Punjab

May 27, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Afghan military targets Al Qaeda’s network in Helmand

The Afghan military has launched multiple attacks against Al Qaeda’s network in the southern province of Helmand over the past week. Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, Al Qaeda’s regional branch that...

November 14, 2018 | Clifford D. May |

Bring Asia Bibi to America

She lives in an unfree and intolerant nation, and her life is in imminent danger.

March 15, 2017 | Clifford D. May

What went wrong in Pakistan

Pakistan was meant to be a model, an example for other nations to emulate. It was founded after World War II, as the sun was set...

June 5, 2014 | Jonathan Kay

The Murder Of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar Symbolizes Pakistan’s Descent Into Self-Annihilation

Tomorrow, Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar — the Canadian/American doctor who was assassinated last month in front of his wife and child, while he was performing a humanitarian mission in Pakistan &mdas...

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...

March 11, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani al Qaeda ‘Company’ Commander Praises Mumbai Attacker

Asmatullah Muawiya, a Pakistani terrorist who serves as one of several al Qaeda "company" commanders, praised two terrorists who were behind some of the largest attacks in India and who were rece...

January 7, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Strike Again in South Waziristan

The US again launched airstrikes in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan today, killing 17 people. The drone attack is the fourth this year, and the first since th...

July 16, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

July 2, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Leader for Kunar in Airstrike

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed the leader of the al Qaeda-linked, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, or Army of the Pure, during an airstrike yesterday in the remote eastern p...

April 3, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Offers $10 Million Bounty for Capture of Lashkar-e-Taiba Chief Hafiz Saeed

The US government has offered a $10 million bounty for the capture of Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the founder of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, or Army of the Pure. A lesser reward of $2 million i...

January 12, 2012 | Clifford D. May

Muslims Attacked!

It’s funny, in an Orwellian way, that in Europe there are now militant groups with such cutesy names as Sharia4Belgium and Sharia4Holland. Less funny, but perhaps more Orwellian, is this: L...

June 13, 2011 | Middle East Times

Will Yousaf Raza Gilani change Pakistan?

Perhaps the most notable aspect of Yousaf Raza Gilani's conduct upon his ascension as Pakistan's new prime minister has been his lack of apparent vitriol toward President Pervez Musharr...

January 13, 2011 | Scripps Howard News Service

The War Against the Christians

Imagine if Muslims in Europe were being arrested for nothing more than peacefully practicing their religion. Imagine if Muslims in South America were being sentenced to death for “insulting...

September 1, 2010 | The Long War Journal

US Treasury Sanctions Pakistani Taliban, Top Two Leaders

The US Treasury Department has targeted three senior leaders of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Lashkar-e-Taiba by designating them as global terrorists. The two terror groups receive...

July 9, 2010 | Sasha Eckstein The Long War Journal

Suicide bomber kills 56 in northwestern Pakistan

A Taliban suicide bomber killed 56 people and wounded more than 100 in an attack on a government official's office in northwestern Pakistan. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan...

May 28, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

70 killed in terror assault on Lahore mosques

The Punjabi Taliban have taken credit for storming two mosques in Lahore and murdering more than 70 Pakistanis who belonged to a sect of Islam banned by the Pakistani government. Two squ...

May 24, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistan hits Taliban in Arakzai

The Pakistani military pounded Taliban positions Sunday during the latest round of fighting in the lawless tribal agency of Arakzai. Pakistani Air Force attack aircraft and Army helicopt...

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...

April 30, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Former ISI officer executed in northwestern Pakistan

A former officer in Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency who has close links to terror groups has been found dead, apparently executed by a Taliban-linked group. A group ca...

April 17, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Top al Qaeda leader linked to 5 Americans on trial in Pakistan

Pakistani prosecutors claim that five Americans currently on trial for attempting to join al Qaeda were in contact with a top leader of the terror group. The five Americans are said to h...