Russians capture, kill 2 top Caucasus Emirate commanders
The Federal Security Service captured Emir Magas, the military commander of the Caucasus Emirate, and killed Yasir Amarat, a wanted terrorist commander from Jordan.
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US kills 14 in 2 strikes in North Waziristan
The strike is the third in the past 24 hours.
US Predator strike kills 3 in North Waziristan
The strike, the first reported this month, took place in a village controlled by the Haqqani Network.
Suicide bomber kills 40 at wedding in Kandahar
The attack took place in the Arghandab district just north of Kandahar City. An additional 74 people are reported to have been wounded.
Taliban destroy NATO supply convoy outside Islamabad
Last night the Taliban attacked NATO fuel and supply trucks at a truck terminal just west of the capital, killing eight people.
Taliban overrun Frontier Corps outpost in northwest Pakistan
A Taliban force killed six Frontier Corps troops in an attack in Arakzai; the military claimed 30 Taliban fighters were killed in the counterattack. On June 1, the Pakistani army had said that military operations in Arakzai were completed.
Afghan commandos strike at the Taliban in the northwest
During a raid on a terrorist stronghold in the Balamurghab district in Badghis province, 23 Taliban fighters were killed and seven more were captured.
Evidence presented of US involvement in 2009 airstrike in Yemen
Amnesty International showed photographs of the remains of a US-made cruise missile and cluster munitions that were used in the Dec. 17, 2009, airstrike in Abyan province.
Al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander killed in western Afghanistan
Mullah Akhtar had ties to senior al Qaeda leaders and facilitated the training of Taliban fighters in Iran. He also has ties to Iran’s Qods Force.
Al Qaeda in Iraq is ‘broken,’ cut off from leaders in Pakistan, says top US general
General Ray Odierno said that Iraqi and US forces have captured or killed 34 of the top 42 al Qaeda in Iraq leaders over the past three months. The terror group is cut off from the senior leadership in Pakistan and Afghanistan and is also having difficulty recruiting.
Senior Taliban commander killed in Kandahar
Mullah Zergay, who served as the top military commander in the Kandahar region, was killed last week during a raid in the district of Zhari.
Al Qaeda operative killed in South Waziristan strike
US Predators killed Osama bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Damjan al Dawsari in the May 28 airstrike in a region run by ‘good Taliban’ leader Mullah Nazir.
Newly minted Taliban shadow governor in Afghan north captured
The unnamed commander spent only two days in the top leadership position in Baghlan; his predecessor was killed just two days before he took command.
American jihadists
‘Homegrown terrorism’ has recently become a major national security concern. This phenomenon is not new, however: over the past few decades, a number of Americans have been drawn to the jihadist movement.
Pakistani military ends operation in Arakzai
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s visit to the Taliban-controlled region “marks the successful conclusion of operations in the Agency.”
Afghan commandos retake eastern district from the Taliban
The district of Barg-e-Matal has been secured just two days after it fell to the Taliban.
Top al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu Yazid confirmed killed in airstrike in North Waziristan
In a statement released tonight on a jihadist forum, Al Qaeda announced Yazid’s death. Yazid, who is also known as Sheikh Saeed al Masri, was al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan and top financial official.
Senior Taliban commander killed in Kandahar
Haji Amir is a top military commander who recently returned from Pakistan, where he planned the Taliban counteroffensive against Coalition and Afghan forces in Kandahar.
Top link between al Qaeda and Taliban thought killed in US Predator strike in Khyber
Ebad-ul-Rehman is thought to have been killed in the May 15 attack in the Tirah Valley on May 15. Rehman orchestrated the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Taliban take control of district in Nuristan
Afghan police abandoned Barg-e-Matal after days of fighting. The Taliban have claimed control of the district center.
Coalition kills Taliban’s shadow governor in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province
Mullah Rohullah was killed during air and ground strikes in the northern province. Rohullah had been appointed the shadow governor for Baghlan in early May.
Former Gitmo detainee featured as commander in al Qaeda tape
Othman Ahmed al Ghamdi, a former Gitmo detainee, has risen within al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s ranks to commander. He is featured in a tape, along with other AQAP leaders, that celebrates the Fort Hood shooting and the failed Christmas Day 2009 attack, and also threatens further attacks on America.
US kills 11 in Predator strike in South Waziristan
The attack is the first by the US in South Waziristan this year.
70 killed in terror assault on Lahore mosques
Two squads of heavily armed Punjabi Taliban fighters stormed two mosques of the Ahmadi sect in the eastern city.
Nuristani Taliban commander denies Fazlullah killed
Mullah Munibullah, the military commander for Nuristan, said Fazlullah would not be leading Taliban fighters in Nuristan.
Mullah Fazlullah reported killed in Afghanistan
Afghan border police claimed the Swat Taliban commander was killed along with six fighters. The report is unconfirmed.
Pakistani Taliban assault district center in Nuristan
Fighters said to be under the command of Mullah Fazlullah were repelled by Afghan police in the eastern district of Barg-e-Matal, which borders Chitral in Pakistan.
Hakeemullah’s pullout from North Waziristan an ‘excuse’ for Pakistan not to move
The leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan agrees to abandon the safe havens in North Waziristan and return to South Waziristan. The pullout is “just the excuse the Pakistanis needed to call off a North Waziristan operation,” a US official said.
Yemeni airstrike kills deputy governor, al Qaeda operatives
The deputy governor of Marib province was among several people killed during a negotiating session with al Qaeda.
Haqqani Network executed Kabul suicide attack
The May 18 suicide attack killed two colonels, two lieutenant colonels, two soldiers, and 12 Afghan civilians. Afghan intelligence also implicated Pakistan’s military intelligence service.