Taliban suicide bomber kills 9 in Hangu; 6 police killed in ambush in Khyber
The attacks are the latest in the Taliban’s renewed offensive in the central regions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the tribal agencies.
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Suicide bomber kills 10 Iraqis in Haditha
Eight Iraqi soldiers were among those killed in the latest suicide attack in Anbar province. Haditha was once a seat of power for al Qaeda in Iraq.
Punjabi Taliban, al Qaeda assassinate Pakistan’s Christian minorities minister
Shahbaz Bhatti was gunned down after leaving his mother’s home in Islamabad. He was killed for opposing Pakistan’s repressive blasphemy laws.
Awlaki’s emails to terror plotter show operational role
On Monday, a British Airways employee named Rajib Karim was convicted of plotting to blow up a US-bound airliner. While planning the attack, Rajib emailed back and forth with al Qaeda cleric Anwar al Awlaki. The emails reveal that Awlaki played a direct, operational role in Rajib’s plotting.
Taliban execute 4 tribesmen ‘spying for America’ in North Waziristan
“We killed them because they were spying for America, anyone who acts like this will face the same fate,” the Taliban statement read. The men were shot in the face multiple times.
HIG media emir’s capture leads to capture of 5 other commanders
Farid, the captured HIG media emir, was directly under the command of senior Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid.
Afghan intel links Jalalabad bank attack, other suicide attacks to Pakistan
The Taliban fighters involved in the Jalalabad bank attack spoke to their handlers over the phone during the operation.The NDS linked that and other suicide attacks to the Taliban in Pakistan.
Iraqi troops kill al Qaeda’s ‘war minister’ in Anbar: report
Iraq’s Interior Minister claimed that Nasser al Din Allah Abu Suleiman, the war minister for the Islamic State of Iraq, was killed during a raid in Anbar province.
Taliban torch NATO tankers, kill 4 drivers in Peshawar
More than 20 Taliban fighters attacked a convoy carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
US Predators kill 6 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan strike
The strike hit a car and a compound in the Datta Khel area, a known haven for al Qaeda and allied terrorist groups.
Judge finds Gitmo detainee was no ‘Gucci jihadist’
In an opinion released on Feb. 18, a DC district judge denied the habeas corpus petition of Guantanamo detainee Mashour Abdullah Muqbel al Sabri; the decision contradicts earlier district court rulings in important ways. Al Sabri’s career demonstrates that there was extensive overlap between Taliban and al Qaeda operations prior to Sept. 11, 2001.
Shabaab suicide attack kills 20 in Somali capital
The suicide bomber struck a police outpost near Mogadishu’s seaport. Six foreign fighters were reported to have been killed during clashes over the weekend.
Al Qaeda operative, ‘Punjabis’ thought killed in South Waziristan Predator strike
Pakistani officials claimed that Abu Zaid al Iraqi, al Qaeda’s financier in Pakistan, and “Punjabi” terrorists were killed in yesterday’s Predator strike in South Waziristan.
US Predators strike again in Pakistan, kill 9 ‘militants’
Predators hit a compound in the Miramshah area, which is under the control of the Haqqani Network. The strike is the second in two days.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 32 in Afghan north
In the eighth major attack in Afghanistan in less than a month, the Taliban killed 32 Afghans in the northern province of Kunduz.
US Predators strike in South Waziristan
The strike is the first since Jan. 23, and ends a long pause in attacks against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Video: Pakistani Taliban execute Colonel Imam
Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, is seen on the video, directing the execution. Pakistani officials recovered Imam’s body in Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
Hakeemullah Mehsud alive, shown on tape executing former ISI officer
The Pakistani Taliban emir is seen directing the execution of Colonel Imam on videotape released to the Pakistani press. The tape confirms that Hakeemullah was not killed in an early October 2010 Predator strike.
Taliban suicide assault team kills 42 at Jalalabad bank
A seven-man Taliban suicide team hit the Jalalabad branch of the Kabul Bank as police were queued to collect their pay. The attack is the latest in Afghanistan’s major cities.
US helos kill more than 30 Taliban fighters in Kunar
The Taliban fighters were killed during a four-hour-long engagement with a US air weapons team.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 9 in eastern Afghanistan
The suicide bomber appears to have been targeting the provincial governor. Women and children were among those killed.
HIG media emir, military commander detained in Afghan raids
A HIG media emir involved with suicide attacks in Kabul and linked to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan was captured in Parwan. And in Khost, the commander of a 50-man HIG cell was captured.
Analysis: Gap in Pakistan Predator strikes not unusual
The current pause in strikes is the third-longest since the US ramped up strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas in 2008.
AQAP deputy emir Said al Shihri alive: officials
US and Arab officials said there is no evidence to substantiate earlier reports that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s deputy was killed while assembling a bomb in Yemen’s Abyan province.
Deputy emir of al Qaeda training camp agrees to plea deal at Gitmo
An al Qaeda trainer agreed to a plea deal at Gitmo on Tuesday. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed. The trainer, Noor Uthman Mohammed, was captured alongside top al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah in March 2002 and was allegedly involved in Zubaydah’s plot against Israel.
German terrorists pass through Yemen, meet Awlaki, before joining IMU in Pakistan
Abu Ibrahim al Almani and his brother Abu Adam fought in Yemen for a year before moving to Pakistan on the advice of Anwar al Awlaki. Their move to Pakistan was “very professionally organized.”
Suicide bomber targets hotel in Kabul
Two security guards were killed in an attack at the Safi Landmark hotel in the second suicide attack in the capital in three weeks.
Taliban suicide assault team hits police station in Kandahar
Afghan security officials repelled the assault on the provincial police headquarters in Kandahar. The Taliban also launched other small-scale attacks against police in the provincial capital.
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan tape highlights foreign fighters, operations against Pakistani military
A recently released videotape glorifies IMU fighters from Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia; lauds a Pakistani Taliban commander; and shows footage of IMU operations in South Waziristan.
Islamic Jihad Group operative captured in Afghan north
The IJG facilitator “is responsible for coordinating the movement of foreign fighters from Iran and Pakistan into Afghanistan,” ISAF stated.