Al Qaeda growing stronger under Taliban’s umbrella, UN finds
[caption id="attachment_95422" align="alignnone" width="1024"]...
Paktika
Al Qaeda video emphasizes unity with Taliban’s Islamic emirate
[caption id="attachment_93080" align="alignnone" width="1024"]...
Op-eds
UN: Al Qaeda continues to view Afghanistan as a ‘safe haven’
var divElement = document.getElementById('viz1556737587826'); var vizElement = divElement.getElementsByTagName('object')[0]; vizElement.style.width='100%';vizElement.style.height=(divElement.offsetWidth*0.75)+'px';...
Op-eds
Report: Pakistani officials deny al Qaeda’s hostage exchange story
On Sept. 2, The Long War Journal reported on a ...
Op-eds
Haqqani Network’s Taj Mir Jawad Subgroup Targeted in Raid
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted "a high-profile attack facilitator" for the Taj Mir Jawad Network during a raid in eastern Afghanistan yesterday. Taj Mir Jawad is a senior...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
ISAF Operations Against IMU in 2013 at Highest Rate Since War’s Start
This past week Afghan and Coalition special operations forces conducted five raids targeting the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in northern Afghanistan. The five raids reflect a s...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Taliban Suicide Bomber Attacks US Base in Khost
The Taliban claimed credit for a suicide attack outside of a US base in eastern Afghanistan that is known to house CIA operatives who are hunting al Qaeda and other terrorist leaders across the b...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Taliban Suicide Assault Team Attacks US Airbase in Jalalabad
A Taliban suicide assault team attacked Forward Operating Base Fenty, a large airbase in Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan, early this morning. The heavily armed Taliban assault team of a...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
‘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....
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Analysis: The Taliban’s ‘Momentum’ Has Not Been Broken
"We've broken the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and begun the transition to an Afghan lead," President Obama said during his...