at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, DC last week, Secretary of Defense Leon...

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...

September 20, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

‘Foreign Militants’ Still Present in Ghazni

Just days after al Qaeda released a video of its fighters conducting operations in Ghazni, Afghan officials said that "foreign militants" are continuing to flood the southeastern province....

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...

September 17, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda ‘Facilitator’ Killed in Kunar Airstrike

An al Qaeda facilitator was among several jihadist leaders killed in three separate airstrikes on Saturday in the terrorist haven of Kunar province in northeastern Afghanistan. Asadullah...

September 17, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda ‘Weapons Expert’ Killed in Eastern Afghanistan

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed an al Qaeda "weapons expert" during an operation in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika several days ago. The raid is the 19th that has be...

September 13, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Targets al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commanders in Ghazni Raids

In separate raids over the past several days, Coalition and Afghan security forces targeted two Taliban leaders linked to al Qaeda in the southeastern province of Ghazni. One of the commanders, w...

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...

September 4, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Suicide Bomber Kills 30 Afghans in Attack at Funeral

A suicide bomber killed 30 Afghans in an attack at a funeral in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar today. The suicide bomber attacked civilians at a funeral ceremony for a resident...

August 22, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Al Qaeda Releases Biography of Slain Senior Leader

The 21st, and latest, online edition of al Qaeda's "Vanguards of Khorasan" magazine contains a biography of slain al Qaeda leader Atiyah Abd al Rahman. According to a translation provided by...

August 21, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills, Captures al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commanders in East

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured an al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander in Ghazni and killed another in Kunar during raids over the past 24 hours. Both commanders were target...

August 8, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Adds Saudi al Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan to Terror List

The US State Department has added a wanted Saudi citizen who serves as a senior al Qaeda leader, trainer, and facilitator in Afghanistan to the list of Specially Designated Global terrorists....