ISAF captures IMU leader in Kunduz
Special operations forces have targeted two different IMU leaders in the Imam Sahib district over the past three days.
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Taliban announce start of Al Farooq spring offensive
The “Al Farooq Jihadi spring operation” offensive will begin on May 3, and will target foreign and Afghan security forces, Afghan political and government officials, the Afghan High Peace Council, and anti-Taliban militias.
Taliban launch suicide assault in Kabul following Obama’s departure
Five Taliban fighters and five civilians were killed in the assault on a civilian compound in the Afghan capital. The attack took place just hours after President Obama reiterated that the US seeks a negotiated settlement with the Taliban to end the war.
Afghan intel confirms death of senior Afghan Taliban leader, possibly 25 others
The NDS chief confirmed that the Taliban executed Maluvi Mohammad Ismail, the former Deputy Military Council Chairman for the Quetta Shura. Twenty-five other senior Afghan Taliban leaders may also have been executed in Quetta, Pakistan for defying orders not to engage in talks with the Afghan government.
Shabaab suicide bomber kills 3 members of Somali parliament
The al Qaeda affiliate has executed 10 suicide attacks in Somalia already this year.
AQAP confirms commander linked to Osama bin Laden killed in drone strike
Mohammed Saeed al Umda, who was killed in the April 22 airstrike in Marib, served as a member of Osama bin Laden’s “special bodyguard” before returning to Yemen to become a military commander.
Al Nusrah Front claims credit for suicide bombing in Damascus
The suicide attack killed 11 people. The Syrian resistance has claimed that the attack was executed by the country’s security forces.
German jihadist killed by US in March drone strike
Samir H., a known “Islamist” from Aachen, is said to have been killed in the March 9 strike in Makeen in South Waziristan.
US drone strike kills 4 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan
The strike is the first in Pakistan in a month. Foreign fighters, likely Arabs and members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, were reported to have been targeted.
Taliban attacks kill 12 Afghan policemen
In the east, 10 members of the Afghan Local Police were killed in an IED attack, while in the south, two policemen were killed in a failed assassination attempt against Kandahar’s governor.
Taliban website hacked for 3rd time in a year
The Taliban’s leading website has been ‘infiltrated’ for the third time in less than a year by unknown cyber-assailants. The Taliban have yet to comment on the disruption to their El Emara website.
ISAF captures IMU facilitator in Wardak province
The raid took place in the Sayyidabad district, where on Aug. 6, 2011 the Taliban shot down a US Army Chinook helicopter and killed 28 US and Afghan special operations forces, including 17 Navy SEALs.
Egyptian jihadist killed in recent US Predator strike in Yemen
Abu Musab al Masri was killed in the April 16 strike in Shabwa province. He was detained by Egypt for attempting to wage jihad in iraq but was released.
ISAF targets Haqqani Network commander linked to IMU
The senior Haqqani Network facilitator is linked to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s leadership cadre in Pakistan and provides support for attacks in Kabul.
AQAP commander thought killed in US drone strike
Mohammed Saeed al Umda (also known as Ghareeb al Taizi), who trained at al Qaeda’s Al Farouq camp in Afghanistan and has been listed as the fourth-most-wanted man in Yemen, is believed to be dead. A second strike killed three AQAP fighters in the south.
Death of al Qaeda Shura member confirmed by widow
Abu Miqdad al Masri’s widow confirmed his death as well as the deaths of two of their sons in a US drone strike in Darpa Danda Khel in North Waziristan on Oct. 14, 2011. The strike took place one day after senior Haqqani Network leader Jan Baz Zadran was killed in the same town.
Taliban, Haqqani factions attack tribal rivals in North Waziristan; 10 dead
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens injured after hundreds of Taliban fighters loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadur and Sirajuddin Haqqani clashed with local anti-Taliban tribesmen in the Shawa area of North Waziristan.
ISAF targets IMU commander linked to Kabul suicide plots
Coalition and Afghan forces have conducted seven raids against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan this month.
Afghan intelligence seizes 11 tons of explosives, thwarts additional terror plots
Afghan intelligence officials announced the interdiction of 11 tons of potassium chlorate, a high-powered explosive, and arrested 12 Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in separate raids.
2 Uighur Gitmo detainees transferred to El Salvador
One of the Uighur detainees transferred to El Salvador was deemed a “high” risk by US officials because of his alleged ties to senior al Qaeda operatives.
Taliban release photos, videos of Kabul suicide teams
Afghan and US officials have accused the Haqqani Network of executing the April 15 assaults in Kabul and the provincial capitals of Paktia, Logar, and Nangarhar.
Ex-Gitmo detainee delivers ransom demands for kidnapped Saudi
An ex-Gitmo detainee phoned Saudi authorities with the ransom demands for a kidnapped Saudi diplomat. The Saudi official was kidnapped by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in southern Yemen.
Sudanese al Qaeda fighter killed in Yemen
Bara’a Muhammad Salim al Sudani is said to have fought in Pakistan under al Qaeda military leader Abu Laith al Libi before joining al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
US Predators strike again in southern Yemen
Five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in an attack in Shabwa province. The strike is the fourth in Yemen this month.
Taliban launch coordinated attacks in Kabul and 3 provinces
Suicide bombers and assault teams struck in the capital and in Nangarhar, Paktia, and Logar.
Pakistani Taliban assault prison, free nearly 400 inmates
Among those freed is a former Pakistani Air Force member who was associated with Amjad Farooqi, the Pakistani jihadi who attempted to assassinate Pervez Musharraf at the behest of al Qaeda.
US drones kill 21 AQAP fighters in separate strikes in southern Yemen
Seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in a strike in Baydah today, and 14 more were killed in a strike in Lawdar on April 11.
IMU facilitator killed during night raid in Afghan north
Ammar Sahib, an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator, was in Afghan custody in 2006 for murdering two members of a Provincial Reconstruction Team and two civilians, but spent only six months in jail before being released.
Senior al Qaeda ideologue leaves Iran for Mauritania
Abu Hafs al Mauritani, a senior al Qaeda ideologue, has reportedly returned to his home country in West Africa from Iran, where he had lived since late 2001. The exact circumstances of his return remain unclear.
US to conduct its last ‘clearing’ operation of the Afghan war
Nearing a significant milestone, elements of the 82nd Airborne Division will soon start to conduct the US military’s last major ‘clearing’ operation of the Afghan war.