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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 13, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Taliban Praise Slain American, British Jihadists

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan recently released a video of so-called "martyrs" that includes two previously unknown jihadists from the United States and Britain. The two dead Western ji...

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 14, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Uzbek Terror Group Kills 14 Pakistani Soldiers in North Waziristan

An Uzbek group that calls itself the "Mujahideen Ansar" claimed credit for today's roadside bomb attack on a Pakistani military convoy in North Waziristan that killed 14 soldiers. The attack...

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 28, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Strike in Pakistan’s Shawal Valley

The US launched another drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today. Five "militants" are said to have been killed in the latest strike in an area k...

December 21, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

‘Foreigners’ Reported Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan

The US launched its first airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agencies in 11 days, killing four "militants," possibly inkling some foreigners. The remotely-piloted Pre...

December 10, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Religious Leader Thought Killed in US Drone Strike

A Kuwaiti who was a prominent member of al Qaeda's religious committee is thought to have been killed in a recent US drone strike in Pakistan's tribal areas. Two "contemporarie...

December 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drone Strike Kills Another al Qaeda Commander in North Waziristan

The US killed another al Qaeda commander in a drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today. The remotely-piloted Predators or the more deadl...

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 29, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill 3 ‘Militants’ in 1st Strike in Pakistan in More Than a Month

The US killed three "militants," including "foreigners," in the first drone strike recorded in Pakistan in more than a month. The remotely piloted Predators or the more heavily armed Rea...

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 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...

October 24, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill 4 ‘Militants,’ 1 Civilian in North Waziristan Strike

US drones killed four "militants" and one civilian in a strike today on a compound in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Pakistani officials...

October 1, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill 3 ‘Rebels’ in Mir Ali Strike

The US killed three "rebels" in a drone strike on a vehicle in the Mir Ali Area of the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The remotely piloted Predators or the more ad...

September 24, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill 3 ‘Militants’ in Datta Khel

US drones killed three "militants" in an area of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan that is known to serve as a haven for al Qaeda. The strike is the first in Pa...

November 28, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

IMU Cleric Urges Pakistanis to Continue Sheltering Jihadis in Waziristan

A top ideologue for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan urged Pakistanis living in Waziristan to continue to shelter jihadists, and said the Pakistani state has done the most damage to terror grou...

September 29, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Adds 5 al Qaeda, Taliban, Haqqani Network, and IMU Facilitators to Terrorist List

Today the US Treasury Department has designated as global terrorists five men based in Afghanistan and Pakistan who are linked to al Qaeda as well as to various other terror groups, including the...

April 23, 2007 |

Spinning the Fighting in South Waziristan

THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT has entered into two agreements in the past seven months that promise to destabilize Afghanistan and provide a haven for terrorists to plan and train for catastrophic att...