Waziristan

September 11, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Ayman al Zawahiri promotes ‘Jerusalem Will Not Be Judaized’ campaign in new video

As Sahab, al Qaeda’s main propaganda arm, released a video featuring Ayman al Zawahiri earlier today. Although the hour-long production was disseminated on the 9/11 anniversary, it does not appear to...

September 24, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Afghan officials identify AQIS members killed in controversial Musa Qala raid

Afghan officials have publicly identified several of the Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) members who were killed during an operation in Helmand province earlier this week. The raid quickly...

September 16, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban supplies al Qaeda with explosives for attacks in major Afghan cities

The Taliban continues to work closely with al Qaeda’s branch in South Asia. Afghan Commandos and a unit from the National Directorate of Security raided a Taliban warehouse that was used to store explosives...

September 12, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban video highlights recent raids in Zabul

Taliban enter Mizan district center (captured at end of July 2019), tour it. Note motorcycle column. Looks to be over 100 fighters. Tour occurs in broad daylight. Fighters are on radios. No Afghan forces...

July 30, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban storms district headquarters in Zabul province

The Taliban overran Mizan district in the southern province of Zabul today. The district was under siege for more than one year before it fell, according to the Taliban.

October 1, 2018 | Thomas Joscelyn

Badness personified

Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead. The terror network he created lives on.

July 21, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Treasury designates 3 senior al Qaeda members in Iran

The Treasury Department announced today that three senior al Qaeda members have been added to the US...

November 9, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn

Not a Conspiracy

In May, the London Review of Books published a 10,000-word exposé by veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh on the killing of Osama bin Laden. It was widely read online, receiving...

November 19, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Gitmo ‘Poet’ Now Recruiting for Islamic State

An ex-Guantanamo detainee based in northern Pakistan is leading an effort to recruit jihadists for the Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that controls large portions of Iraq and Syria....

May 2, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Targets ‘Insurgent Leader’ Linked to Haqqanis, Pakistani Taliban, and ‘Arabs’

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted a "senior insurgent leader" with links to the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, the Haqqani Network, and "Arabs" operating in the easter...

April 25, 2013 | Clifford D. May |

Defense in the Age of Jihad

It starts with a clear-eyed recognition of the threat.

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...

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...

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...

March 7, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistani American Indicted for Supporting al Qaeda Suicide Bomber

A naturalized American citizen who is originally from Pakistan has been indicted by the US government for providing material support to a Maldivian suicide bomber who attacked a Pakistani intelli...

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...

February 6, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Prominent al Qaeda Leader Killed in Drone Strike in 2012

Al Qaeda announced the death of Abd el Kader Mahmoud Mohamed el Sayed, a longtime senior jihadist leader and military commander who was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan sometime in the spring...

January 28, 2013 | Patrick Megahan The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commander Targeted in Kunar Raid

The International Security Assistance Force reported yesterday that an operation targeting an...

January 24, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Adds Wanted Saudi al Qaeda Leader to Terrorism List

The US State Department has added a wanted Saudi citizen who serves as a senior al Qaeda leader and ideologue in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region to the list of Specially Designated Global terrori...

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...