Afghanistan
Frustrated Afghans wonder who is in charge amid cabinet delays and Taliban attacks
Author Archives: Lisa Lundquist
Iraq
US advisers in Iraq stay out of combat but see fighting edging closer
United States
The US and partner nations carried out 29 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and 23 in Iraq on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. US prosecutors asked that convicted al Qaeda-linked terrorist Abu Hamza be sentenced to life in prison. The Obama administration imposed sanctions on several North Korean officials and groups for a […]
Afghanistan
Limited options leave Afghan refugees reluctant to return home
Spain
Madrid’s Atocha train station reopens after false bomb alert
Turkey
Citing state secrets, a judge stopped a defendant from testifying about a visit to Turkey by Yasin al Qadi, an alleged al Qaeda financier who has been a guest of President Erdogan in recent years. Counterterrorism police arrested 14 people suspected of membership in a group linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party in Erzincan.
United Kingdom
Prosecutors disclosed that classified documents seized during the May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, will be used in the forthcoming US trial of Pakistan-born Abid Naseer, 28, who is accused of involvement in an al Qaeda plot to bomb targets in Manchester, New York, and Norway. A Bristol-area bus and […]
Islamic State
New Zealander thought to be fighting in Syria accidentally tweets locations
Afghanistan
Kabul Residents Fear of Growing Armed Groups
Afghanistan
Dostum says 20, 000 Special Force set to root out Taliban
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Pakistan work on ‘joint terrorist list’
Afghanistan
No More Excuse for Taliban to Continue War in Afghanistan: NDS
Iraq
Obama Envoy John Allen: No ‘Short-Term Solutions’ for Stopping Islamic State
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Husein Bosnic a.k.a. Bilal, a leader of the Salafists in Bosnia, was indicted for encouraging a number of citizens since 2013 to join the Islamic State. According to police, as many as 180 Bosnians, including women and children, have traveled to Syria for jihad over the past three years. Police also estimate that 150 citizens […]
Syria
Monitor: over 76,000 killed in Syria in 2014
Iraq
How the Air Campaign Against ISIS Grew
Iraq
Iraq violence killed 15,000 in 2014, worst in 7 years: govt
Al Nusrah Front
Report: Sleeper Cells to Stage Attacks on Vital Areas of Lebanon
Afghanistan
Bribery Frees a Drug Kingpin in Afghanistan, Where Cash Often Overrules Justice
Al Nusrah Front
Video purports to show 2 Italian women held by Syria captors
Afghanistan
Afghans take over full security charge, mortars kill 20 civilians
Iraq
Iraqis bicker over liberating Mosul
Boko Haram
With Schoolgirls Taken by Boko Haram Still Missing, US-Nigeria Ties Falter
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
At least 26 killed in Yemen suicide bombing: security official
Boko Haram
At least 6 killed by suicide bomb in bus in Nigeria’s Yobe state: witness
United States
The US and partner nations have conducted 14 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and 11 in Iraq since Dec. 30. The US has transferred five Guantanamo detainees to Kazakhstan. They are Asim Thabit Abdullah Al-Khalaqi, Muhammad Ali Husayn Khanayna, and Sabri Mohammad al Qurash, all Yemenis; and Adel Al-Hakeemy and Abdallah Bin Ali […]
Pakistan
Pakistan executes Musharraf death-plot convict
United Kingdom
West Midlands counterterrorism police arrested a north London woman at Luton airport as she arrived from Istanbul. She was detained on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offenses, as part of an ongoing investigation. An Afghan man who had worked as an interpreter for British forces in Afghanistan claimed that two of his colleagues were beheaded by […]
India
After a request from the antiterrorism squad in Mumbai, the government ordered that 32 websites be blocked for carrying Islamic State content that is “anti-India.” The Army estimated that some 160 terrorists are planning to infiltrate into Jammu & Kashmir.
Islamic State
Jordanian jihadist leader released after 80-day detention