ISAF targets al Qaeda leaders in Kunar
Special operations forces launched airstrikes in two districts in an attempt to kill two al Qaeda leaders in the northeastern province.
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Taliban confirm death of Nuristan’s deputy shadow governor
The Taliban eulogized Jamil ur Rahman, who was killed in a US airstrike on May 23, and threatened to retaliate.
Only in Pakistan…
…can the man who helped the US kill Osama bin Laden get 33 years in prison, while terrorists like Hafiz Saeed walk free.
ISAF kills Taliban’s deputy shadow governor for Nuristan
Jamil ur Rahman was killed just one week after ISAF captured a liaison to the Peshawar Shura who also served as a facilitator for the Taliban’s shadow governor in Nuristan.
Bin Laden docs hint at large al Qaeda presence in Pakistan
Badr Mansoor led just one Pakistani “company,” and has been reported to have more than 2,000 fighters under his command. For the last three years, the US government has maintained that al Qaeda has only 300 to 400 operatives in Pakistan and that the network is on the verge of defeat.
Analysis: Nearly all of bin Laden’s documents should be released
Only a tiny fraction of Osama bin Laden’s files have been released. Nearly all of them should be.
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.
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.
Pakistan doesn’t support terrorists…
… except the Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and ….
United Kingdom
The Labour party suspended life peer Lord Ahmed for allegedly saying he would offer a bounty on President Obama and former President George W. Bush in retaliation for the US bounty on Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed. Shabaab echoed al Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq in warning Britain not to deport Abu Qatada to […]
Taliban launch coordinated attacks in Kabul and 3 provinces
Suicide bombers and assault teams struck in the capital and in Nangarhar, Paktia, and Logar.
Pakistan
A Pakistani intelligence official claimed Lashkar-e-Taiba emir Hafiz Saeed is involved in de-radicalizing jihadists in Punjab. Security forces detained 12 terrorists and seized suicide vests in Peshawar. The Taliban bombed a girls’ school in Mohmand.
Hafiz Saeed involved in ‘de-radicalization and rehabilitation’ of jihadis, says Pakistani CT official
A Pakistani counterterrorism official wants you to believe the Lashkar-e-Taiba emir is on the side of the angels. Seriously.
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed three people in an attack in Karachi. The Foreign Office said Pakistan would not accede to US pressure to turn over Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed.
Report: Osama bin Laden helped plan Mumbai attacks
Documents recovered in Osama bin Laden’s Pakistani safe house reportedly show that the al Qaeda master had a hand in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Taliban commander wants Pakistan’s nukes, global Islamic caliphate
Omar Khalid also wants to secure the release of al Qaeda prisoners in Pakistan and impose sharia in the country.
Kashmiri is dead, al Qaeda spokesman suggests
Ustad Ahmad Farooq, al Qaeda’s spokesman for Pakistan, mentions Ilyas Kashmiri with Baitullah Mehsud, Ibn Amin, and Badr Mansour, who were all killed in drone strikes. “May Allah have mercy on all of them,” Farooq said.
Al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri spotted at Taliban meeting
Kashmiri is reported to have met with Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, in North Waziristan.
India
Security forces arrested two Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives in New Delhi. “They were planning to detonate a bomb or more than one bomb in a crowded locality,” India’s home minister said.
US adds Indonesian group, 3 leaders to terrorism list
Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid and three of its leaders, including the acting emir, who is linked to Jemaah Islamiyah’s notorious al Ghuraba cell in Pakistan, have been listed as global terrorists.
Pakistan
The Lashkar-e-Islam killed nine members of a militia in an IED attack in Khyber. Thousands of Pakistanis attended a Defense of Pakistan Council rally in Rawalpindi. Lashkar-e-Taiba head Hafiz Saeed is one of the group’s leaders.
Al Qaeda
Lashkar-e-Taiba: Terror incorporated
Algerian court sentences ex-Gitmo detainee to 3 years in prison
An Algerian court sentenced Nadji Abdelaziz, a former Guantanamo detainee, to three years in prison on Monday. Abdelaziz served both Lashkar-e-Taiba and al Qaeda, according to memos prepared by Joint Task Force-Guantanamo.
India
India – Lashkar-e-Taiba raising 21 female terrorists against India: Army
Suicide bomber kills 6 Afghans in mosque attack
A district police chief was among those killed. ISAF killed a Taliban commander who planned suicide operations.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al Almi claims Kabul suicide attack
If the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al Almi did carry out the suicide attack, it had help from other groups in Afghanistan.
Suicide bomber kills scores in attack at Kabul mosque
The suicide bomber attacked a group of Shia who were commemorating Ashura. Another suicide bomber killed four more Shia in Mazar-i-Sharif.
United States
Jubair Ahmad, a 24-year-old Pakistani resident of Woodbridge, Va., pled guilty to terror charges in US federal court. In 2010 he posted on the Internet a propaganda video glorifying the violent extremism of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
ISAF captures al Qaeda ‘facilitator’ in Afghan east
ISAF appears to have been hunting the al Qaeda operative for seven months. The operative “served as a courier between Afghanistan and Pakistan and delivered supplies to insurgents.”
ISAF targets ‘al Qaeda facilitator’ in Nangarhar
The Behsud district in Nangarhar, where the al Qaeda leader was targeted, is a known hub of jihadist activities.