January | 2008 | FDD's Long War Journal

US and Afghan forces killed 20 Taliban and wounded 10 as the fighters cross the border from Pakistan to attack US and Afghan forces in Kunar province. Taliban attacks in Helmand, Kandahar, and Zabul provinces claimed 12 lives. The Taliban assassinated the provincial head of Afghanistan’s National Reconciliation Commission in Zabul.

Pakistan

Bill Roggio | January 20, 2008

Police arrested a 15-year-old boy who admitted to being part of a backup team to attack Benzair Bhutto. A director of the Pakistan’s Intelligence Bureau was murdered in Mohmand agency. Pakistani troops targeted Taliban bunker in Swat.

Somalia

Bill Roggio | January 20, 2008

The Transitional Federal Government has moved from Baidoa to Mogadishu. A force of 200 troops from Burundi has arrived in Mogadishu. Seven soldiers and civilians were wounded in an IED attack.

Iraq

Bill Roggio | January 20, 2008

The Iraqi defense ministry said 272 members of the Soldiers of Heaven were killed, wounded, or captured during recent clashes in Basrah and Nasiriyah. Iraqi security force killed 14 insurgents and captured 60 in Baghdad. Coalition forces detained 10 al Qaeda operatives during a raid in Al Ali village in the northern Diyala. Coalition forces […]

Coalition airstrikes pound al Qaeda in Iraq positions in southern Arab Jabour

Bill Roggio | January 20, 2008

As part of Operation Marne Thunderbolt, US forces conduct the second round of major airstrikes against al Qaeda infrastructure in the southern Arab Jabour region.

In Pictures: The Islamic Courts’ Leaders

Bill Roggio | January 20, 2008

A look at the senior and influential leaders in Somalia’s Islamic Courts and Shabaab.

Pakistan

Bill Roggio | January 20, 2008

Teen ‘Bhutto assassin’ arrested

Pakistan

Bill Roggio | January 20, 2008

Sense of insecurity looms in Peshawar due to suicide bombings

Pakistan

Bill Roggio | January 19, 2008

The Pakistani military retook the fort at Saklatoi and battled the Taliban in Chagmalai in South Waziristan; the military claimed 10 Taliban were killed and 40 captured. Soldiers captured 12 Taliban in Swat; a Saudi was reported to be among them. Police arrested five for plotting suicide attacks against Shia in Peshawar. Pakistan will transfer […]

Pakistani Army retakes South Waziristan fort

Bill Roggio | January 19, 2008

Army launches assault on Saklatoi; heavy fighting reported in Chagmalai. An estimated 18 Taliban were killed and 40 captured. The Pakistani military is reported to be preparing for an offensive in South Waziristan.

Europe

Bill Roggio | January 19, 2008

Spanish police arrested 14 South Asians for plotting attacks in Barcelona. Twelve Pakistanis and two Indians were arrested during the police raids. Police found explosives and bomb-making materials during the raids.

Afghanistan

Bill Roggio | January 19, 2008

General David McKiernan has been named the new commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. The US will deploy 500 MRAPs to Afghanistan. A Taliban leader and four fighters were captured in Zabul province. The Taliban claimed it shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle in central Afghanistan.

Iraq

Bill Roggio | January 19, 2008

Ninety-seven civilians, security forces, and terrorists were killed and 217 wounded in the Soldiers of Heaven attacks Basrah; 29 were killed and 57 wounded in Nasiriyah. Police arrested 26 Soldiers of Heaven members in Babil province. Seven Iraqis were killed and 17 wounded in a Katyusha rocket attack in Tal Afar. The Mahdi Army may […]

Thailand

Bill Roggio | January 19, 2008

An Army public affairs officer said the Muslim insurgency is “on the downtrend and have lost their chance to fight with the authorities.” The director of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center said the number of security forces in the villages in Narathiwat province would be boosted. The nephew of the Pattani Islamic Committee chief […]