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October 7, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Failures of Operation Enduring Freedom

The chief aim in late 2001 should have been the swift destruction of al-Qaeda. That didn’t happen.

May 16, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

UN sanctions Islamic State’s Khorasan province, as jihadists claim operations in Kashmir and Pakistan

The United Nations Security Council has added the Islamic State’s Wilayat Khorasan, or so-called Khorasan “province,” to its list of sanctioned terrorist groups. The UN’s description of the group...

March 5, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan has ‘full-fledged plan’ to take out terrorist groups, while denying their existence

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April 1, 2013 | Jonathan Kay National Post

What Pakistan Needs is a South Asian Anwar Sadat

Power is an addictive drug. And like all addictions, it can drive men to reckless, even suicidal risks. Of this, there is no better example than Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s Presid...

November 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Adds Pakistani Hawala, 2 Taliban Financiers to Terrorism List

The US Treasury Department added a Pakistani hawala, or money exchange, and two of its owners, to the lists of global terrorists and entities. Rahat Ltd., a Pakistan-based hawala, and it...

October 18, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Adds IMU Financier, Taliban IED Experts to Terror List

The US Treasury Department added an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan financier and two Taliban leaders and bomb experts to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Qari Ayyub Ba...

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 3, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Taliban Opens Office in Zahedan, Iran

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Iranian government is expanding its t...

July 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

‘We Will Carry Attacks on NATO Supplies with a New Spirit,’ Says Pakistani Taliban Spokesman

The top spokesman for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan vowed that his group would resume attacks on NATO's convoys to Afghanistan now that Pakistan has reopened the supply lines. Addi...

June 25, 2012 | The Long War Journal

Recent Taliban Attacks Show Increased Targeting of Civilians

By LWJ Staff Less than two days after a suspected Haqqani Network assault on a lakefront hotel near Kabul in which attackers executed Afghan civilians for allegedly "drinking al...

May 10, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Bin Laden Docs Hint at Large al Qaeda Presence in Pakistan

Two of the 17 documents released by the US government from the large cache seized during the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound indicate that al Qaeda has a much larger footprint in Pakistan...

January 12, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

The Stories Ex-Gitmo Detainees Tell

Ten years ago this week, the U.S. government opened the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention facility. And three years ago this month, shortly after his inauguration, President Barack Obama ordered Gua...

December 29, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Cannot Rely on Pakistan for Counterterrorism Operations

Co-authored by Chris Radin In CJ Radin's recent Threat Matrix...

October 17, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Blind Sheikh’s Son Killed in US Airstrike in Afghanistan

The son of the 'Blind Sheikh,' the spiritual leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group who is in a US jail for the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, was killed in a US airstrike in Afgh...

September 12, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Appeal Denied for HIG Facilitator Detained at Gitmo

On Tuesday, the DC Circuit Court affirmed a district court's decision to reject Guantanamo detainee Shawali Khan's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Khan's habeas petition was...

August 8, 2011 | |

The Hidden Hand

The Obama administration finally highlights Iran’s key role in supporting al Qaeda

June 22, 2011 | The Long War Journal

ISAF Captures ‘Foreign Fighter’ Facilitator in Southeastern Afghanistan

Coalition and Afghan special operation forces captured a facilitator who aided "foreign fighters" enter Afghanistan and fight alongside the Taliban. The Taliban facilitator, who was not...

May 18, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn Threat Matrix, The Long War Journal

The Gitmo Files: (Shocker!) Mullah Omar meets with Pakistan’s ISI

A recently leaked threat assessment authored at Guantanamo contains this piece of intelligence: As of February 2005, Mullah Satter attended a meeting with Mullah Mohammed...

May 16, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn

Reasonable Suspicion

 In reality, however, the answer to Musharraf’s question was not so straightforward. Whether motivated by an American threat or the billions of dollars it received in U.S. aid, Pakista...

March 17, 2011 | The Long War Journal

Afghan Peace Council Reportedly Seeks Talks with Taliban Commanders Held at Gitmo

In written testimony submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Mar. 15, General David Petraeus briefly outlined Afghanistan's efforts to reconcile some Taliban forces. The...