Algeria is hosting a meeting of seven Maghreb countries in Algiers with the aim to “implement a collective strategy” in halting Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s illicit activities in the Sahara and Sahel. Additionally, they want to share information in the fight against transnational drug cartels that transport drugs through their countries. Due to […]
Report: Pakistan’s nuke materials at greatest risk
Nine people were killed in mortar and IED attacks in Mogadishu. Somalia’s top military commander said his forces are ready to launch the long-awaited offensive to oust Shabaab from the capital. Somali pirates hijacked a cargo ship near Seychelles.
The arrest of a fourth suspect in Pakistan in connection with the foiled New York City terror plot has revealed some unsettling details about Najibullah Zazi’s plan to attack the city’s transit system. Authorities have been tight-lipped about the Pakistani man who, according to officials, “may not ultimately be charged in connection with the plot,” […]
Shabaab fighters crossed the border from Somalia and attacked Kenyan troops stationed at Liboi with assault rifles and grenades. Kenyan troops repelled the attack and pursued Shabaab fighters across the border.
General Stanley McChrystal frustrated by Nato™s civilian death toll
200,000 civilians flee Pakistan military offensive
Forty-one Taliban fighters and two Frontier Corps troops were killed in fighting in Arakzai. A US airstrike killed five Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. Six people were killed during clashes in Abbotabad over the renaming of the Northwest Frontier Province.
The father of radical al Qaeda cleric Anwar al Awlaki said his son “will cease his statements and speeches against” the US if he is removed from a list of targeted terrorists. Yemen said it is searching for Awlaki but has not been given information on his activities. The chief of the Awlaki tribe denied […]
A suicide bomber killed a policeman and a civilian in Mosul. Two soldiers were killed in a car bombing in Abu Ghraib. Security forces detained seven al Qaeda fighters in Kirkuk, and seven wanted men in Basrah and five more near Mosul. Prime Minister Maliki denied reports that his party had formed a coalition with […]
The strike is the first in 13 days. A compound run by a local Taliban commander was hit in the attack.
Algerians shake off insurgents’ stranglehold of fear
Karzai unhinged?
Afghanistan – ‘No collusion’ between Taliban and aid hospital
Could terrorists get hold of a nuclear bomb?
Italians ‘confess’ to murder plot in Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia: Calls to criminalize takfiri fatwas
Saudi Arabia – Government warns of al Qaeda elements disguising themselves as journalists
Iran unveils first home-made anti-aircraft missile
General praises Afghan commandos™ capabilities
ISAF troops accidentally killed four Afghan civilians in an escalation of force incident in Kandahar. A suicide assault team was defeated while attacking an intelligence headquarters in Kandahar; two bombers were killed and another was captured. Security forces detained a Haqqani Network IED facilitator and a Taliban IED facilitator and an undisclosed number of fighters […]
More than 419 Taliban fighters and only eight soldiers have been reported killed during clashes in Arakzai since mid-March.
Iran’s envoy to the IAEA questioned the objectivity of the nuclear watchdog. US Secretary of Defense Gates said Iran has not yet assembled a nuclear weapon but that it would be difficult to verify. Russia’s president said he would not support sanctions that target Iran’s oil exports.
The Long War Journal has received a compliment from one of the most unlikely sources. General (Retired) Mirza Aslam Beg, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff from 1988-1991, said that the depiction of the Taliban provided by The Long War Journal is spot on. Here is what General Beg had to say in his column, which […]
India terror cells widen funding net
Afghanistan – A leader under siege speaks his mind
Russia blamed for fueling unrest in Kyrgyzstan
Agenda of nuclear talks leaves out a new threat
Security forces killed Taliban fighters in Arakzai. “Gunmen” killed two policemen in Mardan; one policeman’s throat was slit. Investigators believe one of the three terrorists killed during the assault on the US Consulate in Peshawar was a Yemeni member of al Qaeda.
Threat to Pak N-arsenal leaves India worried