Provincial Reconstruction Team

July 10, 2024 | Will Selber, Bill Roggio

David Petraeus Is Wrong: Counterinsurgency Won’t Work in Gaza

When you only have a hammer. . .

April 9, 2013 | Patrick Megahan The Long War Journal

Increased Targeting of IMU Continues in Afghan North

During an operation in the northern province of Baghlan on April 3, Afghan and Coalition special operations forces arrested another leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. The raid was the...

March 14, 2013 | Patrick Megahan The Long War Journal

IMU Commander Captured in Kunduz

The International Security Assistance Force has captured a commander in the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movem...

February 11, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

2 IMU Leaders Captured in Northern Afghanistan

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) captured two Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders during separate raids in northern Afghanistan over the past two days. Special operations...

January 11, 2013 | Patrick Megahan The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills and Captures IMU Operatives in Afghan North

Afghan and Coalition troops killed a facilitator for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) during a raid in Afghanistan's northern province of Takhar yesterday. In a separ...

December 4, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills IMU/Taliban District Commander in Afghan North

Coalition and Afghan forces killed a dual-hatted Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and Taliban district commander during a raid in northern Afghanistan four days ago. The International Secu...

November 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Another IMU ‘Weapons Facilitator’ Captured in Northern Afghanistan

Afghan and Coalition forces captured a "weapons facilitator" from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan during an operation in Kwajah district in Afghanistan's Takhar province y...

November 13, 2012 | The Long War Journal

Insurgency Encroaching on Central Afghanistan

By LWJ Staff As NATO forces continue to scale down combat operations in Afghanistan, New Zealand forces that have been stationed in the relatively stable central province of Bam...

November 6, 2012 | Patrick Megahan The Long War Journal

ISAF Captured IMU Weapons Trafficker in Northern Afghanistan

The International Security Assistance Force has reported the capture of an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan "facilitator and weapons trafficker" during an operation in the Afghan province of Kunduz...

September 19, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

IMU’s Leader for Kunduz Captured During Raid

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's top leader for the northern province of Kunduz, a major safe haven for the terror group....

April 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Captures IMU Facilitator in Wardak Province

Coalition and Afghan special operations teams captured an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator in the same district where 38 US and Afghan troops, including SEALs, were killed when their he...

April 4, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Suicide Bomber Kills 12, Including 3 ISAF Troops, in Afghan Northwest

A suicide bomber killed 12 people, including three Coalition troops, in an attack at a park in the capital of the northwestern Afghan province of Faryab. The attack occurred less than two weeks a...

March 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Afghan Security Forces Kill 3 ISAF Troops in South, East

An Afghan soldier killed two British soldiers on a military base in southern Afghanistan today, while a policeman killed an ISAF soldier in the east. The Afghan soldier was killed by ISAF troops,...

November 4, 2011 | Small Wars Journal

COIN is Dead. Long Live COIN?

By Bill Ardolino On a warm August afternoon, two dozen US and Afghan soldiers trudged through sticky corn fields to the village of Majiles in the contentious district of Sabari...

October 31, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Suicide Assault Team kills 5 People in Attack on UN Office in Kandahar

A Taliban suicide assault team killed five people in an attack on a United Nations headquarters in the capital of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. The attack is the second of its kind in...

October 30, 2008 |

Afghan Awakening

IN SEPTEMBER of 2008, Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made a remarkable statement. He said, "I'm not convinced we're winning in Afghanistan. I am conv...