A Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami spokesman said that Kashmiri, one of al Qaeda’s top military commanders, was killed in yesterday’s attack in Wana. His death is a major blow to the terror group.
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Al Qaeda released a propaganda videotape that included statements from Ayman al Zawahiri, Abu Yahya al Libi, Attiya Allah, and Adam Gadahn. The al Qaeda leaders called for Muslim worldwide to wage jihad in their home countries.
US Predators killed five “militants” in an airstrike in South Waziristan. Hundreds of Taliban fighters attacked another outpost in Upper Dir. Four people were wounded in an IED attack in Khyber.
Security forces killed three Lashkar-e-Taiba fighters during a 12-hour-long firefight in Sopore. Abdullah Babu, a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, was among those killed.
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Uruzgan, Kandahar, Zabul, Ghazni, Khost, Wardak, Nangarhar, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south, and killed a police chief and kidnapped a member of the provincial council in Bamyan.
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The attack took place in Wana, an area controlled by Taliban and al Qaeda commander Mullah Nazir. Ilyas Kashmiri was among those killed.
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Seventeen people were killed and more than 50 were wounded outside a mosque in Tikrit that is visited by government officials. Two provincial councilors and a senior police officer were wounded in the attack.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters are reported to have taken control of the Maqateen seaport in Abyan province. AQAP is said to be in control of the cities of Zinjibar in Abyan and Azzam in Shabwa.
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