Zafar was involved in several major attacks in Pakistan, including the 2006 suicide attack on the US Consulate in Karachi and attacks on major hotels in Islamabad in 2008 and Peshawar in 2009. The US had a $5 million bounty out for Zafar.
Abdul Haq al Turkistani, the leader of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party, may have been killed in the Feb. 15 airstrike in North Waziristan. The report is unconfirmed.
The Jordanian-born al Qaeda suicide bomber explained how he was able to trick his intelligence handlers and lure CIA officials and a Jordanian intelligence official into a suicide bombing trap on a US outpost in Khost.
The leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan is seen in an interview, but there is no indication as to when the tape was recorded.
The blast leveled a police station and a mosque in the district of Karak, killing three policemen and a civilian.
The Lahore High Court ruled that Baradar and other members of the Quetta Shura could not be extradited to Afghanistan, the US, or any other country.
A team of suicide bombers struck at sites frequented by foreigners. Five Indians are among the 17 people reported killed.
Qari Mohammed Zafar is reported to have been killed in a recent strike outside of Miramshah. Zafar was involved in serveral major attacks in Pakistan, including the 2002 suicide attack on the US Consulate in Karachi. The US has a $5 million bounty out for Zafar.
Unmanned strike aircraft hit a compound and a vehicle in a village outside of Miramshah. Three foreign fighters are among those killed.
A look at the Afghan Taliban’s top leaders, its regional military shuras, and its governing committees.
Abdul Malik Rigi, the founder and leader of Jundallah, was captured during an operation in eastern Iran, the Intelligence Ministry said.
Mohammad Haji Zaman, a former mujahedeen commander who fought against al Qaeda at Tora Bora, was killed along with 14 others in an attack at a tribal meeting.
Maulvi Abdul Kabir, the leader of the Taliban’s shura in Peshawar and a key link to allied terror groups, has been captured by Pakistani intelligence officials in Nowshera in the Northwest Frontier Province.
Philippine Marines killed Albader Parad during clashes in the southern province of Sulu. Parad was wanted by the US.
Sheikh Mansoor, an al Qaeda military commander in North Waziristan, is thought to have been killed in the Feb. 17 airstrike. Mansoor was a Canadian citizen and directed attacks in Afghanistan.
The Taliban hit two police stations in the relatively stable district of Mansehra; a police chief was killed. The Pakistani Air Force killed 30 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in South Waziristan.
Mohammed Haqqani, a military commander in the Haqqani Network, is thought to have been killed in yesterday’s strike outside of Miramshah that targeted his brother, Siraj.
Rival extremist groups vie for control in Khyber; a blast kills 11 civilians in Arakzai.
Mullah Mir Mohammad was arrested along with Mullah Abdul Salam, the shadow governor of Kunduz. Pakistan also rounded up nine al Qaeda operatives and local Taliban commanders in Karachi.
Three Haqqani Network fighters are among the four terrorists reported killed in the fourth US attack in five days. Siraj Haqqani was the target of the strike.
Mullah Abdul Salam was captured by the ISI and CIA in Faisalabad one week ago. Salam is the second senior Taliban leader captured in Pakistan in the past two weeks.
The attack is the third in four days, and may signal an uptick in US operations in the tribal areas.
Afghan and Coalition special operations forces targeted a commander in the Washir district, one of three districts in Helmand outside the control of the government. Washir is north of Marja, where a major operation is currently underway to dislodge the Taliban.
Two Taliban leaders said Mullah Omar’s deputy has indeed been captured, and that it occurred not in Karachi but during the operation in Marja in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Pakistani and US intelligence services captured the deputy leader and operational commander of the Afghan Taliban during a raid in Karachi, US officials told The New York Times. A Taliban spokesman denied the report.
Four Somalis were killed in the assassination attempt against Sheikh Yusuf Mohammad Siad, a former ally of Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, in Mogadishu.
Unmanned aircraft targeted a vehicle in the Taliban-controlled region. The attack is the second in 24 hours.
Qari Hussain Mehsud spoke to the media to take credit for last week’s suicide attacks that killed policemen in Bannu. The Pakistani government had claimed that Qari Hussain was killed along with Hakeemullah Mehsud.
Five terrorists were killed in an attack in the Mir Ali region. The airstrike is the first in more than a week.
Afghan and Coalition forces will focus on three key areas in an attempt to drive back the Taliban and restore security, while building up Afghan security forces to hold the regions.