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January 30, 2023 | Bill Roggio |

Kabul Attack Network commander brags about suicide assaults in TV interview

A co-leader of what the U.S. military called the Kabul Attack Network appeared on Afghan television and bragged about his role in killing thousands of Afghans and hundreds of U.S. and Coalition personnel...

January 30, 2023 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistani Taliban kills scores in mosque bombing in Peshawar

A Taliban suicide bomber killed scores of civilians and policemen in an attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (TTP) denied any role in the attack,...

October 3, 2022 | Bill Roggio, Caleb Weiss

U.S. military kills wanted Shabaab leader in airstrike in Somalia

The U.S. military killed a senior Shabaab leader in an airstrike in a terrorist haven in southern Somalia on Oct. 1. Abdullahi Yare, the Shabaab commander who was killed, had a $3 million reward out for...

September 29, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Women Burning Their Hijabs Want the Iranian Regime to Fall. Does Joe Biden?

The White House is still ardently seeking a nuclear deal that will enrich the men murdering women in the streets.

September 19, 2022 | Bill Roggio |

U.S. frees Taliban narcotics kingpin in exchange for Navy veteran

The Taliban released Mark Frerichs, an American veteran who had been held hostage since early 2020, in exchange for Haji Bashir Noorzai, a convicted Taliban drug kingpin who was serving a life sentence...

July 19, 2022 | Bill Roggio |

Ayman al Zawahiri is alive; Taliban and Al Qaeda “remain close,” UN reports

Ayman al Zawahiri, the head of Al Qaeda who served as Osama bin Laden’d deputy on 9/11, “is confirmed to be alive” and is “communicating freely,” according to a report from the United Nations’...

February 3, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran regime’s ‘Death to America’ wrestling head cancels match with US team after visa denial

Iranian wrestler Alireza Dabir won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Olympics

January 30, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal, Ben Evansky

Is the Biden administration seeking to rejoin controversial UN agency accused of aiding Iran and North Korea?

UNIDO has been accused of helping U.S enemies

January 6, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran wrestling chief, US green card holder, calls for a violent ‘Death to America’

Dabir's statement comes a year after a former Iranian wrestling champion was executed for protesting corruption in the country

August 30, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Osama bin Laden’s security chief triumphantly returns to hometown in Afghanistan

The man who served as Osama bin Laden’s security chief at the battle of Tora Bora triumphantly returned to his home in eastern Afghanistan today, less than two weeks after the country fell to the Taliban....

August 18, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

After fall of Kabul, resistance to Taliban emerges in Panjshir

The Taliban’s lightning offensive, which began immediately after President Joe Biden’s announcement of withdrawal on April 14, 2021, has resulted in a near total takeover of Afghanistan. However, resistance...

August 14, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban encircling Afghan capital Kabul, prepping final assault through east

The Taliban’s seemingly unstoppable offensive, which has seen the group take control of more than half of Afghanistan’s provinces in only nine days, is circling around the country’s capital and largest...

August 12, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn, Bill Roggio

Ghazni City falls to the Taliban

Ghazni City, the capital of a southeastern Afghan province with the same name, is the tenth provincial capital to fall to the Taliban in one week. It is strategically important terrain for the jihadists,...

August 10, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Farah City, Pul-i-Khumri fall to the Taliban

The Taliban’s all-out assault in northern and western Afghanistan resulted Tuesday in control of two additional provincial capitals in Farah and Baghdad provinces. That marks eight provincial capitals...

August 10, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Former headquarters of Northern Alliance falls under Taliban control

The Taliban seized control of Badakhshan province and its capital city, Faizabad, on Tuesday. The northeastern province served as headquarters to the Northern Alliance prior to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan...

August 6, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban takes full control of Nimruz province, seizes capital

The Taliban took control of Zaranj, the capital of Nimruz province, without a fight. The western locale is the first provincial capital to fall under Taliban control since it launched its offensive across...

August 2, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban, Afghan forces battle for control of Helmand’s capital

After days of heavy fighting with Afghan security forces, the Taliban has entered Laskhar Gah, the capital of Helmand province. The city is in danger of falling to the Taliban. The Taliban is now battling...

July 7, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban assaults northern provincial capital

The Taliban entered Qala-i-Naw, the provincial capital of Badghis, stormed the city’s prison and freed inmates, and briefly seized control of the governor’s office and the police and National Directorate...

April 12, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban pushes Osama bin Laden truther conspiracy theories

The Taliban promoted two conspiracy theories related to Al Qaeda founder and its first emir, Osama bin Laden. The Taliban denied he was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. and questioned...

January 10, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran to execute 2nd wrestler, sparking outrage from US State Department

Execution of decorated wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini is imminent