New Docs Reveal Osama bin Laden’s Secret Ties With Iran
This week, prosecutors in New York introduced eight documents recovered in Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan as evidence in the trial of a terrorism suspect. The U.S. government accuse...
Zabul
Al Qaeda In Afghanistan And Pakistan: An Enduring Threat
Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the enduring threat posed by al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is wide...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda In Afghanistan And Pakistan: An Enduring Threat
Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the enduring threat posed by al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is wide...
Legislative Testimonies
IMU Lauds Another German Killed in US Drone Strike
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan released martyrdom tape today praising a German member who was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan over a year ago. The German, who was identified as Samir...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
ISAF Launches 2 Raids Targeting al Qaeda-Linked Commanders
Yesterday the International Security Assistance Force conducted two raids targeting insurgent leaders with ties to al Qaeda inside Afghanistan. In the Watahpur district in Kunar province...
Op-eds
US Adds Haqqani Network Suicide Operations Chief to List of Global Terrorists
Today the US State Department added the Haqqani Network's chief of suicide operations to the list of Specially Designated Gl...
Op-eds
Senior Haqqani Network Leader Again Calls on Turks, Kurds to Wage Jihad in Afghanistan
Mullah Sangeen Zadran, a senior Haqqani Network leader who is on the US's list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists for supporting al Qaeda and who holds a captured a US soldier in Afgh...
Op-eds
‘Foreign Militants’ Still Present in Ghazni
Just days after al Qaeda released a video of its fighters conducting operations in Ghazni, Afghan officials said that "foreign militants" are continuing to flood the southeastern province....
Op-eds
Female Suicide Bomber From Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin Strikes in Kabul
Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) has claimed credit for a suicide attack in Kabul today that targeted foreigns and was executed by a female. At least 12 people, mostly foreign workers, were killed i...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda ‘Weapons Expert’ Killed in Eastern Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed an al Qaeda "weapons expert" during an operation in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika several days ago. The raid is the 19th that has be...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda ‘Facilitator’ Killed in Kunar Airstrike
An al Qaeda facilitator was among several jihadist leaders killed in three separate airstrikes on Saturday in the terrorist haven of Kunar province in northeastern Afghanistan. Asadullah...
Op-eds
ISAF Targets al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commanders in Ghazni Raids
In separate raids over the past several days, Coalition and Afghan security forces targeted two Taliban leaders linked to al Qaeda in the southeastern province of Ghazni. One of the commanders, w...
Op-eds
US Adds Haqqani Network to List of Terror Groups
The US Department of State announced that the Haqqani Network, a terror group linked to the Taliban, al Qaeda, and Pakistan's military and intelligence services, has been added to the list o...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data
Data last updated on Oct. 16, 2012 I. Introduction II. Data Summary...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Releases Biography of Slain Senior Leader
The 21st, and latest, online edition of al Qaeda's "Vanguards of Khorasan" magazine contains a biography of slain al Qaeda leader Atiyah Abd al Rahman. According to a translation provided by...
Op-eds
ISAF Kills, Captures al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commanders in East
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured an al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander in Ghazni and killed another in Kunar during raids over the past 24 hours. Both commanders were target...
Op-eds
Afghan Intel Kills 5 Members of Haqqani Network Suicide Cell in Kabul
The National Directorate of Security killed five members of the al Qaeda and Pakistan-linked Haqqani Network during a raid in the capital that targeted a suicide assault cell. The NDS has linked...
Op-eds
Taliban Deny Media Report That They Seek Split with al Qaeda
The Afghan Taliban's official spokesman issued a statement rejecting a media report that the group seeks to sever ties with al Qaeda. Zabihullah Mujahid, the official spokesman for...