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March 4, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Adds Mullah Nazir Group, Subcommander to Terrorism List

The US State Department has added the Mullah Nazir Group, a Taliban subgroup based in South Waziristan, and an important deputy commander to the list of foreign terrorist entities and individuals...

January 3, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

‘Good Taliban’ Leader Mullah Nazir Killed in US Drone Strike

The US killed a senior Taliban leader in one of three drone strikes that took place in the Pakistani tribal areas over the past 24 hours; he had identified himself as an al Qaeda leader and also...

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...

September 6, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Operative Killed in Kunar Airstrike

Coalition special operations forces killed yet another al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in a district that serves as a haven for the terror group in northeastern Afghanistan. Abu Saif and...

August 6, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Emir for Kunar, Deputy, and Facilitator Killed in Airstrikes

The Coalition confirmed that al Qaeda's leader for Kunar province and his deputy were killed in Friday's airstrike in the Watahpur district. Both al Qaeda leaders were Pakistani citizen...

March 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Leader Ilyas Kashmiri Spotted at Taliban Meeting

A senior al Qaeda leader who is one of the terror group's most dangerous military commanders and strategists, and who was reportedly killed in a drone strike last June, has been spotted at a...

March 9, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Leader Ilyas Kashmiri Spotted at Taliban Meeting

A senior al Qaeda leader who is one of the terror group's most dangerous military commanders and strategists, and who was reportedly killed in a drone strike last June, has been spotted at a...

February 29, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Jundallah kills 18 Shia travelers in northern Pakistan

An al Qaeda and Taliban-linked terror group known as Jundallah claimed credit for murdering 18 Shias who were traveling on a bus in a relatively quiet area of northern Pakistan. In the past, the...

August 31, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Five killed in al Qaeda safe house strike in South Waziristan

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August 28, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Fighting intensifies in Pakistan’s Northwest

The security situation in northwestern Pakistan continued to deteriorate as Taliban and government forces clashed in South Waziristan and Bajaur. The Taliban also conducted a successful attack on...

August 20, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda safe house targeted in South Waziristan strike

Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the tribal areas. Map from PBS' Frontline. Click to view. An attack on an al Qaeda safe house in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of South...

August 13, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Cross-border strike targets one of the Taliban’s 157 training camps in Pakistan’s northwest

Hangu is the latest district to fall under Taliban control. The government signed peace agreements in the red agencies/ districts; purple districts are under de facto Taliban control;...

August 12, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda’s commander in Afghanistan rumored killed in Pakistan

Mustafa Abu Yazid on As Sahab, al Qaeda's propaganda arm. . Unconfirmed reports from Pakistan indicate that Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda's commander in Afghanistan,...

July 28, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Six killed in strike in South Waziristan

Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the tribal areas. Map from PBS' Frontline. Click to view. Three foreign terrorist are among six killed in a targeted strike in Pakistan's...

July 11, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

“More than 100 terror camps” in operation in northwestern Pakistan

Al Qaeda continues to grow its network and expand its capabilities in northwestern Pakistan, US military and intelligence officials told The Long War Journal. The peace agreements have gi...