ISAF Kills ‘Several’ al Qaeda-Linked Fighters in Kunar Raid
The International Security Assistance Force announced today that "several" insurgents w...
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ISAF Kills Another al Qaeda Commander in Kunar Raid
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed another al Qaeda leader in the remote, Taliban-controlled province of Kunar during a raid last week. The International Security Assi...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jund al Khilafah Emir Killed in ‘Treacherous Raid’
Co-authored by Lisa Lundquist A Swiss jihadist who is known to have recruited and trained al Qaeda fighters and has been linked to top al Qaeda leaders has been killed in a "tre...
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IMU’s Leader for Kunduz Captured During Raid
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's top leader for the northern province of Kunduz, a major safe haven for the terror group....
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ISAF Kills IMU Leader in Afghan North
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces have killed yet another senior leader for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan who was involved in suicide operations during a raid in the northern Af...
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ISAF Targets IMU Leader in Afghan North
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces again targeted an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader in the north. Special operations forces have targeted the al Qaeda and Taliban-linked IMU in...
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Special Operations Forces Capture 2 IMU Leaders in Afghan North
Coailition and Afghan forces captured two leaders of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan who were involved in suicide operations during a raid several days ago in the northern Afgh...
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ISAF Targets al Qaeda Leader in Kunar
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted an al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in the remote northeastern province of Kunar yesterday, killing "numerous" insurgents. Yesterday's...
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ISAF Kills IMU, al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commanders in Airstrikes
Coalition forces killed several al Qaeda-linked Taliban leaders and an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander during airstrikes in two eastern Afghan provinces over the past two days....
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ISAF Kills al Qaeda’s 2nd in Command for Afghanistan
Al Qaeda's second in command for Afghanistan was killed in Sunday's airstrike in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunar, the Coalition reported. Sakhr al Taifi, a Saudi al Q...
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Bin Laden Docs Hint at Large al Qaeda Presence in Pakistan
Two of the 17 documents released by the US government from the large cache seized during the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound indicate that al Qaeda has a much larger footprint in Pakistan...
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Assessing Interpretations of the New Bin Laden Documents
The documents recovered from Abbottabad that were released on Thursday represent the largest new trove of i...
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Bin Laden Advised Relocation of Some Leaders to Afghan Provinces Due to Drone Strikes in Waziristan
Seven months before his death in a US special operations raid at his hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden instructed some of al Qaeda's leaders to relocate to provi...
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ISAF Captures IMU Facilitator in Wardak Province
Coalition and Afghan special operations teams captured an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator in the same district where 38 US and Afghan troops, including SEALs, were killed when their he...
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Special Operations Forces Kill Newly Appointed IMU Leader for Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed the newly appointed leader for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's forces in Afghanistan during a raid in the northwest...
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Are Jews Safe in Europe?
French authorities brought a recent dramatic standoff with a crazed gunman to an abrupt end when they shot him dead in a house in the southwestern town of Toulouse. Mohammed Merah, a 23-year-old...
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ISAF, Afghan Forces Kill Top IMU Commander in North
During a raid in northern Afghanistan yesterday, a combined Coalition and Afghan special operations force killed the most senior leader of the al Qaeda and Taliban-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbe...