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September 3, 2021 | Bill Roggio, Andrew Tobin

National Resistance Front repels multi-day Taliban assault on Panjshir

After weeks of fruitless negotiations between the Taliban’s political leadership and senior leaders of the National Resistance Front in Panjshir, the Taliban launched a multi-pronged attack on the Panjshir...

May 13, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Taliban Is Still the Main Driver of Violence in Afghanistan

Two recent attacks by ISIS only obscure that the Taliban is attacking the Afghan government daily.

March 10, 2020 | Bill Roggio |

Since agreement with U.S., Taliban has attacked Afghan forces in 27 of 34 provinces

The Taliban has launched attacks in against Afghan security forces in 27 of the country’s 34 provinces since it signed an agreement with the U.S. that facilitates the withdrawal of American troops. Many...

June 13, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Senior al Qaeda official praises Taliban’s ‘victory’ in Afghanistan

Asim Umar, a senior al Qaeda official, has released a lengthy statement praising the Taliban’s “victory” in Afghanistan. He claims that America’s “defeat” proves that its superior technology...

June 1, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Taliban leader claims US-led war effort ‘condemned to defeat’

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May 23, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

John Walker Lindh fought for al Qaeda’s pro-Taliban force

John Walker Lindh, an American who fought on the side of the jihadists in Afghanistan both before and after 9/11, was released from prison earlier today. In late 2001, Lindh and his fellow fighters surrendered...

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...

December 31, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal

Report: Islamist Terrorism Responsible for 40% of Journalists’ Deaths in 2015

Islamist-animated terrorism caused the largest number of journalists’ deaths in 2015, according to a Tuesday report from the Committee to Protect Journalists. Al-Qaida in the Arabi...

April 24, 2015 | |

Iran and Pakistan, A Cold Peace That Could Get Hot

Just how long Pakistan’s neutrality in Yemen conflict will last depends on two factors.

October 21, 2014 | Clifford D. May

“Homeland” Under Attack

Are the cast, crew and fans of “Homeland” -- Showtime’s television series about a brilliant but neurotic CIA agent – Islamophobes? That’s the implication of...

April 9, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 5 ISAF Personnel in Southeastern Afghanistan

The Taliban claimed credit for a suicide attack in southeastern Afghanistan today that killed three Coalition soldiers and two civilian personnel who worked for the Zabul Provincial Reconstructio...

March 26, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani Taliban Threaten Former President Musharraf with ‘Death Squad’

A Pakistani jihadist who escaped from prison during a Taliban jailbreak last spring appeared in a video in which he threatened to assassinate Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan wh...

November 9, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Hakeemullah Mehsud Threatens More Attacks in Pakistan

The leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan vowed to carry out more attacks on the Pakistani state and reiterated his pledge of fealty to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Hak...

November 9, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Beats Back Assault on Eastern Afghan Base

Coalition troops defeated a massed assault by the Haqqani Network and allied terror groups on a remote base near the border with Pakistan earlier today. Afghan officials claimed that more than 60...

September 15, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda’s Operations Chief for Pakistan Reported Killed in Predator Strike

A terrorist who US officials claimed is al Qaeda's operations chief for Pakistan is thought to have been killed in a recent Predator airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal ar...

September 14, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer Middle East Quarterly

Early Warnings Ignored

September 11: A Decade Later

June 14, 2011 | Weekly Standard

The Bombs of Dhamma: Pakistan’s pop-music scene

Singer-songwriter Imran Raza and guitarist Faraz Anwar hope to bring an unlikely revolution to Pakistan--one guided by Sufi-oriented music inspired by Led Zeppelin and Metallica. The country&#039...

June 13, 2011 | Weekly Standard

Shattered Hopes

As Pakistan's parliamentary elections approach, the PPP's future is uncertain.

June 23, 2010 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Times Square Bomber Discusses Taliban Ties at Plea Hearing

During a plea hearing in New York on Monday, Faisal Shahzad, who attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square on May 1, pled guilty to all of the charges levied against him and discussed his...

February 18, 2010 | The FAO Journal

Defeating Islamists at the Ballot

A dilemma for Washington is that whenever the United States pushes for elections in the Middle East and Muslim countries, Islamist parties often per-form well—better than liberal, nationali...