Senior Shabaab leaders rumored killed in blast
Unconfirmed reports claim that Ahmad Godane Abu Zubayr, Shabaab’s spiritual leader and Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, a top commander, were killed in a massive blast in Afgoye.
Unconfirmed reports claim that Ahmad Godane Abu Zubayr, Shabaab’s spiritual leader and Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, a top commander, were killed in a massive blast in Afgoye.
General Allen, the ISAF commander, provided some additional insight into the US military’s likely role in Afghanistan after 2014.
The raid took place in the Khogyani district in Nangarhar, which in the past has served as a haven for a variety of terror groups, including Lashkar-e-Taiba, Laskar-e-Islam, the Haqqani Network, and al Qaeda.
Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadar said his “patience” with the government is in danger of ending as US airstrikes are killing people in North Waziristan.
Moezeddine Garsallaoui, a Swiss citizen originally from Tunisia who is now thought to be a senior al Qaeda operative in North Waziristan, said the elections are a Western trick designed to usurp the establishment of a global caliphate.
Rawil Kusaynuv, the emir of the Zahir Baibars Battalion, a unit in the Jund al Khilafah, said there are several battalions operating in Afghanistan.
Afghan officials claimed that 60 to 70 Haqqani Network and foreign fighters were killed during fighting at Combat Outpost Margah in Paktika province.
The leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan also reiterated his loyalty to Afghan Taliban emir Mullah Omar.
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan said that Abu Bakr al Almani, a previously unknown jihadist, was killed during battle.
The Taliban claimed credit for the attack, which killed seven Afghan policemen, including a commander.
The al Qaeda-linked terror group attacked security headquarters, churches, and mosques in coordinated attacks in two northern states. The terror group deployed suicide bombers during the attacks.
The “senior Haqqani official” is linked to al Qaeda and “directly supports insurgent activity in Kabul province.”
The fighters are said to be loyal to Jan Baz Zadran, the senior Haqqani Network leader who was killed in a Predator strike three weeks ago.
Two Afghan guards were killed while defending a logistics base near an ISAF base in Herat province.
A DC district court released its opinion denying Guantanamo detainee Bostan Karim’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Karim led an IED cell that targeted Americans, and several other members of his network were detained at Guantanamo.
Haji Mali Khan, who is currently in US custody, is the sixth senior Haqqani Network leader added to the list of specially designated global terrorists.
The US has carried out five strikes in the past six days. Mir Ali is a known haven for al Qaeda and a host of terror groups based in Pakistan’s tribal agency of North Waziristan.
A four-man suicide assault team hit the United Nations Refugee Agency in Kandahar city. The attack is the second of its kind in the city in five days.
Afghanistan and India have signed a strategic partnership agreement that calls for economic aid and assistance with training security forces.
The attack in North Waziristan is the fourth in Pakistan’s tribal areas in five days.
Shabaab released an audiotape from Cabdi Salaam al Muhajir, who they claimed is an American citizen. Al Muhajir is one of two suicide bombers who attacked an African Union base in Mogadishu.
A suicide bomber flipped an up-armored Rhino in the capital; the Taliban claimed credit for the attack. Three Australian soldiers were killed in Kandahar, and a female suicide bomber attacked Afghan intelligence officials in Kunar.
Taj Gul Mehsud, a deputy of Hakeemullah Mehsud, may have been killed in a previously unreported strike on Oct. 26 in South Waziristan.
Abu Miqdad al Masri and Abd al Rahman al Yemeni both were involved in al Qaeda’s external operations. Al Masri was also a member of al Qaeda’s Shura Majlis.
The strike took place in the same village in the Mir Ali area where a senior al Qaeda leader was killed six weeks ago.
Hazrat Omar, the brother of “good Taliban” leader Mullah Nazir, was one of those killed. Omar was Nazir’s operational commander for Afghanistan.
In a new AQAP periodical released by the recently formed Madad News Agency, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said their emir “is very well.”
The Taliban again called for the release of ‘Lady al Qaeda’ Aafia Siddiqui. The hostages may be managed by Moezeddine Garsallaoui, a Swiss citizen who is a senior al Qaeda leader in North Waziristan.
The attack took place in Parwan and is the second in the province in two months. The interior minister was not in the convoy.
A group of jihadists based in the Afghan-Pakistan region issued a videotape to their “brothers” in the Islamic Caucasus Emirate and their emir, Doku Umarov.